Hecate (goddess of magic)

Lesser goddess

ARMOR CLASS: -2
MOVE: 12"
HIT POINTS: 289
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: See below
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 89%
SIZE: M (5.25')
ALIGNMENT: Lawful evil
WORSHIPPER'S ALIGNMENT: Any being working with magic
SYMBOL: Setting moon
PLANE: Phlegethos (The Fourth Hell)
CLERIC/DRUID: 14th level druid
FIGHTER: Nil
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: Special
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: Nil
PSIONIC ABILITY: I

<When updating a deity entry, add up the class levles. This
number should remain the same after the deity has been updated.
Hecate is an exception: replace her 14 druid levels with 24 (Dragon
#114) witch levels (Queen of Witches).>


 

S: 12	I: 25	W: 9
D: 20	C: 22	CH: 25
Com:	-	-

<"beautiful" - 26-29>

Hecate appears as a beautiful woman and is able to USE any MU or illusionist spell
as often as she likes without restriction as if she were 20th level.
From sunset to sunrise, she is able to CAST <2> spells per melee round in
any combination. During the day, she casts one per round.

She has twin spheres of annihilation with her at all times that MOVE to attack
her enemies. These devices MOVE by themselves after being started and
cannot be controlled by mortals.

She has 9 hell hounds as servants (with max. HP and abilities). <>
These creatures are sent out to hunt down all those who would desecrate her
her temples or attack her clerics of greater than 10th level (a 10% chance
of this happening with every such act).
 

                                            Clerics       Raiment                        Sacrifice/Propitiation

Sphere of Control	Animal	M	F	N-H	Head	Body	Color(s)	Holy Days	Frequency	Form	Place of Worship
magic	hell hound	X	X	-	bare	tunic	blue-white	fall equinox	monthly at full moon	ox	mountain glen

All of her clerics have a special rapport with hell hounds.
Hell hounds will never attack them in any case and
Hecate's clerics have a chance of controlling them =equal= to their
chance of affecting "special" undead.

Hecate's clerics sacrifice to her on the night of the full moon.
Her images often have <3> faces.
<3 images for Hecate>
 

Greek Mythos

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DDG

The Realm of Hecate (Hell.4:Phlegethos):
Hecate of the Greeks and Inanna of the Sumerians have adjacent
realms in Phlegethos, the fourth Hell, with suitable conduits
to reach those worlds where they are venerated. Hecate tends to
be more lawful than evil, sending her quota of devils out in an
organized fashion to punish particular misdeeds. Inanna is the
reverse, more evil than lawful. She delights in the fickcle nature
that sending too many (or not enough) evil servants into battle
may bring. The two goddesses' relationships with Belial are
unknown, though the arch-devil has been known to call on both
their courts. Both are indifferent to their organized neighbors
unless they are dragged into the fray--something that Asmodeus
would rather cut off a limb than see happen. (Asmodeus dreads
the thought of the Greek && Sumerian pantheons descending
on his plane and upsetting his delicate balance of power.) The
other devils tend to keep arrangements with these Powers very
quiet lest they incur Asmodeus's wrath.