Mooncaller

Darkness fills the king's chambers as the slumbering lord's eyes lose focus of the silver pendant dangled above his head. A mysterious elven woman places her hands over his maddening mind as a wicked smile wraps across her face.

A tall drow man clad in dark robes strolls through moonlit fields, calmly reading from a withered book. All around him clashes the swords of his adversaries, drawn against one another as they forget what it was they were ever guarding.

Under midnight glow, a beacon of milky light glimmers from the grasp of a young human girl. With luminous valiance, she empowers her allies to fight onwards, even those who thought they'd breathed their last.

Mooncallers have been graced with fey ability to study the moon and its wonders, channeling the arcane through its phasal pattern. As life grows and decays in an ever-changing, yet unending cycle, so too does the aspect of the moon, like a mirrored reflection of our own world seen in its silvery face. And if one would survey for too long the ebb and flow of the cycle, pondering the mysterious phases of existence, their mind should crumble into madness. Though, the mooncallers toe the lines of insanity, some even embracing it, as they further their connection to the lunar body.

Darkness and Light Creation and destruction, understanding and madness, birth and burial, as the cycle of life and death spins ever onward, so too do your powers. With each new moon, your abilities can drive others to madness, pulling them into darkness and decay. And with the full moon comes new life, creation and radiance spill from your fingertips.

Divine Understanding Lunamancy was taught first to the elves as an artform from Sehanine Moonbow, who gave her worshippers the moon as a gift, a conduit for her own arcanic energies. Now the study of the moon is passed down to the seldom few who can gaze into its face without slipping totally into insanity. To be a mooncaller is to understand existence from a broader scope, knowing that each life taken will eventually return into life that is given, and each life created will soon be another destroyed. Though this insight is too painful for some to accept, the Daughter of the Night Skies has imparted to you serenity from beyond this realm.

Creating a Mooncaller When creating a mooncaller, try to think of a way that your character relates to the cycle. Were they taught from an early age that lost ancestors are never really gone? Has your character faced their demise directly and returned from the brink of death with new wisdom? The most important thing is an acknowledgement of the lack of creation or destruction of energy, only shifting forms. Duty is rarely a main focus of mooncallers, as duty falls short in the face of divine understanding. The motives of mooncallers can vary greatly though, as lunamancy is seen more as an art than a religion or a science. Quick Build You can make a mooncaller quickly by following these suggestions. First, Wisdom should be your highest ability score, followed by Charisma or Dexterity. Second, choose the sage background.