Sunpriests & Moongods: D20 Minor Religions to Expand Your World

🌌Expand your world and consciousness with these 20 varied faiths ⛪

“The Onaoskan Church is a semi-nomadic crescent of foldable churches that move in synchronicity throughout the year, following cows and the arc of the sun. The greatest, unifying religious symbol is the circle, especially the sun or the face of a baby. This circular symbolism echoes the form of the mythic Tasting Child that ate and controlled much of the known world, a feat the Onaoskans hope to one day match.”

Sunpriests & Moongods is a system-neutral reference guide to 20 different minor religions to grow and change your fantasy setting! From the riverboat denim-clad castes of Raegiots to the vantablack, yonic flutists of the Chexiwiccans, each religion is varied, dense, and contained all onto one page. Each faith comes with:

• A thick lore paragraph
• Example inventories from religious followers
• Cultural details, from significant gods to art forms
• Physical details, from garb to holy foods
• D4 table for religious followers (in categories of urban, rural, mysterious, military), each with traits and special items.
• Enough detail to introduce allies and conflicts, with enough gaps for players to suggest additions.

View all the available faiths in the table of contents to your right, there's a fascinating mix of affinities and godly values.

S&M isn’t over yet: there’s also

• A 4d4 table for generating religious story hooks and problems.
• Guides, tips, and equations for melding minor faiths.
• 36 wayward prophets of undue influence.
• A customizable religion you can fill in with your own traits to complete.

S&M is system-neutral, meaning it’s compatible with Old-School Essentials, Fate, Down We Go, Into the Odd, Black Hack + White Hack, Mörk Borg, Pathfinder, 5e, and more!

If you want to quickly populate a temple, holy cavern, or pilgrim camp, this zine will guide you towards brilliant faiths and inspire some of your own creations. Some examples of the faiths inside include:

• Siabapa, a swamp and farrier faith obsessed with escaping the chowder pot we will drop into when we die. Siabapans value being good judges of character and strength and train for their deaths with séances, core workouts, and bog mummification. Come to this faith to hear the awful bog creatures Liam Chlop has seen, or beg volunteer medic Crial Cha for protection.

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• Lvoshadd, a breakaway sect from a larger religion that melded all rescued religious tomes into one. Shaddows believe in a gifting economy and are strong anticapitalist, using eel-guided sloops to deliver presents across oceans and eating gilt carrots to remind them of the satiating taste of money. Come to this religion to learn what Varis “Pendulum” Davo is hiding, or to steal the Hieracosphinx-shaped axe from Adda Ilverson.

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• Pischt, a utilitarian faith with a class of sin-counters and holy riders who classify and kidnap sinners, indenturing them until they will be let into the Horned Beyond. Many Pischtese value horns, from the unicorn calvary that will one day descend from the sky to the churra sheep horns used as warning instruments. Visit this faith to explore the impacts of institutional tattling with Zekpojaalam, an untrustworthy gluemaker, or Pazverkaalaj, a complicated hand model.

Dim your ever-burning oil lamp, open this holy zine, and dive into these vibrant and curious faiths. Many more might be added or expanded, so comment if there are certain favorites you want to see more of!