Guide to the Immortals

eaking the heads of his enemies with a spiked iron mace
(a morningstar). No one knows exactly how he
successfully became an Immortal in the Sphere of Energy
(certainly thanks to his mysterious patron). However, he
was from that moment the protector of bugbears and
berserkers, promoting brutal war fought with ardour
until last blood.
Personality: Bartziluth is obsessed with fighting and
physical confrontation in general. He greatly admires
challenges among warriors that demonstrate strength and
ignore pain and death, and especially respects those
people that fight without reservation until the last as if
possessed by battle (the berserkers). He hates Halav for
his crusade against the humanoids and is also opposed to
Atzanteotl who tries to steal his followers with lies and
false promises.
Patron: Unknown [presumed Thor]
Allies: None
Enemies: Halav, Atzanteotl
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Chaotic
Favoured weapon: Morning star (allowed all
bludgeoning weapons)
Clerics’ skills and powers: +1 bonus to Strength, free
Fighting Instinct general skill
Avengers’ skills and powers: Free Fighting Frenzy
general skill
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Energy, Chaos, Strength, War
Favoured weapon: morning star
Source: HW, WotI
BASTET
Patroness of Rakasta and Cats, Patroness of
Instincts and Luck, The Lost Mother
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 15 th (Celestial), CN,
Thought
Symbol: Silhouette of a black cat
Portfolio: Rakasta, felines, luck, instincts, life, fertility,
prosperity
Worshipped in: Savage Coast (Dunwick), Davania
(Arypt), Isle of Dawn (Thothia & Thothian Plateau),
Hollow World (Nithia)
Appearance: Bastet usually appears as a lithe and
nimble female rakasta with sparkling emerald eyes and a
black shiny pelt, wearing Nithian jewellery and a
short-sleeved white tunic.
History: Ba-steh was the familiar cat of a shaman of
Ka named Kum-rah. The relationship between the two
was so strong and Ba-steh's devotion for her master so
deep and utter, that Ka decided to award his follower's
loyalty turning his familiar into a woman, who then
married him. The years passed and Ka decided to test
Ba-steh to understand if she had matured into a normal
human being or was still an animal inside. However, she
utterly failed when she gave chase to a small mouse inside
the house, devouring it. Ka wanted to turn her back into
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a cat, but then changed his mind to avoid making his
shaman suffer. So he changed them both into a new race,
and they became the first rakasta. With the passing
generations, the descendants more similar to Ba-steh
became the Rakastodon Fatalis, and those of Kum-rah'
stock became the Cave Rakasta, ancestors of the modern
rakasta breeds. In the following years Kum-rah died from
various minor accidents, but he was so beloved by his
patron that Ka brought him back to life nine times before
he was finally admitted into the immortal's paradise. At
that point, Ba-steh was left alone taking care of her pups.
She started reading her husband's scrolls and became
more and more interested in the mysteries of the
universe. She was able to undertake the path of the
Polymath, under Ka's sponsorship, and eventually
became immortal at the dawn of the rakasta civilization.
She then left Mystara to explore the Multiverse,
discovering a world inhabited by humans similar to the
late Nithians (probably the Egyptians of Laterre in the
Dimension of Myth). There she got her first followers
and became worshipped as a goddess under the name of
Bast or Bastet, and forgot about Mystara for a long time.
Once the civilization of her worshippers crumbled, she
left that world and returned to Mystara, discovering that
her spawn had grown in numbers and breeds. She
decided to become the patroness of the rakasta, and after
dispersing part of her immortal energy to appease the
Hierarchs of the Spheres and obtain their approval of her
return to the Multiverse, she sided with Ka and
Ninfangle as patroness of the Rakasta. She also raised a
cult of her own among the Nithians (the human
civilization that most resembled the lost followers she had
on the other world) as patroness of fertility, luck and
prosperity.
Personality: Bastet is an unpredictable creature who
loves freedom and savouring life to its fullness. She does
not like brute strength, but she teaches his followers to
fortify in order to survive and defend themselves by
exploiting their instincts. Bastet is extremely cautious,
often lunatic and savage, and she trusts only those who
have shown loyalty in the long time (like her patron Ka
and Ninfangle).
Patron: Ka
Allies: Ka, Ninfangle
Enemies: None
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Any; Clerics must be Neutral
or Chaotic
Favoured weapon: Natural claws and warclaws
(allowed all types of dagger, javelin, spear and natural
weapons)
Clerics’ skills and powers: +1 bonus to Dexterity,
bonus Alertness general skill
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Thought, Chaos, Luck, Fertility
Favoured weapon: Warclaws
Source: Dragon #247