Centeotl (LL)

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==Centeotl (intermediate god)==
Centeotl is the goddess of agriculture, nature, and corn in particular (she shares this last duty with a male counterpart, Cinteotl). She is a beneficent deity who watches over food crops, but is also the mistress of pain and illness, and has a habit of using her physical charms to lure men to their death. Unlike Tlazoteotl, she seems to do this not out of maliciousness, but because such victims are necessary for the fertility of crops.
Role-playing Notes: Centeotl watches over the harvest, dictating how bountiful it will be based upon the devotion of her worshipers. Although she needs the lives of young men to ensure her cycle of fertility, she tries to reward her victims by allowing them to experience indescribable but total bliss in her avatar's arms before dying. She also judges who will suffer illness and pain, sometimes rather capriciously and sometimes with great fairness and justice.
Omens from Centeotl include insect plagues, crop blights, pollen, and seeing her avatar, which always foretells great personal calamity, even if the individual does not succumb to her charms.
Statistics: AL en; WAL any; AoC agriculture, illness, pain; SY cornstalk.
==Centeotl's Avatar (druid 15)==
Centeotl's avatar is a beautiful, golden-haired woman armed with a magical staff of blue jade. She can draw upon the all, elemental, and plant spheres for her spells.
: Str 14
: Int 16
: MV 18
: AC 0
: #AT 1	
: Dex 16
: Wis 19
: SZ 6'
: HD 15
: THAC0 5	
: Con 15
: Cha 18
: MR 20%
: HP 120
: Dmg 2d10 (staff)
Special Att/Def: Centeotl's avatar can use any spell in the plant sphere at will. When victims are hit by Centeotl's staff, they must save versus poison or fall ill and suffer an additional 1d6 point loss from Constitution. This loss is permanent, but can be restored by a cure disease spell
==Duties of the Priesthood==
Centeotl's priests preside over the planting and harvesting of all food crops. A great deal of their time is occupied with reading the signs of nature to determine optimum planting times. In times of famine, they must also seek out volunteers (often themselves) to perish in Centeotl's embrace. Upon reaching 10th level, Centeotl's priests are able to employ a pain touch. This power can be used at will to cause anyone touched to save versus paralyzation or fall writhing to the ground for 1d4 rounds
Requirements: AB standard; AL any; WP sickle, spear; AR b; SP all', elemental, plant, weather'; PW 1) create food (as 3rd level Priest), 10) pain touch; TU nil.
==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:
* Centeotl: Major: Time; Minor: Chaos.