Mictlantecuhtli & Mictanchihuatl (LL)

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==Mictlantecuhtli & Mictanchihuatl (intermediate god)==
Mictlantecuhtli, with his wife Mictanchihuatl, rules over the Aztec afterlife from Tlalxicco, the ninth and lowest level of the Aztec underworld. People unlucky enough not to die during an activity presided over by another god—in combat, as prisoners, during childbirth, etc—must undertake the journey across the nine rivers of the Aztec underworld. Here, under the watchful eye of Mictlantecuhtli and his wife, they endure neither pain nor pleasure, just a dreary eternal existence.
In their true forms, Mictlantecuhtli and Mictanchihuatl resemble emaciated human beings with skull-like heads, bulging eyes, and claw-fingered hands. They have control over the dead, and it is only with their blessing that a raise dead spell may function.
Role-playing Notes: As deities of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli and Mictanchihuatl are unconcerned with human events. They do, however, demand the payment of a small amount of blood from any of their followers who cast a raise dead spell (treat this as an additional component of the casting process). Their omens often include the hoot of an owl, a dream in which the sleeper dies, and having a vulture land on one's shoulder, all of which presage death.
Statistics: AL n; WAL any; AoC death; SY skull and crossbones.
==Mictlantecuhtli's Avatar (priest 16, fighter 14)==
Mictlantecuhtli's avatar resembles an emaciated human being with a skull-like head and bulging eyes. He has access to the combat, divination, elemental, or necromantic spheres. Mictanchihuatl's avatar is a female version of her husband's.
: Str 18/93
: Int 18
: MV 18
: AC- 2
: #AT 2	
: Dex 18
: Wis 18
: SZ 6'
: HD 16
: THAC0 5	
: Con 20
: Cha 0
: MR 20%
: HP 128
: Dmg 1d8/1d8 (claws) +5
Special Att/Def: Anyone looking upon the avatar's face for the first time must save versus petrification or remain motionless for 1d10 rounds.
==Duties of the Priesthood==
The primary responsibility of clerics of Mictlantecuhtli and Mictanchihuatl is preparing the dead for their journey into the afterlife and presiding over their death rites. Once a year, they must spill some of their own blood in order to feed their deities.
Requirements: AB standard; AL any neutral; WP any; AR b; SP combat, divination, elemental, necromantic; PW 1) turn undead; 5) command undead; TU special.
==Sage Advice (Dragon Issue #198)==
These are unofficial suggestions for using the optional spheres of priest spells from the Tome of Magic with the deities in Legends & Lore. I will work through one such pantheon a month until they are all done. Here is the list for the Aztec pantheon:
* Mictlantecuhtli/Mictanchihuatl: Major: Time; Minor: Thought, Wards.