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mylordshesacactus · 11 months ago

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Atri's formal rites, by the way:

The short version--the general blessing-over-the-restless-dead, short enough to be said in battle, basically what will evolve into Turn Undead when she gets her third Cleric level--is "Queen of Ravens, turn your gaze upon a wayward soul."

The version she said for Klara:

Mistress of Ravens, turn your gaze in mercy on a wayward soul... Call her softly to where the tyrant holds no whip, the beggar feels no hunger, and all chains are broken.

ngl I did think we might get through the PROLOGUE before I had to break out the full formal funeral rites that I wrote for Atri specifically to save for speaking over the remains of a tortured innocent with whom she had established a deep connection but--

#d&d #strahd campaign #atri's prayerbook #I respect the approach of a cynical cleric #and the commitment of playing like....a My Deity Right Or Wrong zealot as well #but for me the appeal of playing Atri is her sincere and tender faith #and it's important that like...she reveres the Raven Queen for what she represents #not the other way around #she doesn't care about this because her goddess does--she worships her goddess because this is important #it means something to her #her little prayerbook in the back of my d&d notebook is central to her character #rituals of mourning are important. it may or may not make a material difference to the dead in this world--#but it makes a material difference to Atri #it matters that she says funeral rites for the zombies she kills. every time.#it matters that she cuts the restraints Klara died in even though it won't help anyone now #obviously I'm not going to make the party sit through me RPing the prayers EVERY time once I've got a new one established #but like. the first time absolutely. that's essential to who Atri is as a character

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