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T om e o f B l e s s i n g s

A Guide to Priests & Religion

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The Tome of Blessings provides a brief history of religion in the Empire, and describes the major faiths practised in

the setting. This book provides additional game rules and mechanics for invoking divine blessings, as well as useful

information for players who want to play a priest or religious character.

C haPTer o ne : f aiTh in The o ld W orld

C haPTer f our : C orruPTion & h eresy

Folk Worship

Corruption & Cults

Imperial Cults, Temples & Shrines

Temptations of the Dark Gods

Holy Warriors

Chaos Cults

Wandering Priests

Necromancy

Prayers and Blessings

The Ruinous Powers

On the Question of Magic and Faith in the gods

Khorne

Nurgle

C haPTer T Wo : T he i mPerial C ulTs

Slaanesh

Tzeentch

Cult Structure and Hierarchy

Heresy & Renegades

The Role of the Cults

The Dangers of Heresy

Life in a Cult

Witch Hunters

The Cult of Manann

Blood, Faith & Fire

The Cult of Morr

Agents of the Emperor

The Cult of Myrmidia

Judge, Jury & Executioner

The Cult of Ranald

Heresy & Literacy

The Cult of Shallya

The Cult of Sigmar

The Cult of Taal

C haPTer f ive : d ivine r ules

The Cult of Ulric

Divine Prayers & Invoking Blessings

The Cult of Verena

Invocation

Aborting a Blessing

C haPTer T hree : o Ther f aiThs

Gaining Favour

Excess Favour

The Dwarf Gods

Losing Favour

The Elven Gods

No Favour to Lose...

Holy Days, Festivals, and Rituals

In Great Need

Strange Festivals and Rituals of the Reikland

Stances & Divine Blessings

Superstitions & Folk Customs

The Conservative Stance – Caution and Diplomacy

Magic, Religion & Superstition

The Reckless Stance – Fury of the Righteous

Variations in Folk Customs

Omens and Portents

Omens of Morr

Omens of Shallya

Omens of Sigmar

C haPTer s ix : P laying a P riesT

Serving the Lord of Death and Dreams

Initiation & Training among the Faithful

The Blasphemy of Necromancy

Signs of the Worthy

Speakers for the Dead

Oaths of the Faithful

Sample Divine Missions of Morr

Life in the Temple

Priests of Shallya

Roleplaying a Servant of the Divine

Serving the Maiden of Mercy

Divine Missions

The Way of the Peacemaker

Society & the Adventuring Priest

Enemy of the Rot

A Crisis of Faith

Sample Divine Missions of Shallya

Acts of Contrition

Priests of Sigmar

Sharing the Faith

Allegiance to the Empire

Path of the Faithful

Friend of the Dwarfs

Priests of Morr

Enemies Without, Enemies Within

Sample Divine Missions of Sigmar

Priest Specialty Cards

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f aiTh in The o ld W orld

“When Sigmar wishes to punish us, He answers our prayers”

soon send them burdens instead. The gods may even strike a man

down in any instant, and as such they are feared as much as they are

praised. This is right and proper, for the gods are mighty, and men

are small and insigniicant by comparison.

– Erich Keller, Warrior Priest of Sigmar

The Old World is a dark and cruel place. Disease and deprivation

fall on the good and the wicked alike. Evil spirits and powerful

daemons prey upon the people’s very souls. In the face of this, the

inhabitants of the Empire turn to faith and superstition to protect

them. The gods ofer a sliver of hope in a violent and dangerous

world, but that sliver is enough to make men cling to their faith

with desperate strength. Only a fool ignores the gods, and only a

madman insult them.

There are ten prominent gods citizens of the Empire worship.

They are all recognised and treated with respect. Some people may

choose one god over the others to be the focus of their worship. A

rarer few still will join the cult of one god and become a priest. The

priests of each god maintain the countless temples and shrines to

their deity that are scattered across the Empire, and guide the com-

mon folk in worship.

The Empire is steeped in religion and superstition. From birth to

death, the gods watch over all aspects of life. From dawn to dusk, a

man will pray to many gods many times as he goes about his daily

life. The gods are everywhere, always watching and judging their

lock. Every part of the world comes under the domain of a god and

sometimes the domain of smaller, local spirits as well. Then there

are the dark gods, their temples hidden, their worship banned, but

their force still felt and feared by all.

Those who rise to the high positions of these Imperial Cults tend

to the rituals of the faithful, and guide the entire Empire in its wor-

ship. No matter their position, priests from the Imperial Cults show

respect to all the other gods, however, and expect their followers to

do likewise.

The practices and rituals of worship vary greatly across the Empire.

In the Reikland, where the faiths are strongly inluenced by centra-

lised organisations, there is general uniformity, but in the distant

provinces the practices may be very diferent, possibly changing

from village to village. Depictions and stories of the gods them-

selves may difer.

