Questions about Blessed Lands Book

I really love the flavor of the Death Mongers. I’m a bit unsure of how to build one though. The spells and paths seem to treat the Divine Trinity as a single Deity, but there’s no entry that matches the original ARPG table 2-2 to describe that deity’s armor, skill, and weapon.

Reading the “Initiate” background, I’d guess at:

Deity: Divine Trinity / Death Monger
Pantheon: Pantheon of Man
Sect: Divine Trinity / Death Monger
Skill: Etiquette?? Heal??
Weapon: Spear
Armor: Chainmail

You’re correct. For skill, pick one of the three.

So a standard starting build would be:
Archetype: Divine
Deity: Divine Trinity
Background: Initiate to the Divine Trinity / Death Monger

If you look at the Spells section, you’ll note that there is an entry for Deity spells specific to the Divine Trinity. This list replaces the list you would get if you selected an individual god.

Finally, can you play a DM on its own, or do you have to get two friends to join you (since they always travel in groups of three or more, per their path)?

You’re fine making one and adventuring on your own. If you can convince a couple of friends to join you, it would be cool to see, but not required.

With a sweep of his hat,

Paul

If you want access to the spells that are specifically combinations of spells from 2 of the 3 gods, your Death Monger would need to be a part of the Orthodoxy and take the Path Keepers of Forgotten Lore (Codex of Heroes) which grants access to those spells.

Followers of the Divine Trinity do NOT need to follow the Orthodoxy Path to gain multiple Gods. It is a fundemental aspect of their religion that they AUTOMATICALLY gain spells from all three, as per the list provided in the book. In fact, there are some Pantheon Spells which appear on their “Deity” Spell List.

As such, Death Mongers ONLY get access to Common Deity Spells as well as the Deity Spells as found in their specific spell list. The Trinity is treated as a single god in terms of their spell selection.

Chain Shirt, Chain Hauberk, Plate and Chain. Kio Hauberks are very selective type of armor only made by the Kio.

Ultimately, aside from it being a ‘standard’ Milandisian armor, there is nothing fundamentally ‘Milandisian’ about their Chain Hauberk. On the contrary for the Kio Hauberk, which is made in a similar process to a Kio Blade and is therefore ‘unique’ in the world. Similarly, you could in theory find a Khitani wearing a Gothic Cuirass as it is not a unique armor to Canceri, but the primary users of them are Canceri Nierites.

Thanks for the answers, folks!

You can also gain it through Initiate Holy Judge of Nier (ARPG pg 284), Devoted Initiate (CoH pg 120, though requiring Divine), and (in the case of some Legacy Characters from Canceri from the 3.5 days) the Theocrat background (CoH pg 53).

At this time the way a non-Divine character has to go to get into Warrior of the Eternal Flame would be Holy Champion or Anointed Priest, Initiate Holy Judge of Nier, then Warrior of the Eternal Flame. Other paths may become available at later dates.

Thanks for the clarity. I was falling into the trap of a distinction without a difference. Reading up on the Death Mongers is inspiring me to use one of them for a character using the Flos De Macto fighting style again. I’ve never been satisfied with any of my previous attempts to build one, but that may be the one that makes it work and stays interesting.

See, Cody?!?! (We were discussing character options and i told him I would be hard pressed to not play a Neroth-focused Deathmonger utilizing Flos de Macto)

Can you take Anointed Weapon if you worship Anshar, Jeggal Sag, or other deity with “unarmed” as weapon of choice? Mechanically it wouldn’t really do much (since you already have a hand free) but it could be interesting flavor.