Prophet

You walk the boundaries of a place while praying, marking corners with ash or oil. The earth listens. Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: The ground within (up to one acre) becomes holy. The walking dead cannot rise here. Their bodies turn to dust if buried in this earth. Evil creatures feel uncomfortable standing here. Those who rest on sanctified ground sleep without nightmares and wake refreshed. Water that touches this earth becomes pure within the hour. Effect lasts one year unless renewed. The earth remembers and resists desecration.

Sanctified ground has weight to it. The air feels cleaner. Plants grow straighter. Animals rest here peacefully. Some places stay holy for generations.

You pray over someone suffering disease or poison. Your hands hover above them, growing hot. They sweat and tremble. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracles: The affliction is burned away. Fever breaks like a storm passing. Color returns to their face. They gasp and sit up, weak but whole. Natural diseases and poisons are cured completely. Magical afflictions require longer (4 successes instead). Those cured remember the heat of your hands, the weight of your prayer, the moment relief came like cool water.

Some wake weeping with gratitude. Others with terror at what they saw while fevered. All remember your face.

You pray for guidance to locate the missing. Must have something connected to them: their name, an object they touched, description from someone who knew them. Each hour of prayer, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Vision comes like dream. You see where they are, landmarks you can recognize, their condition. If alive, you know if they are in danger or at peace. If dead, you know where the body lies and how they died. The vision is true. Distance does not matter but sealed places (deep caves, other planes) cloud the sight.

The vision comes suddenly. Your eyes see elsewhere while your body remains. Others cannot wake you until it finishes.

You kneel beside poisoned water and pray. Your hands glow faintly as you touch the surface. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: The water source becomes pure permanently. Poison neutralizes. Disease dies. Corruption sinks like sediment and becomes harmless mud. Small sources (wells, fountains) are cleansed entirely. Rivers require multiple miracles at different points. The purified water stays pure even if more poison enters later, cleansing itself within the hour.

Purified water tastes sweet and cold no matter the season. Containers filled here keep water fresh for a month.

You gather the pieces of what was broken and pray over them. They must be mundane (not enchanted). Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: The object reforms perfectly as if never broken. Shattered swords become whole. Torn books mend themselves, words reappearing. Burnt paintings restore, colors bright. The repair is flawless. No seams. No weak points. Some say the restored object is stronger than before. Enchanted items require 4 successes and may lose their power permanently.

During the miracle, pieces float and drift together. When complete, a soft sound like a sigh.

You call upon a corpse to answer questions. The body needs a mouth. Cannot have been dead longer than one week per your prophet level. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: The spirit returns briefly and answers three questions. Must answer truthfully but can be cryptic if it wishes. Knows only what it knew in life. Hostile spirits give hostile answers. Friendly spirits may offer more than asked. After three questions, it departs. Same corpse can be questioned only once per month. Some spirits thank you for the chance to speak. Others curse you for disturbing their rest.

The corpse's eyes open and glow faintly. Voice is hollow, echoing. It speaks whatever language it knew in life.

You walk planted fields at dawn for three days, praying over the crops. Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: The blessed fields bear fifty percent more this season. Crops grow healthier, resist blight and pests. The prayer lasts only this growing season. Farmers who receive this prayer often give a tithe to your cause. Can bless up to one acre per prophet level. Blessed crops have a golden sheen at sunrise.

Those who eat from blessed fields feel satisfied with less. The bread tastes better. Seeds from blessed crops grow true and strong.

You seek your deity's guidance on a specific question or dilemma. Must be significant (matters of life, death, justice, or faith). Each hour of deep prayer and fasting, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Answer comes through vision, sudden certainty, or voice like thunder in your mind. Your deity shows the right path according to divine law. Not a guarantee of success, only of rightness. You may see consequences branching from different choices. The answer is always clear even when unwelcome. Cannot be used for trivial matters. Those who ignore divine counsel find it haunts them.

The vision sometimes includes symbols you must interpret. Your holy symbol grows warm after, holding heat for hours.

