XANTHE

 Stealer of Knowledge and Power, Destroyer of the Consortium of Civilized Worlds

"Knowledge is power, use it to acquire more. Deny those unworthy of power the right to use it." (Ideal)

Real Name: Xanthe Other Aliases: Godslayer {title}, Scahrossar, Westway Power: Archigenitor (Greater) (16) Portfolio:  Knowledge, Magic, Thievery, Luck, Pain & Torture Symbol: Open spellbook with page torn in half Citizenship: None  Place of Birth: Unknown Group Affiliation: Oerthian Pantheon, Shabiran Pantheon Home Plane: Xanthe's Library (Kingdom of the Great Wheel) Superior: Mask Known Relatives: Unknown Known Confidants: Mask, Osiris Known Allies: Asmodeus, Hirikirino, Loki, Mask, Osiris, Set, Tiamat  Known Enemies: Corellon Larethian, Gothehoe, Hangon, Midnight {deceased}, Nerull, Oghma, Purple Flame, Questar, Replicant Westway, Scahrossar (deceased), Westway  Species: Unique Being {devas, divine, etherium, extraplanar, evil, outsider} (Medium sized) Alignment: Neutral Evil True Form: Xanthe's true form has yet to be revealed but is likely the same as his avatar form. Avatar Form: A middle aged man of 6'2" impressive charisma and undeniably one of the most handsome men ever seen. Xanthe has jet black hair and striking blue eyes, weighs 169 lbs. His wiry frame is shrouded in a flowing indigo robe with symbols that writhe about it. In his right hand is a metal rod that extends fully down as long as a quarterstaff. Other Manifestations: To wizards and other readers of magic that invoke his wrath, a ravenous bookworm that devours spellbooks and other important texts.

History of Xanthe

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Immortal Powers (Natural abilities Xanthe has gained through accumulation of worship and power) {Etherium, Divine}

   Alter Reality: This ability is similar to the wish spell. Xanthe merely thinks of something and then makes it so.  Xanthe can duplicate any spell, song or power accessible to mortals. The duplicated spell, song, or power has no material component.  Xanthe can render a magical, harmonic, psionic or supernatural effect permanent.   Xanthe can create temporary, nonmagical objects.  This ability cannot create permanent magic items or creatures. Xanthe can reshape a landscape, creating any type of terrain the deity can imagine.

   Avatar: An avatar serves as Xanthe’s alter ego, effectively allowing him to be in two or more places at the same time. An avatar is an extension of Xanthe. Xanthe senses and knows everything the avatar senses and knows and vice versa. Each avatar counts as a remote location where the deity is sensing and communicating. Xanthe can have up to twenty avatars at once. It takes Xanthe one year to create an avatar or replace a destroyed avatar. The process does not require any special effort on Xanthe's part. An avatar must be created in Xanthe's own realm. An avatar is a less powerful version of Xanthe, created by modifying Xanthe's statistics, that has the following characteristics. Divine Rank: The avatar’s divine rank is 8. This decrease in divine rank affects many of the avatar’s statistics and abilities.  The avatar has Immortal abilities according to its own divine rank. Xanthe chooses which of its abilities the avatar has when creating the avatar.   Note: Currently all Immortals are unable to create Avatars due to the anomaly in the dimension of manifestation. Once this is corrected Xanthe will have access to his avatars.

   Block Sensing: Xanthe can block the sensing ability of other deities of divine rank 16 or lower.  Xanthe can block two remote locations at once, plus himself.

   Divine Blast: Xanthe can channel his essence into a blast of energy of Uber Strength.  Xanthe can make the ray look, sound, smell, and feel like anything he desires. Despite the appearance of the ray, the damage it deals results directly from divine power and is therefore not subject to being reduced by protection from elements and similar effects.

   Know Secrets: Xanthe can learn a creature’s entire history (including any embarrassing or vital secrets it might know) just by looking at it. This ability is similar to the legend lore spell, except that it delivers instant results and the subject is allowed a Will save to avoid the effect. 

