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What kind of corrupt divinities have you used in your games, or concepts you have for them? Talking about things like the cannibal god Han-Tha, or the dread deities mentioned to still be dwelling in fallen Zen-Mu. Honestly, the idea of Forbidden Gods seems like fantastic antagonist material, but it never got much spotlight.
Here's a concept I had for a rogue deity, although no stats since I'm garbage at the system.
Xuè-shù: God of Vampiric Trees
In the first age, when the Primordials still held sway over Creation, Xuè-shù was one of the more powerful gods of the East, ruling over a great forest of trees whose every leaf, branch, and root greedily drank the blood of any creature that came too close. When the other gods and their Chosen rebelled, Xuè-shù sided with her creators, raising up her entire bloodthirsty forest as an army, and acted as the commander of all Primordial-aligned forces in the South-East. Though her nightmarish forces and personal might were formidable, they were ultimately overwhelmed by the Exalted host. The Vampiric Forest burned, and Xuè-shù herself seemingly met her end and the hands of the Twilight sorcerer Thundering Silence. Unbeknownst to her assailants, one solitary sprig of Xuè-shù remained, and over the course of centuries, the rogue goddess reconstituted herself. Her sanctum is located in a thick forest near the north coast of the Dreaming Sea, and she travels the region to sow the slow-growing seeds of her favored form of life. Her forest grows, slowing choking out other plant life wherever it sprouts, and groves of Vampire Trees have begun to crop up within Volivats northern border.
Description:
Xuè-shù resembles a thicket of darkwood branches twisted into a vaguely humanoid shape, twelve feet tall, with trailing roots where her legs would be. Two larges branches act as wings, and bare white leaves shot through with red veins. She has two faces, one serene and beautiful feminine face that is set into her torso, one with fangs of jagged wood upon her head.
Powers:
Xuè-shù is capable of extruding black thorns from her body that weep a thick, red venom that hinders healing and causes blood to flow freely. Her monstrous face can spit barbed Vampire Tree seeds that take root and germinated rapidly in her opponents flesh, while her beautiful face can steal blood and essence through a kiss. She may animate plants at will, though she only favors carnivorous ones. Her most dangerous ability is to temporarily gain access to any Charms possessed by victims whose blood she consumes entirely, and she permanently keeps charms of wood elementals, or wood-aspected Dragon-Blooded charms.
Here's a concept I had for a rogue deity, although no stats since I'm garbage at the system.
Xuè-shù: God of Vampiric Trees
In the first age, when the Primordials still held sway over Creation, Xuè-shù was one of the more powerful gods of the East, ruling over a great forest of trees whose every leaf, branch, and root greedily drank the blood of any creature that came too close. When the other gods and their Chosen rebelled, Xuè-shù sided with her creators, raising up her entire bloodthirsty forest as an army, and acted as the commander of all Primordial-aligned forces in the South-East. Though her nightmarish forces and personal might were formidable, they were ultimately overwhelmed by the Exalted host. The Vampiric Forest burned, and Xuè-shù herself seemingly met her end and the hands of the Twilight sorcerer Thundering Silence. Unbeknownst to her assailants, one solitary sprig of Xuè-shù remained, and over the course of centuries, the rogue goddess reconstituted herself. Her sanctum is located in a thick forest near the north coast of the Dreaming Sea, and she travels the region to sow the slow-growing seeds of her favored form of life. Her forest grows, slowing choking out other plant life wherever it sprouts, and groves of Vampire Trees have begun to crop up within Volivats northern border.
Description:
Xuè-shù resembles a thicket of darkwood branches twisted into a vaguely humanoid shape, twelve feet tall, with trailing roots where her legs would be. Two larges branches act as wings, and bare white leaves shot through with red veins. She has two faces, one serene and beautiful feminine face that is set into her torso, one with fangs of jagged wood upon her head.
Powers:
Xuè-shù is capable of extruding black thorns from her body that weep a thick, red venom that hinders healing and causes blood to flow freely. Her monstrous face can spit barbed Vampire Tree seeds that take root and germinated rapidly in her opponents flesh, while her beautiful face can steal blood and essence through a kiss. She may animate plants at will, though she only favors carnivorous ones. Her most dangerous ability is to temporarily gain access to any Charms possessed by victims whose blood she consumes entirely, and she permanently keeps charms of wood elementals, or wood-aspected Dragon-Blooded charms.
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