Hanali Celanil - Elven - Priests - Gods

Hanali Celanil is the elven goddess of love, beauty, and romance. Her followers also include elven artisans (particularly sculptors), lovers, performers (particularly bards and dancers), and nobles. Lady Goldheart is also widely revered by half-elves born of joyous unions, in honor of the love that brought their parents together. Hanali is both an aspect of Angharradh? and one of the three elven goddesses-the other two being Aerdrie Faenya? and Sehanine Moonbow - who collectively form the Triune Goddess. Hanali is a being of timeless beauty and benign nature, who always forgives minor transgressions and delights in rewarding her followers with the bliss of unexpected love and affection. She embodies romance, beauty, love, and joy in elven spirits, her only flaws being her own mild vanity and flighty nature.

Role-playing Notes:

Although she rarely appears to her faithful, Hanali delights in seeing the growth of love among elves, and her avatar often acts in secret to protect young lovers.

Gods Information

Alignment: CG
Worshiper's Alignment: LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN
Area of Control: Love, romance, beauty, fine art and artists
Symbol: Heart of gold

Avatar Information

Hanali appears as a beautiful elven maiden, clad in a short dress or gown of white and gold. She is always barefoot and wears gold anklets and toe rings. She favors spells from the spheres of all, animal, chaos, charm, creation, plant, and sun and from the schools of abjuration, enchantment/charm, and illusion/phantasm, although she can cast spells from any sphere or school.

Special Att/Def:

While she wields no physical weapons, Hanali's beauty serves as both her primary weapon and her defense. Like a nymph, Lady Goldheart's beauty can blind or even kill. In any round she so chooses, Hanali can manifest a nymph's beauty (see the spell section below). Likewise, whether she chooses to manifest a nymph's beauty or not, any being within 60 feet of Hanali must make a successful saving throw vs. spell with a -4 penalty each round (a -8 penalty for beings of the opposite gender) or be permanently charmed, unable to attack her. Hanali's charm abilities are so powerful that even other avatars and creatures normally immune to charm are subject to their effects (but they do receive a saving throw). She wears a ring of invisibility and a ring of free action. At will, once per round, Lady Goldheart can create a bejeweled golden chalice (5000 gp value) filled with two drafts of a philter of love.

Worshipers Requirements

Requirements: Cha 15+ (no absolute, but few below)
Alignment: NG, CG, CN
Turning: Yes
Armor: Leather, chain mail, elven chain mail, shield
Weapons: Club, dart, flail, lasso, mace, mancatcher, net, quarterstaff, sling, short bow
Level Limit: if there is a limit to how high in level a priest can rise
Hit Die: hit die for the priest, D8 if not otherwise noted

Specialty Requirements

Requirements: Cha 16, Wis 12, elf or half-elf
Alignment: CG
Turning: Yes at priest level -2
Required Proficiencies: etiquette, herbalism
Bonus Proficiencies: artistic ability, dancing, singing
Additional Information: cannot multiclass

Powers:
1st level - can cast friends (wizard spell) once per day
3rd level - can cast charm person (wizard spell) on opposite gender once per day (target -1 penalty to saving throw for every point of Cha priest has above 16)
5th level - can cast enthrall once per day
7th level - +1 to Cha, can cast Otiluke's resilient sphere or rainbow pattern once per day
10th level - can cast charm monster or magic font once per day
13th level - can make a philter of love once per tenday
15th level - can cast prismatic spray or heal once per tenday

All clerics of Hanali receive religion (elf) and reading/writing (Espruar) as bonus nonweapon proficiencies.

Novices of Hanali are known as the Beauteous. Full priests of the Heart of Gold are known as Paramours. In ascending order of rank, the titles used by Hanalian priests are Dove, Suitor, Lover, Libertine, Soft Caress, Heart's Desire, and Fiery Ardor. High-ranking priests have unique individual titles. Specialty priests are known as goldhearts.

Dogma: Life is worth living because of the beauty found in the world and the love that draws twin hearts together. Nurture what is beautiful in life, and let beauty's glow enliven and brighten the lives of those around you. The greatest joy is the rapture of newfound love and the tide of romance that sweeps over those wrapped in its embrace. Seek out and care for love wherever it takes root and bring it to its fullest bloom so that all may share in the joy and beauty it creates. Always give shelter and succor to young lovers, for their hearts are the truest guides to life's proper course.

Spheres
Major: All, animal, chaos, charm, creation, guardian, healing, necromantic, plant, protection, sun
Minor: Divination, wards, weather

Duties of the Priesthood

Hanali's priests are flighty and somewhat vain, given to dancing and wild celebrations. The hierarchy is loosely organized, and priests are free to join or leave the church as they wish. Paramours preside over marriage and rites of passage ceremonies for young elves, although they are not required to marry, for Hanali's concern is love, not necessarily marriage. Members of Hanali's clergy spend their days cultivating beauty and love in all their myriad forms. Many of Lady Goldheart's priests tend fine gardens, white others amass personal or temple-based collections of gems, crystal sculptures, and other fine works of art. While things of gold and crystal, particularly jewelry and statues, are favored, beautiful art in any form is admired, collected, and displayed. Hanali's priests must always be finely dressed, and displaying one's personal beauty to its best advantage is a requirement of every priest of the Heart of Gold.

Paramours favor weapons and armor that are a beauty to behold, emphasizing the natural elven grace of their bearer, yet that also guard against any weapon strike or spell that might mar their natural beauty. As such, Hanali's priesthood prefer chainmail (of elven make if available), shields, and weapons unlikely to bring them into melee combat or to disfigure the appearance of an opponent.

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