#cayden cailean

[sadruru]

"The gods and powerful creatures of Golarion"

I was asked to draw them. There aren't many fanarts anyway, and that's sad ;D

Iomedae (The Inheritor):

Calistria (The Savored Sting) and Cayden Cailean (The Accidental God):

I love seeing them together.They're the noisy neighbors in Elysium 🌚

Uh, speaking of Elysium…

Sarenrae (The Dawnflower), Shelyn (The Eternal Rose) and Desna (The Song of the Spheres):

Nocticula (The Redeemer Queen) ;D :

Brigh (The Whisper In Bronze) and Casandalee (The Iron Goddess):

Very unusual goddesses associated with technology.

Mahathallah (Dowager of Illusions). Queen of the Night:

Ragathiel (General of Vengeance). Empyreal Lord:

Aroden. The greatest prankster in history. Made trouble and died ;D :

Aroden: "Sorry, I'm dead ✨" Arazni and Iomedae: "What???"

[murthingsblog]

Okay, I love that Arazni (who is very negative towards almost all gods) feels comfortable in the company of Calistria and Cayden

I can just picture the three of them sitting at Calistria's, with wine and fruits

And then

- Mistress, as you requested, we cast a ghost touch rune on each of these wasps.

Calistria, now with a nest of wasps in her hands: Guess what we're doing now?

Arazni:

Kaiden: *finishes wine and puts his hand on Arazni's shoulder* we're going to your ex, babe

Arazni:

Arazni:....fuck Geb

[desertdruidcrafts]

Fresh redraws including a completely new Cayden Cailean. He showed up drunkenly to Milil's library in my campaign after a clutch Divine Intervention role, so that's always fun.

[archpaladin]

I honestly think not enough attention is paid to the fact in the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Golarion, that ALL temples to the god Cayden Cailean are bars. Combined with his popularity among people of almost all classes (being a god of revelry, freedom, and adventure in addition to alcohol, and one of the few mortals to ascend to godhood), and I almost wonder if a fully secular bar might only exist in Rahadoum, where ALL religions are outlawed by the state!

Same thing with Calistria, the goddess of lust, trickery and vengeance. As far as I'm aware, virtually all of her temples function as brothels, and given the goddess' other aspects almost any sex worker who joins the clergy has a built-in union to stab people who try to exploit them. Secular sex work establishments would probably have a hard time competing with an institution like that...

The god Abadar's church created the concept of banking and requires all lawyers where it operates to be licensed by them. Every forge can effectively be a shrine to the dwarf god Torag, even if you yourself aren't a dwarf.

Religion plays a MUCH bigger role in the everyday goings-on of Golarion when so many places for work and leisure can be owned and operated by various churches, but I feel sometimes that gets barely touched on, even WHEN you're playing a cleric!

[pathfuckery]

New Year, New Deity, Day 4: Cleric of Cayden Cailean

It's here, the one you've all been waiting for: The Cleric of Cayden Cailean, the Accidental God! Raise a glass in toast for this fun and helpful cleric!

This Cleric build focuses on a being helpful and daring, and that's why I used the swashbuckler dedication! What better way to help the cleric accomplish feats of derring-do? They act as a flanker and skirmisher, while being able to provide powerful aid to their allies thanks One for All. Their spell list focuses of course on Heroism, as well as a suite of counteract spells to deal with whatever ales you!

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[archpaladin]

And he was generous with his divinity too: his herald, Thais, was a courtesan he was friends with, and she's become a badass in her own right, sacrificing one of her six wings in a battle against ASMODEUS HIMSELF to save a thousand unjustly damned souls! And she's more than capable of telling her boss when she thinks he's being a dumbass!

AND! He elevated his DOG to divine status to join him! He couldn't imagine eternal life without his good boy, Thunder! Thunder has since sired several litters of descendants, who now roam Elysium and can be summoned as allies by Cayden's faithful: the cayhounds. Back in 1e, you could also summon a cayhound PUPPY to be your familiar too!

Sticking with Pathfinder for another minute:

Pathfinder Deity Spotlight: Cayden Cailean

Once a mortal human, Cayden Cailean is now one the few deities known as the Ascended. In his mortal years, Cayden was a sellsword of no small fame, known for his boisterous manner, skill with a blade, and fearless resolve. During a particularly rowdy night of drinking, a series of escalating dares led the wandering mercenary to attempt the Test of the Starstone. He emerged from the Starstone Cathedral 3 days later, laughing, a fully realized god. Divine responsibility did little to change Cayden’s attitude from what it was in his mortal life. He continues to crave adventure, drink, and pleasurable company while abhorring bullies, tyrants, and cowards.

