Tempus is the head of the pantheon and is the god of war and conflict. He is in eternal conflict with his brother Cyric. He has a deep and abiding hatred of Cyrics’ son Mask whom he considers a manipulator of him and Cyric. Tempus is cunning and recently allowed himself to be “slain” in order to flush out the clerics of Mask and to remove clerics from his order that he deemed less than necessary. He sent a messenger to Beldorn to warn the clerics but the messenger was sent awry by Mask and a group of adventurers found the messenger. The group aided the messenger to eventually bring Tempus back to full life, making heroes of two adventurers, one named Adolph Gronnar and the other Osric. These two gave their life forces to Tempus to bring him back to full health.

Now with the clerics of Mask exposed, the clerics of Tempus, Torm, Tyr and Helm are taking their full measure of revenge on Mask.

In addition to his being slain, Tempus has dropped wards that he created at the end of the third age to allow human deities that fled from Beldorn during the near destruction of the sphere to return except for Anduhar. Tempus seeks to increase strife in Beldorn.

Tempus three sons, Helm, Torm, and Tyr as well as their mother Mystra attempted to prevent Tempus from achieving his goals but failed and are now trying to mitigate the situation.

Tempus believes that dieing in combat is the most noble way for a believer to die. The believer will sit next to the chair of Tempus in his home in limbo. Until his recent reviving Clerics of Tempus did not allow themselves to be raised or resurrected or brought back in any way. Now Tempus has told his clerics that is possible to be brought back but there may be consequences.

Tempus colors are black and red. The cleric may be of chaotic alignment. Most are chaotic neutral, very few are chaotic evil. The requirements for the clerics are a str 12 and a con 12. The cleric may use any weapon and is encouraged to pick one. He may use any armor.

DOMAINS: WAR, STRENGTH, HEALING

Clerics of Tempus gain the following spells. 1st faith healing(spell compendium), 2nd blade of blood(ph2), 3rd haste, 4th stoneskin, 5th fire shield

Clerics of Tempus may not cast the following spells, 1st hide undead, 1st summon monster 1, 2nd summon monster 2, 3rd contagion, 3rd summon monster 3, 4th summon monster 4th planar ally lesser, 5th summon monster 5, 6th summon monster 6, 6th planar ally, 6th undead to death, 7th summon monster 7,8th summon monster 8, 9th gate, 9th summon monster 9.

Clerics of Tempus may cast the following spells under certain conditions 5th raise dead, 7th resurrection, 9th resurrection true.

clerics of Tempus believe that they need not summon allies because of their superiority to other clerics. The banned undead spells are important to Cyric so Tempus refuses to use them.

The conditional spells are a result of Tempus being brought back from being “slain” He may grant them to a follower or cleric of extraordinary devotion.

PRESTIGE CLASSES:WARPRIEST, DIVINE CRUSADER, WAR MIND

The clerics are named battle brothers and the high cleric is named the Battlefather.

Initiating a lay member-a combat is fought with the want to be priest choosing a weapon. The clerics evaluate the lay member for potential and if accepted will have his weapon hand cut and mixed with other clerics watching the event.

At fifth level the priest gives himself a last name based on the weapon that he or she favors. The weapon is anointed with a mixture of oils and blood by the priest presiding over the event.

Burial of a bloodbrother-The cleric may be buried, burned or set above the ground according the the wishes of the brother. All clerics present cut their weapon hand and bleed into the coffin, fire or other burial place. This represents the the blood brothers are with him at all times. Each cleric donates a weapon to aid him in his journey. A combat is fought(non-lethal) to aid the cleric in remembering the ideals of the church.

Defrocking of a blood brother- a defrocking occurs when the cleric 1. deserts, 2. cowardice in battle(non-spell caused) 3. defiance of orders by superiors, 4. Less often being raised, resurrection, reincarnated. Now it is on a case by case basis. There is no atonement for these offenses.

The offending cleric is brought to a tribunal of three clerics who sit in judgement. The tribunal presents the witnesses and the cleric must convince the jury of his innoence.

If convicted he is stripped of his powers. He is purged of his combat worthiness by being scrubbed while fully armored and weaponed. This represents the loss of skill of being a cleric of Tempus. His weapons are then removed and broken by the attending clerics. All attending clerics are required to strike him with their bare fist showing contempt and walk away not facing him. The ex-cleric must leave the church and never enter any church of Tempus thereafter.

Marriage of a blood brother-a ceremonial mock combat is fought with attending clerics and friends being the future husband and wife or enemies. The husband and wife are to fight together against an enemy showing their unity.

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