Cleric of kelemvor 5e The Knights of the Eternal Order was a knightly order in service to the god of the dead, Kelemvor, during the late 14th century DR to the turn of the 16th century DR. @KRyan Most editions explicitly forbid clerics who are Good or/and worship Good deities from rebuking/commanding undead, without any exceptions in the class description. Specialty priests can readily be identified by their silver He has unique dialogue with a Cleric of Kelemvor or Myrkul. To resist death, or In cases of great pain, ravaging disease, or mutilation where death would be a mercy, it is the office of the priests of Kelemvor-and only the priests of Kelemvor-to bring Clerics of Kelemvor should be able to balance life and death appropriately, and Inflict Wounds and Chill Touch are good weights to help balance out the metric butt-ton of healing spells that Path to the grave was a channel divinity power granted to clerics of the Grave domain. He has apparently already died before, and has been resurrected. Pretty much I follow what kelemvor believes. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Kelemvor was once a human in Faerun, and thus is able to However, it wouldn't make much sense for there to be a War Cleric of Ilmater, a Nature Cleric of Torm, or a Death Cleric of Chauntea. His clerics would indeed stay there and serve them. I have loose ideas, Crypts of Kelemvor - D&D 5E Actual Play One Shot - Part 1 Watch live at / sirlucien We play an adventure written by Thomas Foss, Lead designer of Neverwinter MMORPG. He says unique lines Worshipers, Clergy & Temples Kelemvor urges his clerics to act as stewards of the afterlife and to teach the people of Faerûn that death is a natural Jergal (pronounced: /ˈ dʒ ɛ r g ʊl / JER-gul[11]) was the seneschal of Kelemvor, Lord of the Dead, whom he served just as he did Cyric and Hey, so I'm going to be playing a cleric of Kelemvor and don't know what domain would be best. Some matches in 5e make no sense whatsoever, Like Hello, I would like some suggestions from fellow clerics of Kelemvor on how to roleplay the following. Updated to post-Sundering status quo. A subreddit for D&D 5e and One D&D homebrew. That being said I'm having trouble 837 votes, 116 comments. "Death is but part of life: fear it not, evade it not, and view it not as evil. These deities teach their followers to respect the dead and pay them due Role in Society: The Church of Kelemvor is central to funeral rites and burial traditions in the August Realms. Anticipating some upcoming RP and party questions that may I’ve played a dwarf cleric of Kelemvor/divination wizard. New To compound on that, word of Kelemvor's policies became known, and mortals stopped fearing death entirely; throwing themselves needlessly into 'valiant' deaths so that they could see Category page Kelemvor Items • Organizations • Locations • Shrines • Temples • Spells • Events • Worshipers • Images Kelemvorite & Healing/Necromancy Spells? Would a Cleric of Kelemvor be able to use spells such as “Spare the Dying or Speak with Dead”, without it going against the morals and dogma Gods of the grave watch over the line between life and death. [url 1] Player selectable Deities associated with this domain: Kelemvor, I'm currently playing as a cleric of Kelemvor and initially I was personally against raising dead with the only exception of using revivify spell (My mentality was that if someone died it was his Clerics of Kelemvor have unique dialogue when talking to Withers and sense something familiar about him upon first meeting. However, if you can update it or think of a way to further improve it, then please Let's say there's a reborn khenra grave cleric of anubis running around Faerun cleansing graveyards and tombs of undead how keen would kelemvor and his subordinate acolytes be Necrobanes were special clerics of the Church of Kelemvor. I'm having trouble producing a background story for the character. These deities teach their followers to respect the I'm playing a level 8 LN war cleric of kelemvor right now. To these deities, death and the afterlife are a foundational part of the multiverse’s workings. I am a Grave cleric of Kelemvor but am a new Gods of the grave watch over the line between life and death. Death comes to all, and when it occurs Kelemvor is there to take Deities of the grave include Kelemvor, Wee Jas, the ancestral spirits of the Undying Court, Hades, Anubis, and Osiris. BG3 is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. His predecessors had vastly different ideas regarding the arbitration of souls who arrived in their realm Priestly Vestments: Clerics of Kelemvor usually wear smoky gray robes and cowled cloaks. Vestments Clerics of Kelemvor usually wear smoky gray robes and cowled cloaks. Are these good options? Archived post. The standard This is a lore pamphlet for players that play clerics, paladins, or worshippers of Kelemvor, god of the dead in the Forgotten Realms. They halted the spread and destroyed animated Jergal, known by some as Nakasr, was the seneschal of the Kelemvor, Lord of the Dead, who he served just as he did Cyric and The Death Domain is for evil clerics, but if your DM makes abstraction of that, or use Grave Domain, there could easily be good clerics of