Kali (Intermediate God)
Also known as the Black Mother. Kali is a strange and terrible goddess nearly as ancient as India itself. She is the embodiment of energy, both creative and destructive. In that she is a creator of life, she is similar to the mother goddesses of many cultures. But she also eats her own sons and destroys the life that she creates, and is almost unique in this aspect of her being. Kali radiates a peculiar charm over men, and is beloved as the beautiful, horrible, life-giving. life-taking mother. Kali has the power to create living beings from non-animate matter, and the power to kill any creature with a mere thought. In her true form, Kali is a four-armed woman with red eyes, a skeletal face, and a blood-smeared body. She seldom wears any clothing but a skirt of severed hands.
Roleplaying Tips
Kali delights in both killing and creation, for both are expressions of the essential energy she embodies. She is equally likely (5%) to send her avatar to aid a woman in childbirth or a murderer in danger. Omens from Kali often come in the forms of terrible visions or blissful dreams.
STATISTICS
- Alignment. Neutral Evil.
- Worshippers Alignment. Neutral Evil.
- Spheres of Influence. Life and Death.
- Holy Symbol. Skull.
Clerics of Kali
Kali’s priests are all members of the secret, murderous thugee cult. They are all prominent and well respected members of their community who lead double lives, stealing out at night to prove their devotion to Kali by strangling innocent travelers with their knotted cords. Clerics of Kali must have a dexterity score of 12 or more.
Alignment Restriction. Chaotic Evil.
Weapons Allowed. Bludgeoning weapons.
Armors Allowed. No armor.
Divine Domains. Forge, Grave, Life, Trickery, War.
GRANTED POWERS
- Level 1. Proficiency on stealh.
- Level 10. Kali’s Invisibility.