Pathfinder Chronicles - Gazetteer - Asamnet

Those who venerate darker powers face almost universal
scorn and are outlawed in many places. Most clerics find
themselves constantly needed for their healing skills,
divination abilities, and divine counsel. Local clerics
usually administer these services, with adventurers often
excused from such duty to attend to other matters of
interest to the faith. Wandering clerics spread the word
of their faith through deeds and public sermons across
Golarion. While considered a mild nuisance by some,
they are generally tolerated. For more information on the
gods of Golarion, see Chapter 4.
Appearance: Most clerics keep two sets of clothing:
vestments for use on holy days and during sermons, and
common wear with the emblems of their faith woven
into their clothing. Adventuring clerics tend to favor
functionality over religious iconography, but those with
the coin often emblazon their symbol on armor, shields,
and cloaks, or incorporate it into fanciful ornamentation
on weapons and jewelry.
Nations: Clerics can be found in nearly every nation
on Golarion, with two exceptions. Religion is entirely
banned in the country of Rahadoum, so few clerics are
said to come from that place. In the nation of Razmiran,
religion is practically forbidden, with the only sanctioned
“faith” being that of Razmir himself. Clerics of the
Ascended—the living gods Iomedae, Norgorber, and
Cayden Cailean—most frequently hail from Absalom,
but those who were trained elsewhere usually make it a
point to pilgrimage to that holy site.
Class Abilities: Clerics who follow one of the Ascended
gods have a closer tie to their faith than other clergy. As
such, these clerics can call upon the powers of their faith
more easily, gaining the spontaneous domain casting
ability. Taking this ability requires the cleric to choose
only a single domain, instead of the normal two.
Spontaneous Domain Casting (Su): A cleric who takes
this ability only chooses one domain when selecting his
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first level of cleric. The cleric can swap prepared spells
into domain spells from his chosen domain in addition
to the normal spontaneous casting. The cleric can lose
any spell that is not a prepared domain spell to cast any
spell on his domain list of an equal or lower level.
Druid
While the number of druids in Golarion is low, their
scarcity is magnified by the propensity to keep to their
own affairs. Most druids are loners, preferring the
company of nature to that of their fellow man —even those
of their order. One of the few exceptions to this are the
druids of the Wildwood Lodge, who hold court on the Isle
of Arenway in the center of the Verduran Wood. Those
traveling by water up the Sellen River often treat with the
druids, promising not to harm the wood in exchange for
protection and passage. The mysterious druids of Arenway
also host the Moot of Ages, held every summer solstice.
During this time, druids from across Avistan and Garund
swarm the island in an esoteric collegium.
Appearance: Druids generally prefer clothing and
weapons made by their own hands to those crafted by
others. For most, this means rough-spun tunics of wool
and plant fibers, leather pants and boots, and wooden
weapons. Adventuring druids often carry some metal
weapons and gear as needed, but keep to the natural ways
whenever possible.
Nations: Wherever there is nature, a druid might call
the place home, from the deserts of Thuvia to the brutally
cold wastes of the Crown of the World. The only places
almost totally devoid of druids are those that have
been warped or twisted from the natural path, such
as the Worldwound, Geb, Nex, Tanglebriar, and
the Sodden Lands, although even in
these unnatural climes a druid
might be found trying to set
matters aright.
mwangi
The deep brown, relatively short and wiry inhabitants of central Garund appear primitive in
the eyes of many along the Inner Sea coast, where they have a reputation of savagery and tribalism.
The so-called Mwangi Expanse that dominates maps of the southern continent thus paints
with a single brush a hugely diverse people, leaving the Mwangi one of the most mysterious and
little-understood folk of Golarion.
Cultural development within the expanse varies widely, from the simple canoe-traveling jungle
swamp dwellers of the interior to the all-too-civilized f lesh merchants and butchers of
Desolation Cape at Garund’s southern tip. Along Garund’s western coast, Mwangi are
known as excellent boatmen and guides, and in Thuvia some few have adapted to
the decadent civilization of the north to become members of the controlling caste.
The Mwangi sometimes fiercely resist Garundi immigrants, but just as often they
adopt the Garundi ways. Most Mwangi speak Polyglot.
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