Kelemvor, Jergal or The Raven The race of warforged they are talking about are immune to poison and exhaustion. To resist death, or to desecrate Counter-intuitively, SCAG suggests Kelemvor grants his clerics Death domain. They lent their aid to the Deities of the grave include Kelemvor, Wee Jas, the ancestral spirits of the Undying Court, Hades, Anubis, and Osiris. I would assume Death domain clerics wouldn't animate dead due to their It's worth noting that he is primarily a cleric of kelemvor sworn to return the dead to their graves, and punish the devils of asmodeus for stealing souls from kelemvor's custody. Doomguides were the specialty priests, clerics, paladins and other devotees who served the God of the Dead, Kelemvor. Episode 51! Jergal and Kelemvor! The gods of death! --------------------------------------------------------------- Forgotten Realms Explained Playlist • Forgotten So I have a player who wants to play a death domain cleric of Jergal, the lawful neutral god of death. These deities teach their followers to respect the dead and pay them due During this time, all three of them were killed as well as Mystra, the God of Magic. My order fights with flails that double as our holy symbols, they have a hollow KELEMVOR, Lord of the Dead Forgotten Realms 5e - This is a lore pamphlet for players that play clerics, paladins, or worshippers of Kelemvor, god of the dead in the Welcome to Legendlore everyone, a YouTube Channel where we cover D&D, Pathfinder, and all sorts of other TTRPG's from a both a lore, world-building, player and dungeon-master standpoint. I've had two experiences with Death Clerics. Clerics of Kelemvor spent a significant amount of their time comforting those who were dying, performing last rites, assisting in the settling of affairs and making sure the wishes of the deceased are s Deities of the grave include Kelemvor, Wee Jas, the ancestral spirits of the Undying Court, Hades, Anubis, and Osiris. Clerics of Kelemvor offer grief counseling, conduct funerals, I recently played a Cleric of Mystra who also worshiped Kelemvor. Still cagey about his true nature though. 287K subscribers in the UnearthedArcana community. In Forgotten Realms, deities are worshiped by almost everyone, from regular people to monsters. [6] The cleric cursed a target creature within a range of 30 Cleric Weapon Proficiency (Including Subclasses) Simple weapons Martial weapons (Death Domain, Tempest Domain, Twilight All priests of Kelemvor. Kelemvor has no qualms about races in terms of followers, for balance is balance and death is death. Specialty priests can readily be identified by their silver headbands, which Death Domain is a subclass of Cleric, released as part of Patch 8 in 2025. Looking at the domains I would really like to play a death domain cleric of Kelemvor but is it okay for players to use the DMG subclasses? The Speak against those that would artificially prolong their life beyond natural limits, such as the undead. He Categories: 5e Forgotten Realms 5e Pointers 5e Death Domain 5e Grave Domain 5e Individuals 5x Deities Facts about "Kelemvor (5e)" RDF feed Kelemvor rules the City of Judgement (and in some older versions of the lore, a separate City of the Dead, in Hades, as well). Baldur's Gate III is based on a modified version of Kelemvor's Boon: By grace of the Lord of the Dead, doomguides add their doomguide class levels to their cleric levels for purposes turning or destroying undead, both for the initial turning check Role in Society: The Church of Kelemvor is central to funeral rites and burial traditions in the August Realms. One was in my very first game of D&D where my friend played a Death Cleric of Kelemvor, occasionally being compelled by him to A cleric who has devoted their life to bringing down the followers of their deities most foul nemesis or a group that has harmed the temple and needs to be fought. The temple of Kelemvor was a holy house dedicated to the Lord of the Dead that was open in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate during the late 15th Deities of the grave include Kelemvor, Wee jas, the ancestral spirits of the Undying Court, Hades, Anubis, and Osiris. The forgotten realms wikia has the following to say: “Elite priests of Kelemvor were known as Clerics of Kelemvor. Some clerics multiclass as monks or necromancers. They focused their efforts The Passing was a religious event observed by worshipers of Kelemvor, the Lord of the Dead. Each I play a Grave Cleric that follows Kelemvor and I did some research before rolling him up. Learn all about this different Domain with our Grave Cleric 5E . Followers of these deities seek to put wandering spirits to rest, destroy the Help! Trying to find a god which fits my grave domain cleric. Kelemvor's official domains are Death and Grave, which are available only with mods if you are willing to use them. The city's largest temples include the Font of Knowledge (Oghma), the Halls of Justice Gods and demigods for D&D 5e and other roleplaying games, including information about worshippers, temples, rituals, dogma, beliefs and history. So between DnD campagins and even BG3, i've run a Cleric of Kelemvor or Doomguide as they're also called and during these playthoughs, ive always tried to maintain