Brigh

The Whisper In Bronze

Areas of Concern clockwork, invention, and time

Alignment N (LN, NG, N, NE, CN)

Divine Font

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Divine Ability Intelligence or Wisdom

Divine Skill Crafting

Domains creation, earth, knowledge, time

Alternate Domains fire

Cleric Spells 1st:

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Edicts craft new creations, pay attention to details, share achievements

Anathema carelessly destroy others’ creations or research, enslave intelligent constructs, abuse constructs, refuse to acknowledge or learn from mistakes

Favored Weapon

Brigh’s exact origins are unknown, though her priests and various religious scholars have many theories on the matter. Some believe she was a construct who achieved consciousness and a spark of divinity, while others think she was a human alchemist and inventor who discovered ways to fuse mechanical components with her own physiology. Regardless of her origins, Brigh is a patient and thoughtful god who promotes unending curiosity and constant intellectual advancement. Her two most common forms are a humanoid woman made of bronze clockwork and a human woman wearing a bronze skullcap and armor composed of gears and other movable metal pieces. Though Brigh’s usual demeanor is composed and reserved, she isn’t an unfeeling automaton; she deeply cherishes the creations she and her followers make, and most of her worshippers feel the same way.

Brigh’s faith isn’t as widespread as that of most other gods, though she does have pockets of worship in areas where machinery and constructs are common. Among these are Alkenstar, where much of that city’s production of firearms is overseen by priests of Brigh; Numeria, where the proliferation of strange technological artifacts draws followers of the Whisper in Bronze like moths to a flame; and Absalom, where the mysterious Clockwork Cathedral teaches the crafts of mechanical engineering and construct-building to eager students. Brigh encourages her faithful to improve upon the work of others and allow others to build on their own achievements in turn. Typical followers of Brigh are those who work with their hands, especially gem cutters, inventors, and toy makers. Numerous gnomes are drawn to her religion, thanks to its emphasis on searching for new and exciting innovations. Many of her followers dedicate their lives to research and projects of great scope, crafting magnificent inventions that take years to create. Other followers are content with creating smaller inventions or tinkering with those of others. Brigh is pleased regardless of the size of the project, so long as new technologies and discoveries result from the work.

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When casting the

spell, a worshipper of Brigh gains the following additional abilities.

Brigh Speed 60 feet, immune to immobilized,

; Melee light hammer (agile, reach 15 feet, thrown 40 feet), Damage 6d6+6 bludgeoning; Ranged bolt of molten bronze (range 120 feet), Damage 6d8+3 fire

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The Duchy of Alkenstar has long considered Brigh to be its special patron, a clockwork goddess for a city of belching smoke and roaring forges. Priests of Brigh are on hand in virtually every factory and foundry in the city, encouraging workers, dabbling in invention, and calling upon their magic whenever something goes wrong (and given how much gunpowder is in the city, things go wrong with certain frequency).

Brigh’s faith in Alkenstar does take a few curious turns compared to other places. While everyone agrees that Brigh is a goddess in full, she’s often seen less as a being to be worshiped and more as a kind of philosophical ideal to be emulated, a paragon of reason and invention. Brigh is the logic of the engine and the passion of the inventor, the muse that grants the vision of the perfect mechanism, the knowledge to make a creation, and the wisdom to use it. While icons of Brigh are few in Alkenstar, quotations from her holy books or from popular sermons are often painted on walls or inscribed on guns and cannons made in the city.