You walk the perimeter of a building while praying. Mark the threshold with oil. Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: The structure gains protection for one year. Unholy beings must overcome great resistance to enter. Their feet refuse to cross the threshold. Would-be thieves and murderers feel watched, uncomfortable. Their resolve weakens. Accidents become less likely here. Those who sleep within rest peacefully. Windows don't rattle. Doors stay firm. The warded dwelling feels like sanctuary.

A faint shimmer crosses doorways when evil tries to enter. The faithful feel welcomed. The wicked feel judged.

You sit with someone in despair and speak truth to them. Not comfort. Truth. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: Supernatural despair (curses, magical sorrow, possession by spirits of grief) is lifted. Natural grief remains but becomes bearable rather than crushing. They see path forward they could not see before. They remember your words in dark times. Gain advantage on saves against fear and despair for one week. Some converts come from this miracle more than any other.

Your presence brings warmth. Tears flow freely but lead to acceptance. The weight lifts visibly from their shoulders.

Before travelers depart, you pray over them and trace signs on their foreheads. Can bless up to your prophet level times two. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: The blessed suffer no minor accidents on their journey. No twisted ankles. No lost supplies. No spoiled food. Weather inconveniences them less. Predators avoid them unless starving. The prayer lasts until they reach destination or one week. Does not protect against bandits or deliberate danger, only misfortune. Blessed travelers leave faint glowing footprints visible only at dusk.

Most arrive ahead of schedule and in better spirits. The journey feels shorter than it was.

You prepare yourself through prayer to sense corruption nearby. Must remain still. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: You sense presence, direction, and rough distance of unholy beings or cursed objects within 120 feet range. Also sense lingering evil from recent atrocities (within past week). Blood spilled in murder smells like copper. Cursed objects throb like wounds. Walking dead feel like cold spots. Cannot identify specifics, only presence and power. Effect lasts one hour.

Your awareness manifests physically. Cold prickling on your skin pointing toward evil. Foul taste in your mouth. Visual distortions.

You bless a vulnerable person (child, elderly, sick, simple-minded) with divine protection. Each hour of prayer over them, roll the litany die.

After miracles: They gain invisible ward for one month. Those who intend them harm feel hesitation. Must overcome resistance to act on cruel intent. They cannot be possessed or deceived by spirits. Wild animals do not attack them. Accidents avoid them. If someone murders them despite this protection, the killer is marked visibly (to the faithful) for one year. The mark burns.

Protected people's shadows are slightly brighter. They sleep without nightmares. Children laugh more freely.

You bless a weapon through prayer and ritual washing. The weapon must be intended for righteous purpose. Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Weapon becomes holy for one month. Counts as magical. Deals extra 1d4 to unholy beings. If used for murder or cruelty, prayer ends immediately and cannot be reapplied to that weapon. Owner senses when unholy beings are near (hair stands up, weapon grows warm). The weapon remembers its purpose.

Holy weapons glow faintly near corruption. Some bear permanent subtle changes after prayer fades: faint script, symbols in the metal.

Before sleeping, you pray for vision about a specific question or future event. Each night spent in prayer, roll the litany die when you wake.

After miracle: Your deity sends prophetic dream. Always symbolic, rarely literal. Shows possible futures, hidden dangers, or divine will. You wake with perfect memory of the dream but interpretation requires wisdom. Cannot predict free will choices precisely. Can only seek one dream per week. Some prophetic dreams haunt you for years.

Dream-visions are more vivid than normal dreams. Colors too bright. Sounds too clear. You wake certain of their importance.

You perform rites over a corpse to protect it from decay. Each hour of prayer, roll the litany die.

After miracle: Body is perfectly preserved for one year as if freshly dead. Does not prevent forced undeath through necromancy, only natural decay. Allows proper burial preparation and long transport. Bodies preserved this way resist desecration. Scavengers avoid them. Rot does not come even in heat.

Preserved bodies appear peaceful, almost sleeping. Remain cool to touch. Do not smell. Some say the soul lingers near, grateful.