a neutral good Want a unique take on the healer role? A Grave Cleric might be for you. He has given me a one page backstory that is simple to follow but has, at You could reflavour animate dead spells performed by the cleric are "loan" from the realm of the dead rather then some outright cheating, victorious spirits under Kelemvor being granted a I have an idea for a Cleric of Kelemvor whos prized possession is a Holy Book thats filled with Sayings, Quotes, Metaphors, Dogmas and the like. Through my research, I found multiple variants of Cyric is a Featured Article! It is one of the best articles created by the Forgotten Realms Wiki community. Specialty priests can readily be identified by their silver headbands, which are normally I'm trying to make a Cleric of Kelemvor for an upcoming game. Clerics of Kelemvor usually wear smoky gray robes and cowled cloaks. The question Churches and Religious Orders of Waterdeep Polytheistic Waterdeep is home to all manner of faiths. Clerics of Kelemvor offer grief counseling, conduct funerals, Lorelei Gravesower was a female half-elf cleric of Kelemvor who tended the Kelemvor's Garden cemetery in the town of Thunderstone in Cormyr in the late 1360s DR. She turned her back on her noble family to tend a pauper's Doomguide Paladin Variant I came across the Doomguide while researching a Death Cleric and learning about Kelemvor. Everyone talks about how Selune Cleric has many unique dialogues, but so far in act 1 I've had plenty of Kelemvor unique Death deities tend to follow two categories: making sure the dead stay dead or making more people dead. You hate with a passion those who mess with death, defile the 54 votes, 27 comments. [2] When the cleric attacked a creature with a melee weapon, part of the creature's life force Clerics of Kelemvor usually wear smoky gray robes and cowled cloaks. A lawful good necromancer might conceivably serve Kelemvor if they were devoted to destroying undead instead of A community all about Baldur's Gate III, the role-playing video game by Larian Studios. Kelemvor is a god who keeps balance between life and death, making him A friend is going to be running a D&D game (CoS) and I'm wanting to roll a Half-Orc Cleric of the Grave. Most of the 'death' linked gods are evil and she's most definitely CG. [1] Lorelei became Maybe not since Kelemvor is Neutral and does not reside in the upper planes. Well, Cyric went mad in an attempt Fair yet cold, Kelemvor was the god of death and the dead—the most recent deity to hold this position, following in the footsteps of Jergal, Myrkul, and Clerics and paladins of Kelemvor usually pray for their spells during the first hour of night, symbolizing the arrival of the dead in the afterlife after a transitional journey. My top two choices now are grave or death. Specialty priests can readily be identified by their silver Kelemvor empowers his followers—particularly his clerics, doomguides, and paladins—with potent divine magic that reflects his A highly offense-focused subclass, the Death Domain Cleric adds martial weapon proficiency and several options for dealing necrotic damage. To fear This is a lore pamphlet for players that play clerics, paladins, or worshippers of Kelemvor, god of the dead in the Forgotten Realms. ( basically dwarven soldier whose outpost got in over their head with undead priest My cleric is a worshipper of the Raven Queen, (Grave Cleric) and belongs to a militant order of crusaders. Lord of the Dead and the Judge of Souls Kelemvor is the Lord of the Dead and the judge of souls. Donkho Godefroy is a cleric of the death god Kelemvor, called a Doomguide. I'd wager it's the result of order in which books were released: far more appropriate Grave domain appeared At release I plan to make dwarf cleric based on a character I made for Icewind Dale years ago. Kelemvor was a mortal, as well as his lover Midnight, and his friend Cyric. All the books say that Kelemvor's recommended domain is death, but the only death domain I can find is in the DMG, and it's a Kelemvor The Lord of the Dead, the Judge of the Damned Kelemvor is seen as a just, fair, and comforting god of death. Kelemvor is a lawful neutral death god wholly opposed to undeath. Kelemvor is the most recent of several gods who have held the office of God of the Dead. I’ve seen it suggested somewhere that he would use Avatars of Death as his servants, but I don’t Many keep careful records of births, deaths, and taxes for the kings and rulers they served. Fun and Cleric is a character class in Baldur's Gate 3. [1] The duty of a necrobane was to seek out and destroy any undead creature. [1] Priests of Kelemvor performed this ceremony when someone died, offering last rites for the Take for example your choice, the grave domain cleric, these clerics are all about maintaining the dignity and sanctity of death. Kelemvor helps mortals pass as quietly and safely into death as possible, and Touch of death was a channel divinity power granted to clerics who chose the Death domain. I follow burial rites, destroy all undead, never use poison or necro anything, only Evening, I play a Death Cleric 6 Undying Warlock 2 Protector Aasimar that is sworn to the church of Kelemvor. 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