Zursvaater
Prince of Steel
PFS Legal
Pantheon
Zursvaater is proclaimed the father and patron of the fire giants, having created them millennia ago by granting them the secrets of fire and metal in exchange for their devotion. Fire giants call him the Prince of Steel. He is a secretive deity who instructed his followers to abandon inter-tribal warfare and instead attack other races.
- Alignment
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LE
Lawful EvilA lawful evil character goes about her business motivated by her own interests, but knows that ultimately order protects her. She seeks to achieve her own ends—but through order, not chaos. Even when boiling with anger, she is more likely to carefully plot vengeance than risk her own death through hasty actions. Sometimes that revenge will take years to happen, and that is acceptable.
A lawful evil character at the extreme end of the spectrum is zealous in her aims and will make any sacrifice to achieve them. Her twisted philosophy can make her paranoid of her closest followers, even family and friends. She stops at nothing to gain control, for only through control can she have peace. Yet even the most powerful and ordered society has its enemies, and to a lawful evil character only the destruction of those enemies can bring fulfillment.
Order is everything, at any cost. - Areas of Concern
- Conquest, slavery, weapons
- Favored Weapon
- Greatsword
- Symbol
- Helm with huge fangs
- Sacred Animals
- Saber-toothed tiger
- Sacred Colors
- Black, orange
- Worshipers
- Fire giants; slag giants
- Worshipper Alignments
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LN
Lawful NeutralA lawful neutral character admires order and tradition, or seeks to live by a code. He might fear chaos and disorder, and perhaps have good reason to do so from past experience. A lawful neutral person is not as concerned about who rules him so much as how secure he and his compatriots are, and finds great solace in the normality of society. Such a character may admire the strongest of leaders and punishments if they keep order, and he may support wars against other nations even if his own country is a brutal invader—his only concern is the rightness of the military action., LE
A lawful neutral character who follows his own code never breaks it willingly, and may become a martyr to defend it.Lawful EvilA lawful evil character goes about her business motivated by her own interests, but knows that ultimately order protects her. She seeks to achieve her own ends—but through order, not chaos. Even when boiling with anger, she is more likely to carefully plot vengeance than risk her own death through hasty actions. Sometimes that revenge will take years to happen, and that is acceptable., NE
A lawful evil character at the extreme end of the spectrum is zealous in her aims and will make any sacrifice to achieve them. Her twisted philosophy can make her paranoid of her closest followers, even family and friends. She stops at nothing to gain control, for only through control can she have peace. Yet even the most powerful and ordered society has its enemies, and to a lawful evil character only the destruction of those enemies can bring fulfillment.
Order is everything, at any cost.Neutral EvilMotivated by his own needs and wants, a neutral evil character is without conscience, acting only for self-gratification. He might surround himself with the trappings of cults and evil, but does so purely because it brings him closer to sin and wickedness. While a lawful evil person is inclined to bargain and a chaotic evil one to lash out, a neutral evil person is inclined only to look out for himself. In many ways, he epitomizes evil, since he has no clear loyalty to anything except absolute self-interest.
An extremist neutral evil character tends to be a loner, since he has either betrayed or slain those who came close to knowing him. - Realms
- Hyrrfellhame, Malebolge, Hell
Edicts
Conquer the weak, devise plans ahead of anticipated battles, only bring well-maintained weapons to fights
Anathema
Engage in violent infighting, claim anyone but Zursvaater gives you your strength, disrespect a skilled smith
Obedience
Immerse yourself in lava or a roaring flame for one hour. During the first half hour, recite passages from the Law of the Shield and meditate upon how your god’s will guides your actions. Divide the remainder of the hour between recounting the orders and obligations that your superiors have given you, and planning the orders you will give your subordinates on the following day. You gain a +4 profane bonus on saving throws against spells and effects with the cold descriptor.Boons
Deific Obedience
Required feat: Deific Obedience
Evangelist
Source: Pathfinder #95: Anvil of Fire
PFS Legal
Slave-Taker's Tools (Sp)
Sense Slaves (Ex)
You gain the scent ability, but only with respect to humanoids. You gain a +2 favored enemy bonus against humanoids, which stacks with any favored enemy bonus you already possess against humanoids.
Searing Strike (Su)
Once per day, you can channel the Prince of Steel’s power through your weapon as a free action. You must declare your use of this ability before you make an attack roll. On a hit, the weapon creates a burst of fire. Your target takes 5d6 points of fire damage and catches on fire unless it succeeds at a Reflex save (DC 10 + 1/2 your HD + your Charisma modifier). If the target catches on fire, it takes an additional 2d6 points of fire damage each round until it succeeds at a Reflex save at the original DC. All fire damage from searing strike ignores fire resistance, but not fire immunity.
Exalted
Source: Pathfinder #95: Anvil of Fire
PFS Legal
Tyrant's Weapons (Sp)
Fiery Fangs (Su)
Two fangs made of fire emerge from your mouth. Twice per day as part of casting a spell or using a spell-like ability, you may remove one of these fangs and use it to augment that spell or spell-like ability; this counts as adding a somatic component to the casting. This augmentation acts as your choice of one of the following metamagic feats: Bouncing Spell, Elemental Spell (fire only), Enlarge Spell, Extend Spell, or Silent Spell. The fangs are insubstantial, and cannot be used to make a bite attack.
Burning Bladestorm (Sp)
You can create a whirling curtain of blades of fire and steel. This ability acts like a blade barrier cast by a cleric but also sends out waves of heat like a wall of fire. Fire giants may pass through the blades without taking any damage. Humanoid creatures killed by this ability rise as uncontrolled burning skeletons.
Sentinel
Source: Pathfinder #95: Anvil of Fire
PFS Legal
Might Makes Right (Sp)
Knight of Arms (Ex)
You may treat any weapon as if you were proficient in it and had the Weapon Focus feat for that weapon. If you already have Weapon Focus for that weapon, your critical hits with that weapon cause the target to bleed as if you had the Bleeding Critical feat; half this bleed damage is fire damage.
Pyroclastic Champion (Su)
Zursvaater infuses you with more of his essence. As a free action, you can surround your body in an aura of fire that ignites any combustible object you touch, and provides you with cold resistance 20. Any time you deal fire damage with a natural or manufactured weapon (including magic weapons), double the amount of fire damage that you would normally deal. This damage increase doesn’t apply to fire damage from spells or spell-like abilities.
Domains
Evil, Fire, Law, Trickery, War
Subdomains
Spells Requiring Worship
Unique Summon Rules
Source: Pathfinder #95: Anvil of Fire
- Summon Monster 1 : Burning Human Skeleton (extraplanar) PFS Legal
- Summon Monster 3 : Thoqqua PFS Legal
- Summon Monster 6 : Burning Fire Giant Skeleton (extraplanar) PFS Legal
Unique Spell Rules
Source: Pathfinder #95: Anvil of Fire
PFS Legal
Cleric, Inquisitor, Warpriest — Burning Gaze : can be prepared as a 2nd-level spell
Cleric, Warpriest — Wall of Lava : can be prepared as a 8th-level spell