Tlaloc (LL)

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==Tlaloc (intermediate god)==
Tlaloc, "he who makes things grow", is the god of rain and moisture, who presided over the Third Sun. He is a cruel deity who delights in the torture of helpless innocents. Given his evil nature, it seems strange that Tlaloc has created Tlalocan, a gay paradise reserved for the victims of death associated with water (such as drowning or being broken on the rocks by a great wave). Tlaloc makes his home on the tops of the highest mountains, and resembles a man with a snake-like head, save that he has tusk-like teeth and white rings around his eyes. He is married to Chalchihuitlicue.
Role-playing Notes: Tlaloc has four pitchers of water which he may pour over areas of the Prime Material Plane as indications of his mood. He uses the first pitcher, which contains good water, only when his priests have performed their rites with the proper zeal. The other three he uses to express his displeasure: the second pitcher contains water filled with spider eggs and webs that bring blight, the third with water that turns to frost, and the fourth with water that causes fruit to rot. Other omens of Tlaloc's displeasure include too little or too much rain, drought, and floods.
Statistics: AL le; WAL le; AoC rain and moisture; SY serpent chasing its tail.
==Tlaloc's Avatar (fighter 14, druid 12)==
Tlaloc's Avatar appears as man with a snake-like head and armed with a magic, razor-sharp sword of pure obsidian. He has access to the all, animal, elemental, healing, plant, and weather spheres.
: Str 18/51
: Int 18
: MV 18 (f)
: AC -2
: #AT 2	
: Dex 18
: Wis 17
: SZ 6'
: HD 14
: THAC0 7	
: Con 18
: Cha 17
: MR 20%
: HP 112
: Dmg 2d8/2d8 (sword) +4
Special Att/Def: Tlaloc's avatar can summon a hailstorm covering an area of 140 square yards and doing 14d4 points of damage to all within it. He can also bite for 2dl2 points of damage in melee.
==Duties of the Priesthood==
The duties of Tlaloc's clerics include kidnaping, torture, and other tasks of his vile worship.
Requirements: AB standard; AL any evil; WP any; AR b; SP all, animal, elemental, healing, plant, weather; PW 1) summon hailstorm covering 1 square yard per level, doing 1d4 points of damage per level, and lasting for a period of 1d4 rounds; 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:
* Tlaloc: Major: Time; Minor: Law.