Kali (LL)

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==Kali (intermediate god)==
Also known as the Black Mother, Kali is a strange and terrible goddess nearly as ancient as India itself. She is the embodiment of energy, both creative and destructive. In that she is a creator of life, she is similar to the mother goddesses of many cultures. But she also eats her own sons and destroys the life that she creates, and is almost unique in this aspect of her being. Kali radiates a peculiar charm (as spell) over men, and is beloved as the beautiful, horrible, life-giving, life-taking mother. Kali has the power to create living beings from non-animate matter, and the power to kill any creature with a mere thought. In her true form, Kali is a four-armed woman with red eyes, a skeletal face, and a blood-smeared body. She seldom wears any clothing but a skirt of severed hands.
Role-playing Notes: Kali delights in both killing and creation, for both are expressions of the essential energy she embodies. She is equally likely (5%) to send her avatar to aid a woman in childbirth or a murderer in danger. Omens from Kali often come in the forms of terrible visions or blissful dreams.
Statistics: AL ce; WAL ce; AoC life and death; SY skull.
==Kali's Avatar (fighter 16, thief 16)==
Kali's avatar is a beautiful, four-armed woman of dark complexion and voluptuous proportions. She is rarely seen during daylight.
: Str 19
: Int 18
: MV 15
: AC -2
: #AT 2	
: Dex 19
: Wis 12
: SZ 6'
: HD 16
: THAC0 5	
: Con 18
: Cha 19
: MR 20%
: HP 128
: Dmg 1d10 (sword) +7
Special Att/Def: Any man kissing Kali's avatar falls under her complete and total domination—there is no saving throw. This effect lasts until the avatar is destroyed. If the avatar should attack while remaining undetected (either hidden or disguised), the victim suffers a -5 modifier to his surprise roll. One member of a surprised group will be singled out and must save versus death or be immediately strangled to death when the avatar slips a knotted cord around his throat. Anyone hit by Kali's sword must also save versus death or be killed.
==Duties of the Priesthood==
Kali's priests are all members of the secret, murderous thagna cult. They are all prominent and well respected members of their community who lead double lives, stealing out at night to prove their devotion to Kali by strangling innocent travelers with their knotted cords.
Requirements: AB standard, but must also meet requirements for thieves; AL ce; WP knotted cord, club, any bloodless weapon; AR g; SP all, charm, combat, creation, healing, necromantic; PW 1) move silently and hide in shadows as a ranger of the same level; 10) turn invisible; TU turn.
==Sage Advice (Dragon Issue #203)==
These are unofficial suggestions for using the optional spheres of priest spells from the Tome of Magic with the deities of the Indian pantheon in Legends & Lore:
* Kali: Major: Chaos; Minor: Time, Thought.