Vistess, Lesser Goddess of Fire, The Burning Swan, Maiden of The Light, CG

Vistess (Maiden of The Light, The Burning Swan)

Lesser Goddess Stewardess of Swanmays, CG

Portfolio:  Swanmays, Fire, Wildfire, Fertile Ash, Warmth, Fire technology, Light, Fire as a tool,

Aliases:  None

Domain Name:  Stewardessess of The Swanmays

Superior:  The Seelie Court, Summa and Thoasa

Allies:  The Swanmay Stewardessess, The Seelie Court, the Seldarine, the Gnome Pantheon

Foes:  Any evil fire dieties

Symbol:  Burning Swan

Wor. Align.:  LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN

Vistess is an extremely meddelsome and active lesser Goddess, as one of the stewardessess of the Swanmays her magic is put to use to promote fire as a force of good, bringer of new ideas, light, warmth, protection. Vistess is a champion of good and is not afraid of scorching down those she find missuse fire as a tool of evil.

Vistess’s Avatar (Elementalist fire 25, Druid 20)
Vistess appears as a tall, beautiful, yong human woman with wavy strong red hair and a set of black but firey eyes. She wears red gown with embrodiments of white swanmays. Vistess can also appear as a giant swan engulfed in a sea of flames if she so chooses.

AC −10; MV 15 or 6, Fl 38 (MC: C); HP 253; THAC0 −3; #AT 3* or 2

Dmg 1d8 + 4 (longsword +4)  / 1d4 + 3(dagger +3)

MR 30%; SZ M (5 feet)

Str 15, Dex 20, Con 16, Int 18, Wis 16, Cha 18

Spells P: 11/11/8/8/6/4/2

Saves PPDM 2; RSW 5; PP 4; BW 4; Sp 6

*Includes two attacks with her primary weapon and one attack with her off-hand weapon.

Special Att/Def: In her right hand, Vistess wields Flameblade, a longsword +4 that can cause a flame that does never extingush instantly once per day, only Vistess can by choise put this fire out. In her left hand, she typically wields a fire dagger +3 At will, Vistess can transform into a giant swan. She is never surprised, and no faerie creature or or avian will attack her. She is immune to all paralyzation, polymorph, and petrification attacks, as well as poison, disease, caused wounds, and death magic. She can only be struck by magical weapons in human form, and +3 or better magical weapons in swan form. 

The Church Swanmays of Vistess LG, NG, CG, LN, N, CN any Swanmay,

Dogma: Swanmay use of fire for good. protection, growth after fire, promote safe wildfire in nature.

Day-to-Day Activities: Swanmays of Vistess generally spend their time tending fires and lighting the night with the living flame. Crafting of candles out of different waxes. They maintain contact with other swanmays, gathering regularly to exchange news and information, and they time their patrols so they meet up with another swanmay at specific times and places. When a swanmay fails to show up, searches are quickly organized to find the individual and discover the reason for her absence. To protect all under their care. Proper burial by fire, and bringing of the ashes to bring new growth.

Important Ceremonies/Holy Days: The Day of Tokening, each Swanmay will always celebrate the day of becomming, no other holidays or ceremonies are required.

Major Centers of Worship: The everburning Swantree.

Priestly Vestments: Those follow Vistess usually wear practical clothing for their environment, favoring leathers or robes in red, as well as comfortable boots. They keep their hair clean in whatever style they prefer. Black or White feathers also feature prominently, usually in the form of a garland, skullcap, or a pauldron or epaulet like garment. Some prefer a feathered shawl or dress instead. The holy symbol used by the faith is the swanmay’s feather token which is a sot blackened swan feather attached to a gold chain. A lit candle is also part of the priestly vestments of a Vistess priestess.

Adventuring Garb: Swanmays dress practically when in the field and in similar manner to their more formal garb, but with a greater emphasis on colors that blend in with the environment. They favor garments that allow ease of movement, and only rarely wear heavy armor.

Specialty Priests Swanmaidens of Vistess 
(Druids, Clerics, Priests, Fire Elementalists, Candlemancers)

Requirements:          Wisdom 12, Intelligence 11, Charisma 15

Prime Req.:                Wisdom, Charisma

Alignment:                LG, NG, CG, LN, CN, any Swanmay

Weapons:                   Any weapon touched by fire: Club, sickle, spear, dagger, knife, scimitar, staff

Armor:                      any touched by fire

Major Spheres:         All, elemental fire, light, wards, weather, protection, growth

Minor Spheres:         Divination, travelers, animal, charm

Magical Items:         As druid, anything touched by fire

Req. Profs:                Survival (woodland), swimming

Bonus Profs:             Modern language (pick two from: brownie, dryad, elvish, korred, pegasus, pixie, satyr, sprite, sylph, treant, unicorn), weather sense

Some of Priss's specialty priests are druids. Their abilities and restrictions, aside from changes noted above and below, are detailed in full in the Player’s Handbook.

• Swanmays of Vistess must be swanmay humans. 
• At 2nd level, Swanmays of Vistess also become adept in the crafting of candles which can be used as a focus or if druid, be used to make candle brew magic.
• At 3rd level, Swanmays of Vistess can either cast Control Flame or Unburn once per day. They gain an additional casting of this spell for every three levels gained above 3rd (so twice at 6th level, three times at 9th, etc.).
• At 10th level, a Swanmay of Vistess can craft a new feather token for another swanmay. This crafting takes a full month, during which the swanmay must pray and chant over the object. Generally, this process requires a small amount of scorched blood from the individual the token is made for, and the individual must gather ingredients for the device. Each token is made for a specific individual and cannot be used by another, and the swanmay may not make one for themself. 

The Stewardesses of The Swanmay Pantheon contain only female Goddesses, the Supreme Goddess is Summa, Goddess of Magic, followed by equal in Strenght Goddess of Fertility, Toetha. The intermediate Goddess Priss, The Black Swan, is the Goddess of Death, while the lesser goddess of Fire, Vistess, and the lesser goddess of Nature Åne all have very important parts in this nature oriented pantheon. Finally there are three demigoddesses, the demigoddess of War, Bybah, the demigoddess of the Sun, Custi, and the demigoddess of Agriculture, Kori.