Cayden has no formal churches or structure clergy, but simple shrines to him appear in almost every tavern and roadside inn. Many of his priests own such businesses and offer healing to patrons, some of whom may have been injured during a drunken brawl. While Cayden’s faith is a charitable one, Caydenites still seek payment for such services— at the very least, the injured party is expected to purchase a round of drinks for the house. Only in places where worshippers of the Accidental God are in direct opposition to the local powers, such as where a rebellion is forming under a tyrant’s nose, is his church out of the public eye. Caydenites can bring themselves to be quiet in the face of oppression only for so long, however, and once a rebellion reaches full bloom, the god’s silver tankard is often proudly displayed across every bar.

As a mortal, Cayden often found himself at odds with the work he was hired to perform and abandoned jobs that went against his conscience. This gave him a reputation for being unreliable among his more unscrupulous employers, but it garnered significant respect from clients with stronger morals. Legends tell of him taking contracts to free entire crews of slaves, undoing the operations of predatory business owners, and other rebellious deeds for the good of the common folk. His worshippers often involve themselves in similar matters: safeguarding the freedom and prosperity of working-class people, overthrowing tyrants, and helping the oppressed to relocate to freer lands. His champions, in particular, embed themselves in nations with harsh laws and stir up rebellions— often from the back room of a tavern.

--- Lost Omens: Gods and Magic (2020)

Cayden Cailean, the Accidental God. God of alcohol, pubs, and freedom fighters. One of the things that the 2e source doesn’t mention, and one of the reasons that I love him, is a little tidbit I found mentioned on a wiki (so I’m assuming it’s from a 1e source). And that is that he’s called the Accidental God because he doesn’t remember how he did it. The Test of the Starstone. He doesn’t remember how he passed it. This mad lad got black out drunk, took a lethal test with a 99%+ failure rate on a dare, and then woke up three days later as a god with no idea what happened in between. Which is just. I mean. You’ve got to admire it? Exactly three people aside from Aroden have ever passed the test of the Starstone. In all of history. Three. Iomedae, goddess of paladins, Norgorber, mysterious god of thieves and murder, and this man. Cayden Cailean, the Accidental God. Who got drunk and did it on a lark, and became a god to his own surprise, let alone anyone else’s.

And who then woke up, abruptly an unplanned deity, and went right. I can do something with this.

And, okay. He’s a fairly typical Robin Hood type god? Rebel looking for a cause, champion of the little guys, an adventurer who stumbled into a lot more power than he ever could have expected. He’s the sort of cheerful, boisterous adventurer who you probably do want to punch sometimes, who has power in some ways because he lucked into it. But. But. In some ways, also, not because he lucked into it. Because he may have been drunk at the time, and he may not remember what happened, but he did pass the Starstone Test. A test that people have been attempting for four thousand years, and that killed everyone that attempted it except this man and three others. So there was skill there, as much as luck, and there was depth as well.

He's a cheerful, boisterous adventurer, an accidental god, the god of alcohol whose temples are all pubs, but he had principles even as a mortal sellsword, and he stuck to them even at the risk of his business. And he sticks to them still. He woke up from a bender as a god, and went, okay. I can help people like this. I can fight so much bigger tyrants, and protect people on so much bigger a scale. And I do respect that about him.

I also just enjoy his public house temples as well. It’s a fun sort of echo and reverse of how many medieval European breweries were in monasteries. Sometimes holy ground is the local pub. Heh. And the little detail that you can get healing services there, at the cost of at least a round of drink for the house. Like, that’s just a fun set-piece? You and your party get badly injured in a fight in the woods or the dark alleys of a city, and you drag yourself a nearby pub, and then scrounge up the coin to buy a round to get your guts put back in. A pub which, incidentally, may also be the meeting place and headquarters for the local resistance movement, with the full blessing and support of its divine patron.

There’s just. There’s a reason he’s a popular god? Even if his personality might rub you the wrong way a bit on occasion. There’s a nice thread of something genuine running under it, as well as a banger origin story, and some fun trappings to his faith.

[scribblesscribblings]

First thing I wanna share is progress on Kingmaker: we fought the Stag Lord and he shot my boy right in the throat 😔 It’s ok tho he got healed and he’s better now

[grimvestige]

Old wip that I quickly polished up (and once again forgot caedrinn's aeon quintessence) of Cae ^.^ He was having a bit of an existential crisis about being an aeon after wintersun and one of seelah's companion quests.

[mountainashfae]

I really want Owlcat to make a Skulls and Shackles game. It's right up their alley. The discourse over what you can do when raiding would be legendary.

