Shizuru

Honor and perfect craft endure—the empress of heaven stands as the warrior guardian of ancestors, family, and the ancient way.

Granted Features

Automatic:

Lets clerics call an enemy out for single combat or hold an ally to a sworn oath, fitting a deity who prizes honor above comfort.

Rewards disciplined refinement, letting clerics sharpen mind before body, fitting deities who demand relentless self-improvement.

Lets clerics blind foes with dazzling light and sustain a glow that burns the undead, fitting deities who wage war on shadow.

Grants clerics the power to preserve a lost soul's memory and briefly recall the departed, fitting deities who guard against forgetting.

Channels the raw might of dragonkind into a cleric's hands, fitting worship tied to draconic bloodlines or draconic patrons.

Turns grief into devastating magic, letting clerics channel mourning's weight against enemies who can't withstand the overflow.

A flickering afterimage snaps into truer alignment before the blow lands, guaranteeing your best swing even against a foe barely seen.

Glowing scales soak up elemental damage over time, then unleash the stored punishment in one explosive burst against everything nearby.

A shimmering doorway opens onto a private, servant-staffed mansion that shuts out the world once the entrance closes.

Divine Font Heal

Divine Skill Society

Favored Weapon Katana

The Empress of Heaven, goddess of the sun, honor, swordsmanship, and ancestors in the Tian Xia tradition. Shizuru represents the solar warrior ideal and the protection of those who have passed. Edicts: honor your ancestors, pursue perfection in your craft, defend those who cannot defend themselves. Anathemas: shame your ancestors, abandon a companion in battle.

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Cleric Spells

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