A famous story is, late one night, a farmer heard something in his barn and upon investigating, he say Anamman hunched over a pregnant heffer, calming the mother and delivering the young calf. With the calf in his arms, Anamman turned to the farmer with a warm smile telling him that his calf would be a blessing unto the village. Indeed Anamman was right, for in the coming years, that calf, now grown tall and strong, provided the village with an unending supply of the sweetest milk.
Those who follow the teachings of Anamman are expected to put everyone and everything before themselves, for the betterment of all existence. Only those with a pure heart will receive Anamman’s aid.
Invoke Patron check results:
12-13: Anamman notices the struggle of the caster and bestows 1 luck point unto him/her.
14-17: Anamman sends a flock of insect-eating rainbow birds to help the caster in any way birds can. After 10 rounds, they fall to the ground, plucked and plump.
18-19: Anamman feels the caster’s kindness, granting either a +5 to the caster’s next spell check or an additional action as long as that spell or action is not harmful.
20-23: A warming aura surrounds the caster in a 50’ radius. All enemies within the aura are hit with a Charm Person spell as if it originated from the caster.
24-27: Anamman opens a doorway for the caster and up to 8 allies to a location 5d100 miles away. The caster cannot chose the location, but it will be a relatively safe place where Anamman feels they are needed.
28-29: Anamman appreciates the kindness the caster exhibits and grants a total of +10 to the caster’s next two spell checks, allocated as the caster sees fit as long as they are declared prior to casting. These spells cannot be harmful.
30-31: Anamman smiles down on the caster and any damage dealing action occurring within 500’ immediately stop doing damage for 2d6+2 rounds.
32+: Anamman invites the caster and surrounding allies into his Cottage in Limbo, his fabled place of rest. This Cottage in Limbo transports those affected into a warm, cozy, and peaceful cottage high in the mountains. Here, time stops and all wounds are healed, all worldly ailments cured and all natural hunger sated. The party may stay as long as they wish and leave through any door to any general place in the Known World.
Patron Taint: Anamman
When patron taint is indicated for Anamman, roll 1d6 on the table below. When a caster has acquired all six taints at all levels of effect, there is no need to continue rolling.
1: The caster feels the overwhelming need to give who have done wrong a second chance. If this result is rolled again, the caster feels the overwhelming urge to also give those who have done wrong to people he/she knows a second chance. If this result is rolled a third time, the caster feels the overwhelming need to also give those who wronged him/her a second chance.
2: The eternal kindness of the caster starts to show, aging him visibly 10 years. If this result is rolled a second time, add an additional 10 years. If this result is rolled a third time, add an additional 10 years plus the caster’s eyes turn into the softest, most inviting color of light blue.
3: The caster is overcome with the pacificity of Anamman, reducing his/her Strength by 1. if this result is rolled a second time, the caster becomes further involved in healing and counseling those in need, his/her Strength is further reduced by 1. If this result is rolled for a third time, no promise can keep the caster away from those in need and can only be motivated by those who need help. His/her Strength is further reduced by 1.
4: The caster develops a healing aura. Wherever the caster goes, natural life around him/her grow a little faster and a little taller, trees bear slightly larger fruit and animals grow slightly fatter. If this result is rolled again, the healing aura expands both in area and potency, entire villages notice the effects of the caster’s presence not even a week after the caster passed through. If this result is rolled a third time, the aura is so potent that even malicious natural life becomes slightly calmed after the caster has passed through.
5: Flowing with kindness, the caster feels obligated to donate 5% of his/her earnings to any cause of kindness he/she comes across. If this result is rolled again, this donation increases to 10%. If this result is rolled a third time, this donation increases to 15%.
6: There is a 1% chance that when the caster opens a gateway, the other side of the gateway is hundreds of miles away in a location that also has a gateway in the same plane of existence. This location may be random or discerned by Anamman as a place the caster needs to be. If this result is rolled again, that chance increases to 3%. If this result is rolled a third time, that chance increases to 5%.
Spellburn: Anamman
Anamman is always will to help those who do good, with any task to better the world. When a caster utilizes spellburn, roll 1d4 on the table below when a request is made.
1: The caster is transported to another plane, where time is significantly slower, to help with a menial task that could take hours. This task could be to help build a barn, dig for a well, plant a crop etc. as long as this task is for the betterment of existence. Upon completion of this task, the caster appears back on his/her native plane. No time seems to have passed and he finds him/herself weakened by whatever extent he/she sacrificed ability score points for spellburn.
2: If the caster is truly doing is betterment of someone/something, Anamman grants 2 points for every 1 point of attribute spent.
3: The caster is granted the spellburn bonus, but must succeed on a minor quest to better someone’s life in the next 1d4 weeks. This someone must not be an individual with which the caster has had contact and must have an issue that is at least a step above trivial. This issue’s solution must also be aligned with the principles of Anamman.
4: Calming peace envelops the caster, warming even his/her soul. The caster is granted a single DC 15 Will save; on a successful save the caster slumps onto the ground, weakened by the spellburn, but in a noticeably calm mood. On a filed save - in lieu of the spellburn - the caster is receives a +5 bonus to all spell checks for the next 1d6 rounds, yet for that duration, the caster perceives all to be friend.
