DCC Patron 03 – Caldrien, the Herald

I’m back with more Dungeon Crawl Classics conversions of my Calvenor setting (if you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out the links below). This project continues to be great fun.

Quenvara, the Rootmother – Deity – Patron
Orthuun, the Blind Sovereign – Deity – Patron
Caldrien, the Herald – Deity

The God Caldrien, the Herald

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Out of the three write-ups so far, Caldrien’s clerics and wizards are probably the most divergent in abilities and magic. Clerics within the Tribunal (his holy cult) are jack-of-all-trades know-it-alls, with their scroll cases overflowing. Wizards tapping into the Herald’s vast tomes, on the other hand, either flood their minds with knowledge for dramatic effects or summon extraplanar servants to their sides. I’m really enjoying the different manifestations, and get a little misty-eyed and wistful thinking of what Alric’s story might have been if he’d pursued Caldrien as a patron instead of Orthuun. Poor guy.

Whereas I struggled to find DCC deities of knowledge and libraries for the Deity entry, I was thrilled for this Patron write-up to find Amarais, caretaker of the Eternal Library, from the recent Angels, Daemons, & Beings Between, Volume III: Macabre Minds from the excellent folks at Shinobi 27 Games. Caldrien’s spellburn table was heavily influenced by Amarais, and I directly stole Swarm of Paper as a level 1 spell directly. Even the idea of summoning a Tome Guardian came from Amarais (though the mechanics are quite different for Caldrien). Which is all to say, if you love DCC, you should absolutely own all three volumes of these books!

Enjoy!