AS ABOVE... Part 1A: ACYFER THE ANTI-DEMON

ACYFER (The Anti-Demon)

Greater God

ARMOR CLASS: -I

MOVE: 15"/30”

HIT POINTS: 255

NO. OF ATTACKS: 2

DAMAGE/ATTACK: Claws 3-18 (+ 9)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below

SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below

MAGIC RESISTANCE: 85%

SIZE: L (14’)

ALIGNMENT: Neutral

WORSHIPER'S ALIGN: Neutral and neutral

alignments. Also profaners.

SYMBOL: Two pairs of abstract peering eyes in a circle.

PLANE: Concordant Opposition

CLERIC/DRUID: 20th level profaner (cf)

FIGHTER: Nil

MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: 20^th level magic-user

THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil

MONK/BARD: Nil

PSIONIC ABILITY: I

S:21(+4,+9) I:25 W:25 D:18 C:21 CH:23

He appears as a giant reddish grey human. His 4 eye sockets have multiple irises and pupils. He is never armed, fighting with his massive clawed hands. but sports a large magical belt (See below).

If attacked for three rounds, he heals everyone to full health then disappears. During this three rounds of combat, he will listen to any who have tried to hit him and missed. Of these combatants, there is a 50% chance of granting one of them a limited wish. The limited wish arrives one hour after his departure.

Acyfer’s magical belt is an artifact in itself. Any who don it, in addition to it having standard artifact abilities (I:A,GG;II:T,YY;IV:J(x3),V:V(x10);VI:I), will summon 0-19 temporions (cf.).

Temples of Acyfer are so non-contemporary that they are seldom called “temples”. Worship is usually in cave, cellar and developed undergrounds (city works) usually reserved for Mystery type cults (and plays).

His priests are never druids despite his neutral outlook. The clergy will either be modified clerics or profaners (cf. “...SO BELOW Part One” in this blog).

Clerics of Acyfer will not exceed 8^th level, turning good and evil results only in ignoring, protection from evil is in regards to any alignment, and never have access to 5th, 6th, and 7th level spells in any form. In addition clerics get the ability at 8^th level to conjure any single temporion at random.

Cleric Quick Reference:

SPHERE OF CONTROL: Active neutrality, ANIMAL: Rat-hunter dog breeds, CLERICS(or profaners): male/female/non-human(only human for profaners), RAIMENT: Head: Stylized eye over eye helm and 4 eyed amulet, Body: Multicolored robes for high priest;singular color for adept. COLORS: Entire spectrum, HOLY DAYS: Any equinox, SACRIFICE/PROPITIATION: Frequency: Random, Form: Burning of “Weeds of the Dragon” (like a camphor but a little noxious in scent, grows outside dragon lairs), PLACE OF WORSHIP: Never standard temples (See above paragraph).

IN THE WORLD OF THE SWORDLANDS (Gene’s Campaign): Acyfer the Anti-Demon, was once described, by the adventurer Corlag, as a real neutral’s neutral. That is, Acyfer is so neutral that its unconventional. In the philosophies regarding this being, it is simply put that as all druids head into the wilderness, all followers of Acyfer gravitate the other way. Not exactly to cities but half the way there from rustic pagan splendor to the dross suburbs and the criminally infested outer wards.

Across the Swordlands and the surrounding expanses, Acyfer is briefly mentioned in a popular mythic romance cycle called Atlaw & Chorins often heard in odd taverns serving hot foreign beverages. This recounts the tale of a profaner and a druidess and how Acyfer was less caring in his neutrality than the goddess of the druids (Runa the Wild Empress).

The are legends of a mysterious loose order of knights called the Knights Anti-Templar who carry the stylized symbol of Acyfer emblazoned on their banners and shield devices.

Green pseudosmaritans (...So Below Part One A) will usually feign to be his clerics and sometimes are found in the sacred cave complexes..