Patron Spells: Anamman
Anamman eventually grants those who journey along the Path of Kindness three unique spells, as follows:
Level 1: Distant Door
Level 2: Extraplanar
Level 3: Tabula Rasa
Distant Door
Level: 1, Range: Varies, Duration: Varies, Casting Time: 1 action, Save: None
General:
The caster summons his/her inner peace to commune with all planes of existence so that when a gateway is opened, it opens to a completely different place. The caster can specify a destination for his/her Distant Door spell if he/she has previously crossed the threshold of that gateway.
Manifestation:
Roll 1d3: (1) The gateway opens with a blinding light to reveal its destination; (2) a gush of wind exits the gateway, carrying glittering particles and fat blue birds; (3) the gateway opens to a soundless, short, and dark tunnel with another gateway at the other end, which opens to the destination.
1: Lost, failure, and patron taint.
2-11: Lost and failure.
12-13: The caster steps through one gateway and emerges from another gateway up to 100 yards away.
14-17: The caster steps through one gateway and emerges from another gateway up to one mile away.
18-19: The caster steps through one gateway and emerges from another gateway up to 100 miles away.
20-23: The caster and up to 1d4+CL allies step through the gateway and emerge from another gateway up to 100 miles away.
24-27: The caster and up to 1d8+CL allies step through the gateway and emerge from another gateway up to 100 miles away.
28-29: The caster and up to 1d12+CL allies step through the gateway and emerge from another gateway up to 1,000 miles away.
30-31: The caster and up to CLx100 allies step through the gateway and emerge anywhere in the same plane. This spell remains active long enough for all allies to step through the gateway. Allies can be mounted on horses or even in boats provided the gateway is adjacent to a waterway.
32+: The caster and any number of allies can step through a gateway and emerge from another gateway on any plane. This spell remains active long enough for all allies to step through the gateway. Allies can be mounted on horses or even in boats provided the gateway is adjacent to a waterway.
Extraplanar
Level: 2, Range: Self, Duration: Varies, Casting Time: 1 action, Save: None
General:
The caster summons his/her inner peace to commune with all planes of existence in order to exist in either two planes at once.
Manifestation:
Roll 1d3: (1) The caster becomes shadowy and his/her voice distant; (2) The caster becomes translucent and his/her voice hollow; (3) The caster’s appearance takes the form of the two planes he/she inhabits, such as appearing half as normal and the other half in clothing from a different time or half as normal half as fiery and amorphous.
1: Lost, failure, and patron taint.
2-11: Lost and failure.
12-13: Failure, but spell is not lost.
14-15: For the next 1d4+CL rounds, the caster gains +2 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d4 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d4.
16-19: For the next 1d6+CL rounds, the caster gains +4 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d6 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d6.
20-21: For the next 1d8+CL rounds, the caster gains +6 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d8 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d8.
22-25: For the next 1d10+CL rounds, the caster gains +8 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d10 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d10.
26-29: For the next 1d12+CL rounds, the caster gains +10 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d12 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d12.
30-31: For the next 1d14+CL rounds, the caster gains +12 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d14 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d14.
32-33: For the next 1d20+CL rounds, the caster gains +16 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d20 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d20. Additionally, since the caster’s anchor is so strong in both planes, he/she is granted one and half as many Action Dice as he/she would normally have (rounded up).
34+ For the next 1d30+CL rounds, the caster gains +20 to all saving throws and AC. Also, whenever the caster takes damage, it is reduced by 1d30 but the caster’s damage is also reduced by 1d30. Additionally, since the caster’s anchor is so strong in both planes, he/she is granted twice as many Action Dice as he/she would normally have.
Tabula Rasa
Level: 3, Range: Self, Duration: -, Casting Time: 1 action, Save: None
General:
The caster summons his/her inner peace to commune with all planes of existence so that he/she may view and alter the very strings of life that bind everything to him/herself. By tieing broken strings and repairing those that have frayed, the caster can help existence better understand their actions. Note, if this spell is done with malicious intent, the rolled result is always a 1. Note note, if this detail altered is outlandish or inconceivable to the target, their memory will reject the change and maintain the original detail.
Manifestation:
Roll 1d3: (1) Strings of light appear around each of the caster’s fingers, dimming the further they are from the caster; (2) the air around the caster shimmers and the caster’s form appears to waver as if it is a reflection atop water; (3) the caster’s eyes appear void and bottomless as he/she looks upon the entirety of existence.
1: Lost, failure, and patron taint.
2-11: Lost and failure.
12-15: Failure but the spell is not lost.
16-17: The caster can alter a single detail pertaining to him/herself in the mind of someone who they have only met once.
18-21: The caster can alter 1d3+1 details pertaining to him/herself in the mind of someone who they have only met once.
22-23: The caster can alter a single detail pertaining to him/herself in the mind of someone who they have met at most 5 times.
24-26: The caster can alter 1d3+1 details pertaining to him/herself in the mind of someone who they have met at most 5 times.
27-31: The caster can alter a single detail pertaining to him/herself in the mind of someone with whom the caster has constant contact.
32-33: The caster can alter 1d3+1 details pertaining to him/herself in the mind of someone with whom the caster has constant contact.
34-35: The caster can alter any amount of details pertaining to him/herself in the mind of any individual with whom they have had contact.
36+: The caster can alter any details pertaining to him/herself in the mind of anyone with which the caster has had contact.
