The Oakenhide Sentinel
Category: Wildlords
Areas of Concern: Nature, might, protection, guardianship
Organizational structure: None. Each follower of Kaerthar is a self-appointed protector, guided by personal interpretations of the god’s will.
Titles: None formalized. However, those with greater experience or deeds may be referred to as "Wardens" or "Sentinels" by their peers.
Role of Clergy: Instead of leading others, Kaerthar’s followers act as exemplars, living in harmony with nature and intervening only when its balance is threatened. Some may teach survival skills, nature lore, or tracking techniques to those who seek guidance.
Appearance: Clergy wear practical clothing made of natural materials, often adorned with moss, feathers, or bark. Many carry scars from battles fought in defense of the wild.
Protect the natural world, defend the weak and innocent, promote the balance between growth and decay.
Harm a defenseless creature, exploit nature for profit, desecrate sacred natural sites.
Guard the Wild Places: Protect ancient forests, sacred groves, and other untouched natural areas from exploitation or destruction.
Defend the Weak and Innocent: Safeguard vulnerable creatures and people, ensuring the survival of the weak without upsetting nature’s balance.
Maintain the Cycle: Actively work to ensure the natural cycles of life and death, growth and decay, are preserved. This includes aiding in controlled burns, balancing predator-prey populations, or restoring damaged ecosystems.
Teach Wisdom Through Experience: Encourage others to understand nature’s lessons by allowing them to face its challenges, offering guidance only when absolutely necessary.
Honor Kaerthar’s Strength: Perform deeds of strength and perseverance, symbolizing Kaerthar’s indomitable spirit.
Kaerthar, the Oakenhide Sentinel, is a towering bear-shaped deity whose body is composed of moss-covered oak bark, with obsidian claws gleaming like freshly hewn stone. He is both a stalwart protector of nature and a guardian of the weak and innocent. Though typically calm and benevolent, Kaerthar unleashes his ferocity when the natural world or vulnerable creatures are threatened. Legends speak of him charging through forests, his obsidian claws leaving furrows in the earth, to drive out those who desecrate the balance of life. His followers invoke his protection with the phrase, “By Oakenhide and Obsidian Claw.”
The face of a bear crafted from wood with leaves and moss growing throughout. Beneath the face, the blackened claws of a bear.
Divine Attribute: Charisma or Strength
Divine Font: Heal
Divine Sanctification: Can choose holy
Divine Skill: Athletics
Favored Weapon: Claw or Warhammer
Domains: Nature, Might, Protection, Earth
Alternate Domains: Family, Repose, Healing, Destruction
Cleric Spells:
1st: Shillelagh
3rd: Wall of Thorns
4th: Mountain Resilience
5th: Nature's Pathway
6th: Repulsion
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