You attempt to break a lesser curse through prayer and ritual cleansing. The cursed person or object must be present. Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Minor curses shatter like glass. Bad luck, compulsions, small haunting, cursed items of no great power. The curse breaks with audible sound: chains snapping, glass breaking, or a released sigh. Cannot break ancient curses, powerful hexes, or artifact curses. If you abandon the attempt before succeeding, the curse deepens (disadvantage on related matters for one week).

When curses break, those freed often feel lighter. Some weep. Some laugh. All remember the moment of release.

You pray to calm natural storms or harsh weather in one mile radius around you. Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Weather calms to gentle conditions for eight hours. Rain stops. Winds die. Temperature moderates. Does not prevent storms from returning naturally afterward. Cannot affect weather sent by divine wrath or powerful sorcery. The area of calm is obvious: clear sky in circle of storm. Those within feel peace.

Birds return. The air smells fresh. Sailors and farmers treasure prophets who can do this.

You pray for revelation of recent wrongdoing in an area (one building or 60 feet radius). Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: You sense nature and location of serious sins committed here in past week. Murder, betrayal, sacrilege, rape. Do not learn identities unless other clues present. You feel what occurred and where. Minor sins (lies, petty theft) do not register unless your deity particularly opposes them. Effect lasts until you leave the area. Some prophets go mad from this gift.

Your perception manifests as phantom images, cold spots, or blood-like stains visible only to you. The air tastes like copper.

You perform prayer-healing on serious wounds. Target must be stabilized and alive. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracles: One serious wound closes miraculously. Deep cuts seal. Broken bones mend. Internal bleeding stops. Target restore 1 Vigor. Does not cure disease or poison, only physical trauma. Leaves no scar. Can be performed multiple times on same person for different wounds. Warriors sometimes refuse this, wanting their scars. They say a man without scars has not lived.

Sealed wounds glow briefly during closing. Flesh feels warm after. Heals clean and perfect.

You pray to end drought and bring rain to a region (ten miles radius per prophet level). This is major divine intervention. Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Rain comes within hours and continues intermittently for three days. Enough to break drought and save crops. Rivers refill. Wells recharge. The rain is natural afterward. Cannot force rain in cursed lands without additional miracles. The region remembers you as rainbringer. Some call you blessed. Others call you witch.

Clouds gather unnaturally fast. First rain smells sweet. Plants begin recovering immediately. Children dance in it.

You consecrate a site of great battle or massacre. Must walk the entire field each day in prayer. Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: All walking dead on the field are laid to rest. They feel release and crumble peacefully. Lingering spirits find peace. Haunting ends. The ground is consecrated. The dead cannot rise here for one hundred years. Grass grows green again within the month. Scavengers leave the remaining bodies in peace. Site becomes memorial.

Spirits depart visibly at the final success: lights rising to sky. The air feels lighter. Survivors report dreams of peace.

You combat epidemic through miraculous healing. Must treat patients personally. Each hour spent ministering, roll the litany die.

After each miracle: One patient is cured completely. When you have cured ten percent of the afflicted, the plague breaks. Others recover naturally over the following week. Requires exhausting work. You can do nothing else during this time. Your hands crack and bleed. You do not sleep. Communities remember you as savior. Temples are built in your name.

Cured patients recover dramatically. Fever breaks. Color returns. They sit up healed. Word spreads fast.

You attempt to call back the recently dead (died within 24 hours). Must have most of the body. Each hour of intense prayer, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Dead return to life with 1 Vitality. They remember their death. Brief deaths (minutes) have little effect. Longer deaths leave them changed: cold, haunted, sometimes prophetic. Cannot revive those who died of old age, were destroyed entirely, or whose souls were claimed by powerful entities. Costs you 1 Constitution permanently from the strain. Regained only through rest and pilgrimage to holy site.

The moment of return: gasping breath, eyes opening, a sob. They feel cold for days. Some are grateful. Others resent it.

