Re: Christmas Deities (long)

>I couldn't resist the idea--turning holiday icons into deities worshipped by
>children.  Can you tell I have a LOT of time on my hands?  ((breaks into
>quiet, insane mutterings))  Anyhow, here's the first of a number of little
>guys you're going to receive.  Who better to start with, after all, than
>Santa Claus himself?
>
>Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, et Joyeux Noël!
>Daniel Sheff
>________________________________
>  Santa Claus
>  Greater Power of Elysium, Neutral Good
>
>  Portfolio: Children, Joy, Festivities, Gifts of Love
>  Aliases: Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Papa Noël, Father Christmas, and
>many others
>  Domain Name: The North Pole
>  Superior: None
>  Allies: Mrs. Claus, Balthasar, Melchior, Caspar
>  Foes: None (everybody loves Santa!)
>  Symbol: A red hat trimmed with white fur, more commonly two bells tied
>with a ribbon and
>  a bough of holly
>  Worshipper Alignments: Any Good
>  In his true form, Santa is an average-height, pudgy old man with a long
>white
>  beard.  He wears a red suit trimmed in white fur, with black boots, and a
>black belt with a
>  simple gold buckle.  He has kind gray eyes and a warm smile, and he has a
>very contagious
>  smile.  The most common worshippers of Santa are young children.  Santa is
>most
>  worshipped, and hence has the most power, from the months of September
>through the
>  twenty-fifth of December.
>     Santa can call, at any time, his eight flying reindeer; Dasher, Dancer,
>Prancer, Vixen,
>  Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, and their leader, Rudolph, who has a
>separate entry.
>  The reindeer have all normal stats for reindeer, except that they have INT
>15, they speak,
>  and they can fly with a maneuverability class of A.
>     Santa's closest ally is Mrs. Claus, his wife, and a lesser power of the
>North Pole.
>  They met when he was still mortal, and they were married shortly before
>his ascent to the
>  Christmas Pantheon.  More about Jessica Claus is listed in another entry.
>     Santa is served also by many high elves who go about making the toys
>for him.
>  These elves are of a special race which may live for 2,000 years, and they
>appear solely in
>  the form of human children with sparkles on their cheeks and pointed ears.
>Finally, he is
>  served by the demipower Wynter the Warlock, a sorcerer who sends snowfall
>to any place
>  possible on the night of Saint Nicholas's arrival.  This, of course, is
>not generally possible
>  in certain warm climates, but Wynter does his best.
>
>  Santa's Avatar (Mage 40/Cleric 40)
>  When in mortal form, Santa appears in his true form, the one discussed in
>the previous
>  section.  He can cast spells from the school of Enchantment/Charm and
>  Conjuration/Summoning.  His priest spells come from the equivalent
>spheres.  As well,
>  when Santa smiles, everyone within range of sight feels a sort of warm,
>happy glow.  Santa
>  never enters a combat, and if he is confronted, he will simply vanish in a
>mystical swirl of
>  sparkling faerie lights and snowflakes.  As well, he is always accompanied
>by two Christmas
>  Elves.
>     On the twenty-fifth of December, Santa's avatar
>  loads up his sleigh on the Prime Material Plane and harnesses it to his
>nine flying reindeer
>  and flies around the world to his worshippers, drops down the chimney, and
>delivers
>  presents they have asked for from his bag of holding.
>
>
>  AC 10; MV 9; HP 154; THAC0 1; #AT 1
>  Dmg N/A; MR 50 %; SZ M (5'6")
>  Str 10; Dex 18; Con 20; Int 16; Wis 18; Cha 20
>  Spells P: 8/8/8/8/8/8/8
>  Spells W: 8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8
>  Saves PPDM 2; RSW 6; PP 5; BW 8; Sp 7
>  Special Att/Def: N/A
>
>  Other Manifestations
>  Santa may also appear, with the same stats, as a tall, thin old man in a
>regal red robe
>  trimmed in white fur.  This form is known as Father Christmas, and is the
>form most
>  commonly worshipped in England.
>
Cute.  Verry, verry silly, but cute.  My players will be outraged.  Send
more.  Thank you.
Paul