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Medius
Medius
The Silent
Alignment
Lawful Good
Aspects
Patience, Wisdom, Balance, Water, Earth
Ethos
Master your mind and you can endure any pain.
Remember that you have two ears and one mouth; listen often and speak wisely.
Do not tell others how to act; earn their trust and prove to them it is right through your actions.
Be in nature. Feel the water, touch the stone. You can learn more by being aware of the world, your mind, and your body than you can from any amount of academic study.
Traditions
Temples vary significantly in terms of aesthetic, as they are carved out of the earth in the land the temple is founded.
Ritual self-denial through the practice of dalvi, aligned with the start of each season.
Clergy of Medius are expected to abstain from romantic entanglements to avoid excess attachment
Symbiology
Followers of Medius favor browns and blues
Medius is often represented using symbols of earth and water. This can be swirling depictions of the two intertwined in a landscape, or might depict a carefully balanced stone arch over water.
Description
Medius is a god of patience, endurance, and balance. His followers are expected to have a great deal of empathy and not rush into decisions and judgement. Positive emotions are celebrated as long as they do not cause one to lose control, but negative emotions like fear, jealousy, and anger are seen as dangers to be tamed.
Four times a year, aligned with the seasons, the most devout followers of Medius will declare a new dalvi, or "soul journey." This is a practice where they choose to ritually deny themselves a particular comfort or pleasure. These can include things like indulgent food and drink, fancy clothing, sleeping in a comfortable bed, or even radical gestures like speaking. When one Dalvi ends, another begins. The dalvi is meant to be temporary and reflect a weakness the follower is working on. Dalvi are always decided by the follower themselves, but often younger followers or junior clergy are guided to a goal by a mentor figure.
The clergy of Medius is highly decentralized compared to most religions, and tends to have a fairly ecumenical approach toward other deities that share common values. It isn't uncommon to see a priest of Medius run a religious service for a diverse community of religions, focusing on the practical teachings of the faith.
Medius gets along well with other lawful and good deities, but has great tension with those who promote impulsivity or pride. Most notably, Medius is often in conflict with Vari and Zilik, though this may come across as more scolding that outright hostility.
This is Stoneflow, found in the town of Silverstone. The original temple was built hundreds of years ago and is found behind the facade shown in this picture. The entrance was added more recently by followers with a flourish for architecture. Regardless, the water flows through the temple itself through grooves carved into the natural stone walls.
Unique Spells
Spell - Healing Rain - Heals all living creatures in the area. At higher levels, increase amount healed.
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Spell - Equilibrium - Redistribute HP among 3 targets, each gains 10 THP. At higher levels, add targets.
Spell - Form of Earth / Form of Water
Cleric of Balance
Domain Spells
Stand Like Stone, Flow Like Water
At 1st level, When you would be subjected to forced movement, reduce the total distance moved by 10 feet. If you are not prone, immobilized, or restrained, and the original forced movement is less than or equal to 10 feet, you may instead move that distance as a free action in any direction. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Unity of Body and Mind
At 1st level, you gain the following benefits while you are aren’t wearing armor or wielding a shield:
Your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.
You can use Wisdom instead of Strength for the attack and damage rolls of your unarmed strikes.
You can roll a d4 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strike. This die increases as you gain levels: 1d6 at 5th level, 1d8 at 11th level, and 1d10 at 17th level. Monk levels count as cleric levels toward this progression.
Channel Divinity: Shape of Water
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity to help yourself or an ally avoid harm. As an reaction, when you or an ally within 30 feet would take damage from an attack, the target may reduce that damage in half and move fifteen feet without provoking opportunity attacks.
The Obstacle Is The Way
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