You combat serious curses: family curses, cursed bloodlines, powerful hexes, artifact curses of lesser power. Each day of ritual, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Curse breaks permanently. Chains shatter. Cursed items become mundane or beneficial. Cursed bloodlines are cleansed. Generations of suffering end. Cannot break deity-level curses without Tier Litany. Breaking powerful curses sometimes creates backlash: the curse lashes out one final time at whoever broke it (save or suffer the curse's worst effect once).

When great curses break, all affected feel it: weight lifting, sudden warmth, ability to breathe deeply. Some scream. Some weep.

You perform sacred trial to determine truth and guilt. Accused must be present (bound if unwilling). Each hour of questioning, roll the litany die.

After miracles: You know with certainty whether accused committed the crime in question. Your deity reveals truth directly. Does not show details, only guilty or innocent. Cannot be deceived by mortal magic. Powerful immortals (demon lords, lesser deities) can obscure truth. Those judged innocent are blessed (advantage on next save). Guilty feel divine gaze and often confess before completion.

During inquisition, your holy symbol glows. The guilty sweat. The innocent stand firm. All present know judgment occurred.

You sanctify a building to be true temple to your deity. Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Building becomes proper temple. Faithful who pray here gain advantage on saves against fear for 24 hours. Unholy beings cannot enter without overcoming resistance. Your deity can manifest signs here more easily. Prayers offered inside are heard more clearly. Temple remains consecrated as long as maintained and used for worship. Desecration ends effect until reconsecrated.

Consecrated temples feel peaceful. Light seems warmer. Even unbelievers feel presence of something greater. Candles burn brighter here.

You channel divine healing to multiple wounded (up to your prophet level times two). Must be within 30 feet. Each ten minutes, roll the litany die.

After miracle: All affected remove 1 wound. Minor wounds close. Persistent pain eases. Can be performed multiple times but you must rest one hour between. After three times in one day, must complete rest. Your hands shake after. Your breath comes hard.

Healed patients glow softly during the miracle. They feel warmth spreading through injuries. Scars fade or remain at your discretion.

You call upon a divine servant (angel, holy spirit, celestial beast) to aid you. Each hour of prayer, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Servant appears and serves faithfully for one day. Offers advice, guards location, delivers message, or fights alongside you. Statistics appropriate to your prophet level. Knows your deity's will and acts accordingly. Will not perform cruelty. Departs at sunset or when task complete. Can only maintain one servant at a time.

Servants arrive in pillar of light. Their presence calms animals. They speak with divine authority. Some leave gifts when departing.

You heal blindness through divine miracle. Cause does not matter: injury, disease, birth, curse. Each hour, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Sight fully restored. Those blind from birth must learn to see over days. Cursed blindness requires breaking curse first. Magical blindness from powerful sources may resist (need 5 successes instead). Restored eyes often have unusual appearance: golden flecks, unusual clarity, or faint glow in darkness.

The moment sight returns is overwhelming. Most weep. They see you first, haloed in light from windows.

You perform exorcism on possessed victim or banish manifested demon. Each hour of ritual combat, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Possession ends or demon is banished to its prison for one hundred years. Victim is freed but weakened (loses half current Vitality, recovers with rest). Powerful demons may resist (need 7 successes). Failed attempts anger the demon. It may attack. Banished demons remember you with eternal hatred.

Exorcism is violent. Victim thrashes, speaks in tongues, exhibits impossible strength. Success: demon screams and tears free as black smoke.

You invoke ancient trial where accused places hand in holy flame. Your deity judges their guilt. Roll litany die when trial begins.

After miracle: Flame appears on altar or in brazier. Accused must place hand in it. If guilty, flame burns (2d8 fire, permanent scarring). If innocent, flame is cool and pleasant. All witnesses know divine judgment occurred. Accused can refuse (marks them as likely guilty in law). The unholy always burn regardless of specific guilt. The trial is considered absolute by faithful communities.

Holy flame is unnaturally bright. Does not spread. Guilty parties' burns never fully heal. The scars mark them.

You pray for restoration of lost limbs or organs. Each day of intensive ritual, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Lost body part regrows over following week. Process is painful. Limb functions perfectly when complete. Cannot restore parts lost to specific curses without breaking curse first. Cannot restore parts willingly sacrificed in evil rituals. Restored body parts sometimes bear divine marks: unusual coloring, faint glow, or holy symbols in skin.

