Planet Crasis: Alignment, Pantheon, Mysteries and Extra-Telluric Weapons
Here is the core of the Planet Crasis pantheon, plus alternate rules for alignment and extra-telluric weapon use.
Gods and Demons
The people of Athanor worship (exploit) a multitude of spiritual, ancestral, cosmic and extraplanar entities. It is believed that demons live on Crasis’ moon Oculus, which has a crater from which ruby red light shines, regarding the planet below.
This list is a work in progress!
Law
| Name | Drawn from | Description | Mysteries (known of so far) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asmodeus | MM | Contracts | |
| 2 | Mitra | Dark Tower, Judges Guild | Judgement, teaching, instruction | |
| 3 | Modron Hierarch: Primus | MM2 | Logic | |
| 4 | Modron Hierarchs: The Four Secundi | MM2 | Mathematics | |
| 5 | Modron Hierarchs: The Nine Tertians | MM2 | Classical physics | |
| 6 | Null | - | Darkness, underworld | |
| 7 | Polarix | - | Constellations, navigation | |
| 8 | St. Ceinwen | - | a Lioness of Mitra, champion of Kilhir Cloister | The Forbearance of St. Ceinwen |
| 9 | St. Toxteth | - | Harvest | The Solar Font, We Sow the Seed… |
| 10 | Trismegistus | - | Magic, arcane knowledge | |
| 11 | Vitus | - | Life, healing, anatomy, heredity | Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra, Throat Chakra, Third Eye Chakra, Crown Chakra, Blood Humor, Yellow Bile Humor, Black Bile Humor, Phlegm Humor |
Neutral
| Name | Drawn from | Description | Mysteries (known of so far) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artemix | Greek myth | Hunters | |
| 2 | Cat Lord | MM2 | Animal Lord of Cats | |
| 3 | Elemental Prince/ss: Cryonax | FF | Elemental Cold | |
| 4 | Elemental Prince/ss: Imix | FF | Elemental Fire | |
| 5 | Elemental Prince/ss: Ogremoch | FF | Elemental Earth | |
| 6 | Elemental Prince/ss: Olhydra | FF | Elemental Water | |
| 7 | Elemental Prince/ss: Yan-C-Bin | FF | Elemental Air | |
| 8 | Grey Mary (Mari Lwyd) | Welsh folk custom | Luck | Hearth Wassail, Health Wassail, Coin Wassail, Cider Wassail |
| 9 | Lienus | - | Merchants, business | |
| 10 | Petrichor | - | Nature, rain | |
| 11 | Volxan | Roman myth | Steel, forging, crafting | |
| 12 | Ouranos | (Thanks Mitch for the name) | Cosmos, theory of relativity |
Chaos
| Name | Drawn from | Description | Mysteries (known of so far) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cthulhu | HPL | Cosmic chaos | |
| 2 | Helios | - | Sun, light, energy, life | Source of All Possibilities |
| 3 | Ix | - | Ocean | |
| 4 | Kaleidos | - | Phantasmagoria | Internalised Chaos Mandala, Vision of Deep Time |
| 5 | Karna Dak | - | Barbarian ancestor worship | |
| 6 | Mare Fecunditatis | TOEE | Goddess of fecundity, queen of blooms, known elsewhere as demoness Zuggtmoy | The Mycorrhizal Mind |
| 7 | Nerolz | - | Chaos, dynamics, quantum mechanics | |
| 8 | Orcus | MM | Undead | The Forbidden Flesh |
| 9 | Set | Dark Tower, Judges Guild | Serpents, secrets, lies | |
| 10 | Th’ssok | - | A Son of Set |
Alignment
Alignment is the three-point Law-Neutral-Chaos continuum.
Alignment is cosmological affinity not moral views on human rights.
Characters may learn one mystery in Law, Neutrality or Chaos (i.e. a mystery of a Law, Neutrality or Chaos god/demon/entity/philosophy) per level through ritual, boon or curse. This happens during play, for example, by joining a cult, spending time in a sacred place at a sacred time, reading a forbidden book or being visited by a cosmic entity.
A zeroth level character knows no mysteries unless they are a special NPC.
A first level character may know zero (i.e. choice deferred until later) or one mystery at character creation.
A character may swear an oath once per adventure to Law, Neutrality or Chaos via one of their known mysteries. The oath may be superceded by a new oath only in the next adventure or when a new mystery is accrued in the current adventure (remember - only possible once per level). A character’s alignment is therefore that of their active oath. A character is unaligned if there is no active oath.
Being aligned to Law allows you to exploit mithril weapons. Being aligned to Chaos allows you to exploit blood-bronze weapons.
The total number of mysteries known in your current alignment is your mystery level. Mystery level dictates the maximum bonus you can exploit when using mithril or blood-bronze weapons. A weapon forged in mithril or blood-bronze with normal skill is +1 (magical), with bonuses of +2 through +5 depending on the mastery and cost of extra-telluric metallurgy required. A mithril or blood-bronze weapon with a bonus higher than the character’s mystery level is inert in their hands.
Example: Bor-Ax the Slayer knows two Chaos mysteries and one Law mystery. This is how he got there:
| Character Level | Mystery alignment | Mystery learned |
|---|---|---|
| 1, beginning of play | - | None yet (deferred) |
| 1, in first game | Chaos | Internalised Chaos Mandala, Kaleidos, Demon of Phantasmagoria |
| 2 | Chaos | Grotto Ritual, Mare Fecunditatis, Demoness of Blooms |
| 3 | Law | Earth Lore, St. Toxteth, Patron Saint of Harvest |
Bor-Ax swears an oath to Mare Fecunditatis (a Chaos Demoness) at the beginning of the adventure which he can do because he knows one of her mysteries. He is therefore aligned to Chaos with a mystery level of 2 for this adventure.
Bor-Ax has a +2 blood-bronze dagger, a +1 mithril longsword and a +3 blood-bronze warhammer. The dagger functions at +2 because he is currently aligned to Chaos with a mystery level of 2. The longsword is inert because he is currently aligned to Chaos. The warhammer is inert because he is of insufficient mystery level.
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Dallas
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2025 | Split out from Introduction to Planet Crasis: Bronze Blades (OSE Edition) |