[archpaladin]

Well, you're pretty darn close! (Divine Mysteries SPOILERS! under the cut)

According to the new Divine Mysteries book, SHELYN gifted Arazni a divine realm, one of her rose gardens in Elysium. Shelyn, knowing something of the kind of transformation Arazni's been through after seeing what happened to her own brother (Zon-Kuthon), knew she'd need her own personal space, both literally and figuratively, to continue healing (and more importantly to stay the FUCK out of her business unless she comes and asks, something other righteous gods and their heralds don't seem to quite get yet). Arazni's found tending the roses (more for their thorns than the actual flowers) therapeutic, and has made the garden into a secure and defensible home. Also, she lets foxes (her favorite animal) roam the place, which has culled the population of songbirds Shelyn had there, which Arazni appreciates because she prefers the quiet.

That said, Calistria ABSOLUTELY draws Arazni out once in a while (and since her realm's in Elysium too, technically they're neighbors), with their shared values of revenge and self-determination (and a spa day!), and sometimes Cayden Cailean hangs out with them too. His boisterous temperament may annoy her, BUT she knows he's got her back and is always ready to beat up tyrants and abusers with her!

Silly Arazni headcanon

Since Arazni is yet to get her own divine realm, I like to imagine her crashing on Calistria’s couch

And Calistria be like, “Guuuuurl, we ARE going to plan terrible vengeance on your enemies, but we should get it WHILE getting our nails done (by the way, you need it). With cucumbers on eyes. Now, what kind of wine do you want to drink as you watch them burn?”

[murthingsblog]

Yes I weak

Caylistria meme

I love this ship

[shadesofmauve]

Gwen: "Hello, druid Mauseth! We've come to seek your wisdom and aid!"

GM: there's no response.

Gwen: "We've got beer!"

GM: There's no response.

Gwen, with total confidence: "She's not here."

[rlainarin]

3, 7, 11 for KAM!

3: Who is/are their best friend(s) among companions and why?

Seelah and Arueshalae <3 Seelah's been there from the start and they have pretty similar priorities, despite their differences on the Lawful/Chaotic axis-- you look out for people, and then you go to the tavern and have a good time. and Arueshalae gets the sense of belonging to Elysium, so they just fall into being friends really quickly.

(romancing Arueshalae was considered but no, Kam would NEVER be happy with Arueshalae's happy ending. they wouldn't work.)

7: Is your KC religious? If yes, which deity do they follow? If not, what is their view on religion?

so, in my "completely new to Pathfinder lore" decisions, I made Kam... Calistrian. which becomes fascinating after going through all the Azata and Desna connections...

so Kam went to Calistria to learn how to be selfish. to embrace spite. and it never fully lets that go-- yellow capes, half-jokes about the Calistrian prostitution rites, and the Red Mask plotline... and it gets balanced with a healthy dash of Desnan semi-worship.

11: For martial KCs, favorite weapon? For spellcasters, favorite spell?

the Marching Terror glaive is the weapon I always associate w/ Kam, BUT once we got to the dragon-riding he swapped to spears. I don't remember off the top of my head WHICH spear was the main one but <3 mounted Charge.

favorite spell is not from the skald spellbook but Azata-- Heroes Never Surrender <3

[ringmaster-midori]

Having had a bit too much of the Dragon's Blood Wine at the Draconic Harvest Festival, Midori breaks into song:

🎶🎶🎶 Here's to Cayden Cailean, Cayden Cailean, Cayden Cailean Here's to Cayden Cailean, he's with us tonight He's happy, he's jolly, he's blessed us, by golly! Here's to Cayden Cailean, he's with us tonight! 🎶🎶🎶

[alienturnipp]

River Kingdoms Daredevil, Cayden Cailean enthusiast, dual-wielding troublemaker, aspiring Azata, Commander of the Fifth Crusade 🦋

[nnibarrel]

Polaroid pictures with pathfinder characters, if wotr and km were films and they were actors, that our gang from Pathfinder Ask made! 1) me and @boggubozakatochnihmashinok (Ramien) "I wanted a prop like that too!" (Varn) "This is a blessing of Cayden Cailean!" 2) @ronavorona16 (Lann) "You thought I was always so handsome? But that's a makeup!" 3) @laurelinlote (Tristian and, behind him, Kalikke) 4) Ilrand (Commander and Excess) "Am I real? Is he real? Haha, in fact we are both real." 5) RadSilv (Commander) "This is me auditioning for the role of the сount Arendae. But playing the lead role was also good!" 6) @doctorpasta and @kutkhart (Commander and Irabeth) "Will Deskari become a butterfly after a kiss?" 7) kutkhart and @alittlecrazy23 (Regill and Nenio) "We need coffee. At any cost." 8) kutkhart and Lina (Stitch, Areelu and Regill) "Discussing villainous monologues." Thanks to Kutkh for organizing this!