Regrowth itches intensely. Restored limb emerges pale and perfect, gaining normal color over days. Some call it miracle. Others call it unnatural.

You create powerful sanctuary in a location (one building or 60 feet radius). Each hour of ritual prayer, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Area becomes true sanctuary for one month. Violence within is nearly impossible. Attackers must overcome resistance every round or find themselves unable to act. Does not prevent self-defense. Those within feel profound peace. Unholy beings cannot enter at all. Perfect for negotiations, recovery, refuge. If someone is murdered within, sanctuary shatters immediately.

Sanctuary glows faintly at twilight. Air feels still. Angry thoughts become difficult to maintain. Birds nest here.

You send divine summons to all faithful of your deity within 100 miles. Each day of prayer broadcasting the call, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Message appears to faithful as dream, vision, or undeniable certainty. They know where you are and that you need aid. Most faithful feel compelled to answer if possible. Expect 1d10 times your prophet level faithful to arrive over next week. Power depends on faith's prevalence in region. Can only use once per year.

Called faithful report the same dream: your face in light, calling them to gather. Some walk hundreds of miles to answer.

You attempt to call back someone dead for months or years. Must have body or significant remains. Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Dead return to life, fully healed. Remember everything including death and what came after. Long deaths change people profoundly. They may have divine insights, prophetic gifts, or deep trauma. Cannot raise those who were greatly evil (they fled to deserved fate) or whose souls were claimed by demons. Costs you 1d3 Constitution permanently. Can only attempt once per year per person. Some things should stay dead.

Resurrection after long death: body heals before eyes. Flesh regenerates. First breath is gasping, desperate. They always weep.

You channel divine abundance to end regional famine (50-mile radius). Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Divine intervention provides food. Empty granaries are suddenly full (unexplainable). Hunting becomes supernaturally successful. Fish fill nets. Fruit trees bear out of season. Effect lasts one month, breaking famine cycle. Saved region builds temple in gratitude. Your name becomes legend. Can only be performed once per region per lifetime. The divine does not waste miracles.

Miraculous food appears overnight. Empty stores hold grain. People wake to smell of bread from nowhere. None question. All eat.

You attempt to banish powerful demon lord or devil prince from material plane. Each dawn of ritual combat, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Entity is cast to its prison for 100 years minimum. Cannot return unless summoned by great ritual. Leaves physical destruction: cracked buildings, scorch marks, tears in reality that take years to heal. All its servants are destroyed or flee. Region is free. Your faith experiences renaissance. Saved people convert in droves. The demon lord remembers across centuries and plots revenge.

Banishment is apocalyptic. Reality screams. Demon bellows. Sky tears open. When gone: profound silence. Then celebration and weeping.

You pray for restoration of destroyed temple or holy site. Each dawn, roll the litany die.

After miracles: Ruined structure rebuilds itself over following month. Stones float back into place. Murals repaint themselves. Holy artifacts lost are found or regenerated. Building emerges exactly as it was in glory days but better: infused with obvious divine presence. Becomes pilgrimage site. Your faith grows in prestige. Can only restore structures once consecrated to your deity.

Restoration is gradual. Each day, more complete. Faithful watch in awe. Some claim to see angels helping in the night.

You call upon your deity to judge grievous evil: tyrant, mass murderer, corrupt high priest who escaped justice. One day of prayer calling divine attention. Roll litany die at sunset.

After miracle: Your deity delivers judgment directly. Form varies: lightning strike, sudden fatal illness, prophetic doom fulfilled, public exposure leading to overthrow, or divine champion arrives to execute sentence. Justice is absolute and proportional. Cannot be used for petty matters. The divine ignores prayers unless crime is truly heinous. Use sparingly. Direct intervention has cosmic cost. Can invoke once per year.

Divine judgment is unmistakable. All witnesses know it was no accident. Some convert from sheer terror. Others curse your name forever.