The gods of the Old World are capricious and whimsical, and few

see rhyme or reason in their interactions with mortal life. All hope

and pray for miracles and blessings, but know the gods may just as

T he i mPerial P anTheon

f olk W orshiP

“These humans – they cling to their faith like drowning men to a loat-

ing barrel.”

Manann. God of Sailors, Sailing, and the Seas

– Suriel Lianllach, High Elf Envoy

Morr. God of Dreams and the Dead

The faithful of the Empire generally fall into two groups: common

citizens, for whom worship is an almost casual activity, and mem-

bers of the various Cults, for whom faith deines their entire lives.

Myrmidia. Goddess of Honourable Combat, Mar-

tial Virtues, and Soldiers

Ranald. God of Rogues, Tricksters, and Fortune

For the common folk, worship is mostly informal, but religion is

ingrained in their lives in countless ways. Every child is told of the

gods from birth, and reverence and study of the gods is a sign of

good upbringing or scholarship. Following their strictures and ritu-

als is a sign of good manners and civic duty.

Rhya. Goddess of Fertility, Farming, and Love

Shallya. Goddess of Healing, Mercy, and

Childbearing

Sigmar. God of the Empire and its People, Ham-

mer against its Foes

Neglect or disregard for the gods might be seen as carelessness

or disrespectful. What’s more, it can be dangerous: a sailor who

forgets to say a prayer to Manann as his ship moves out from the

harbour is inviting catastrophe, as is a soldier marching to battle

who does not ask Sigmar for strength or Ulric for courage. In both

cases, his companions may remind him of his laxity, not wanting

to be standing near someone who is so eager to tempt the gods to

punish him.

Ulric. God of Battle, Winter, and Wolves

Verena. Goddess of Knowledge, Learning, and

Justice

Yet most citizens of the Empire recognise that they all worship

the same gods, however they may be worshipped. It is often this

united faith in a shared pantheon that binds the Empire together as

one people. They may know of foreign gods and faiths beyond the

limits of the Empire, but these are simply signs of the ignorance or

heathen nature of such unenlightened folk. Some also know of the

dark gods and those who worship them, and look to the priests and

witch hunters to guard them against such foes.

The line between faith and superstition is blurred for most com-

mon folk. Some rituals and observances are so old or ingrained that

the people who practise them may have forgotten their religious

meaning, performing them more out of habit or to avoid bad luck

than any faithful devotion. Others ofer sacriices or donations

more for social reasons than religious ones – it is good for business

for a merchant to be seen donating wealth to the Temple of Shallya

or other worthy causes, and every commander knows his men ight

better when they hear Sigmar is with them.

The gods are invoked as they are needed. A sailor or isherman

may call to Manann every day but another man might only invoke

Manann’s name should he have to take a journey by boat. A farmer

or trapper might make oferings to Taal and Rhya throughout the

year, whereas a city-dweller may only entreat Taal when travelling

through the forest by coach. The gods are not simply called to in

emergencies or for deliverance from danger, however. Religion is

the heartbeat of the Empire, and inluences nearly every part of life.

The boat-traveller may thank Manann for the beauty of the waters

that morning, and the city-dweller might ask Taal to keep the road

smooth and dry so as to speed him to his destination.

All the gods are great, but there is one that is loved above all by the

people of the Empire – Sigmar. He walked as a man among them,

and founded their great Empire. The citizens of the Empire, his

chosen people and He watches over them with a greater care than

the other, more distant deities.

The worship of Sigmar takes place throughout the Empire, and

often his faith is inseparable from the life of the Empire. All of the

gods have a degree of worldly power and secular inluence, but

Sigmar stands for the Empire, and it is not uncommon for his faith

and followers to permeate Imperial politics and life. While each

god may have warrior priests and devoted knight templars, the wars

of the Empire are Sigmar’s personal battles. It may be the Emperor

and the nobles that declare war, but it is faith in Sigmar that drives

the common man to take to the battleield, and it is the words of

Sigmar’s pious warrior priests that give him the courage to face the

enemy.

Reverence of the gods is clear in many Empire names, which often

mean things such as “beloved of Ulric” or “from Verena.” Many

coats of arms or insignias feature religious imagery, and the sym-

bols of the gods are carved into the stone and wood of houses and

buildings. People wear small charms, tokens, or other signs of their

religion, to identify their faith to others and of course to the watch-

ing gods themselves. References to the gods abound in songs and

rhymes, in the names of the days and months and times of year, and

in many igures of speech.

Common folk practise formal rituals as well. There are many holy

days and festivals marked throughout the year and over a lifetime.

Most people regularly attend local temples or shrines, where they

pray together or perform rituals as a community of faith, lead by the

local priest. Temples are often the centre of events at local festivals.

In such bleak times, the citizens of the Empire relish these festivals.

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