Centeotl (Intermediate God)
Centeotl is the goddess of agriculture, nature, and corn in particular (she shares this last duty with a male counterpart, Cinteotl).
She is a beneficent deity who watches over food crops, but is also the mistress of pain and illness, and has a habit of using her physical charms to lure men to their death. Unlike Tlazoteotl, she seems to do this not out of maliciousness, but because such victims are necessary for the fertility of crops.
Roleplaying Tips
Centeotl watches over the harvest, dictating how bountiful it will be based upon the devotion of her worshipers.
Although she needs the lives of young men to ensure her cycle of fertility, she tries to reward her victims by allowing them to experience indescribable but total bliss in her avatar’s arms before dying.
She also judges who will suffer illness and pain, sometimes rather capriciously and sometimes with great fairness and justice.
Omens from Centeotl include insect plagues, crop blights, pollen, and seeing her avatar, which always foretells great personal calamity, even if the individual does not succumb to her charms.
STATISTICS
- Alignment. Chaotic Neutral.
- Worshippers Alignment. Any.
- Spheres of Influence. Agriculture, Illness, Pain.
- Holy Symbol. Cornstalk.
Clerics of Centeotl
Centeotl’s priests preside over the planting and harvesting of all food crops. A great deal of their time is occupied with reading the signs of nature to determine optimum planting times.
In times of famine, they must also seek out volunteers (often themselves) to perish in Centeotl’s embrace.
Alignment Restriction. Any.
Weapons Allowed. Sickle, Spear.
Armors Allowed. Non-metal armors.
Divine Domains. Nature, Tempest.
GRANTED POWERS
- Level 1. Create Food and Water (spell)
- Level 10. Pain Touch. Constitution save or target is paralyzed for 1 minute.