Path Skills: Close Combat, Culture
Scent of the Divine: Fresh grass and clover, with a sound of creaking wood
Tuatha Motif
Magic flows from verse and satire.
Geasa (singular geis) are rules, requirements, and prohibitions written into the fabric of Fate. This Purview binds the Tuatha and their Scions to geasa of their own and lets them lay geasa on others. It can influence the behavior of those under a geis, granting the power to uphold them or tempting Gods or mortals into breaking their geasa.
Tuatha Signature Purview: Geasa
A geis (plural: geasa) is a ban or taboo that provides power when upheld and spells doom when broken. Geasa can take the form of blessings and curses, sworn oaths, mandates, and prohibitions. They range from Cú Chulainn’s inability to pass up hospitality or eat dog flesh to nonsensical rules one must follow to avoid mortally offending a fairy lord. Scions can inflict geasa on others, manipulating Fate to entangle their foes in webs of impossible promises, but they also must contend with permanent ones of their own.
Geasa Innate Power
You are under a geis. If you break it or otherwise resolve the Condition, the Storyguide should arrange for you to fall under another — either from a Tuatha or fellow Scion, one of the sidhe, the biting words of a poet, or simply mythic circumstance. You take on a second such geis upon becoming a Demigod, and a third upon becoming a God.
VIRTUES
Honor vs. Prowess
Honor is your internal self-worth, and Prowess is your ability to back it up. The Irish Gods are consumed by pride and face: how others think of them. This spurs them to great deeds and greater prowess, but often causes a great deal of trouble.
Tuatha de Danan
AENGUS THE MAC OG, GOD OF LOVE AND YOUTH
Aliases: Oíngus, Óengus, Aonghus
Callings: Guardian, Lover, Trickster
Purviews: Beasts (Birds), Beauty, Deception, Moon, Passion (Love)
BRIGID, TRIPLE GODDESS OF FIRE
Aliases: Saint Brigid
Callings: Healer, Sage, Trickster, Shepherd
Purviews: Artistry (Poetry), Fertility, Fire, Forge, Health
THE DAGDA, RUADH ROFHESSA (RED LORD OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE)
Aliases: Eochaid Ollathair (Eochaid All-Father), the Good God
Callings: Guardian, Leader, Sage
Purviews: Epic Stamina, Epic Strength, Fertility, Forge, Prosperity, War, Magic
DIAN CECHT, PHYSICIAN OF THE GODS
Aliases: Cainte, Canta
Callings: Creator, Healer, Judge
Purviews: Fertility, Health, Water
DONN, LORD OF THE DEAD
Aliases: Éber Donn
Callings: Leader, Liminal, Trickster, Outsider
Purviews: Darkness, Death, Journeys, Sky
ERIU, TRIPLE GODDESS OF SOVEREIGNTY
Aliases: Banba, Éire, Fótla
Callings: Guardian, Judge, Leader, Shepherd
Purviews: Earth, Fertility, Order, Prosperity
GOIBNIU, SMITH OF THE GODS
Aliases: Gaibhne
Callings: Creator, Sage, Warrior
Purviews: Artistry (Brewing), Epic Stamina, Forge, Health
LUGH LAMHFHADA, THE LONG-HANDED
Aliases: Samildánach (Many-Skilled)
Callings: Creator, Leader, Warrior, Shepherd
Purviews: Artistry (All), Epic Dexterity, Epic Strength, Forge, Health, Order, Prosperity, War
MANANNAN MAC LIR, GOD OF THE SEA
Aliases: Manann
Callings: Guardian, Liminal, Trickster, Psychopomp
Purviews: Deception, Journeys, Prosperity, Stars, Water
THE MORRAGAN, TRIPLE GODDESS OF PROPHECY AND WAR
Aliases: Morrígu, the Morrígna, Badb, Macha, Nemain, Anand, others
Callings: Liminal, Lover, Sage, Destroyer, Monster
Purviews: Beasts (Crows, Cattle, Horses), Chaos, Death, Epic Dexterity, Fortune, Prosperity, War
NUADA AIRGETLAM OF THE SILVER HAND
Aliases: Nuadu, Airgeadlámh (“Silver Hand”)
Callings: Leader, Sage, Warrior, Shepherd
Purviews: Order, Prosperity, War
OGMA, CHAMPION OF THE GODS
Aliases: Oghma
Callings: Guardian, Sage, Warrior
Purviews: Artistry (Oration, Poetry), Epic Strength, Fortune, Wild
MIDIR, GOD OF HUNTING, GAMES, AND STRATEGY
Callings: Hunter, Judge, Liminal
Purviews: Deception, Earth, Fortune, Passion (Single-Mindedness)
Boanannn
Aka: Bóand, Boann, Bóann, Boanna, Bóinn, Bóinne.
Callings: Creator, Healer, Lover,
Purviews: Beauty, Beasts (Cows), Prosperity, Water
Coirpe mac Etan
Aka: Cairpre, Cairbe.
Callings: Creator, Liminal, Sage
Purviews: Artistry (Poetry, Satire), Passion (shame)
Donn-Ainech
TITANS
BALOR, THE EVIL EYE
Aliases: The Deadly One, King of Drought, The Piercing-Eyed, The Smiter
Callings: Destroyer, Tyrant, Warrior
Purviews: Chaos, Death, Fire, Health, War
Virtues: Rapacity, Dominance.
BELENUS THE BRIGHT
Aliases: Bright-Eyed, The Shining God
Callings: Primeval, Sage, Tyrant
Purviews: Beasts (Horses), Epic Strength, Journeys, Liminal, Sun
BRES THE BEAUTIFUL
Aliases: Eochu Bres, The Fomorian Flower, He Who Drinks, The Inhospitable
Callings: Adversary, Guardian, Tyrant
Purviews: Beauty, Order, Passion (Insecurity), War
Virtues: Dominance, Prowess.
CERNUNNOS, THE HORNED ONE
Aliases: The Green Father, The Green Man, Lord of Wild Things, The Stag
Callings: Hunter, Primeval, Trickster
Purviews: Artistry (Primitive), Beasts (All), Deception, Epic Dexterity, Forge, Fortune, Wild
DOMNU, MOTHER OF TITANS
Aliases: The First Deceiver, The Other Face, She of the Dark Waters
Callings: Guardian, Primeval, Sage
Purviews: Chaos, Death, Deception, Epic Stamina, Journeys, Water, Wild
Virtues: Fecundity, Submission.
CROM CRUACH
Purview: Fertility.
Virtues: Rapacity, Dominance.
ELATHA THE GOLDEN HAIRED
Purview: Prosperity.
Virtues: Fecundity, Honor.
PRIMORDIAL
THE DANU Callings: Creator, Guardian, Healer
Purviews: Earth, Fertility, Water, Wild