   Grant Spells: Xanthe automatically grants spells and domain powers to mortal divine spellcasters who pray to it. He can grant spells from the cleric spell list and from the Knowledge, Luck, Pain, Spell, and Trickery domains. Xanthe can withhold spells from any particular mortal as a free action; once a spell has been granted, it remains in the mortal’s mind until expended.

   Immortality: Xanthe is naturally immortal and cannot die from natural causes. He does not age, and does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe. The only way for Xanthe to die is through special circumstances, usually by being slain in magical or physical combat.

   Remote Communication: Xanthe can send a communication to a remote location. He can speak to any of his own worshipers, and to anyone within 16 miles from a site dedicated to Xanthe, or within 16 miles away from a statue or other likeness of Xanthe. The creature being contacted can receive a telepathic message that only it can hear. Alternatively, Xanthe’s voice can seem to issue from the air, the ground, or from some object of his choosing (but not an object or locale dedicated to another being of divine rank 16 or higher). In the latter case, anyone within earshot of the sound can hear it. Xanthe can send a manifestation or omen instead of a spoken or telepathic message. The exact nature of this communication varies. Xanthe can carry on as many remote communications at one time as he can remote sense at one time.

   Remote Sensing: Xanthe can perceive everything within a 16 mile radius around any of his worshipers, holy sites, or other objects or locales sacred to Xanthe. This effect can also be centered on any place where someone speaks out loud Xanthe’s name, aliases, or title for up to 1 hour after the name is spoken, and at any location when an event related to his portfolio occurs.  Xanthe can extend his senses to 20 remote locations at once and still sense what’s going on nearby. Once Xanthe chooses a remote location to sense, he automatically receives sensory information from that location until he chooses a new location to sense, or until he can’t sense the location.

Portfolio Powers (Xanthe is tied to his portfolios and as such has the following abilities) {Divine, Etherium, Primordium}

   Steal Knowledge and Power: Using this power is taxing the results can be fantastic however, with the degree of success dependent on the strength of the being being interacted with and Xanthe's power. On a successful touch attack, Xanthe can choose to remove knowledge from the creature touched. The most obscure knowledge is always stolen first. This can be very frustrating if the knowledge is worthless, but can prove immensely rewarding if the knowledge is obscure and powerful enough to hold significance. The other use of this ability is to 'soak' an ability from a creature. When this happens, Xanthe has to experience or witness the effects of the ability first hand. The effects can be saved against if desired. Xanthe and the creature make opposed Will saving throws. If Xanthe gets the higher result, the affected creature may no longer utilize the ability and it is lost. {Divine, Etherium, Primordium} (Portfolio: Thievery)

   Computer Consciousness: From the CCW Computer database downloaded into Xanthe he gained the ability to send his awareness into computer systems within Cyberspace. He can move through computer networks like any other artificial intelligence.  {Divine, Etherium, Primordium} (Portfolio: Thievery and Knowledge)

   Create Items: Xanthe can create permanent magic or non-magic weapons, and items that steals knowledge or power (such as a rod of absorption) or any item that is designed to cause undue pain or torture (such as a rack of irresistible torture).  {Divine, Etherium, Primordium} (Portfolio: Thievery and Torture)

   Portfolio Sense: Xanthe automatically senses any event that involves pain or theft of knowledge. This sense extends into the near future (which is constantly changing)  When Xanthe senses an event, he merely knows that the event is occurring and where it is.  Once he notices an event, Xanthe can use his remote sensing power to perceive the event. {Divine, Etherium, Primordium}

Spellcasting (Xanthe has studied many spellcasting disciplines from across the multiverse and has access to many magical spells and powers. If a mortal has cast the spell chances are Xanthe knows it.) {Magic, Arcane, Divine}

Psionic Disciplines (Xanthe has psionic abilities trained in many disciplines including the Menvai Tradition or Mentat. He can use any Psionic ability at will)  {Psionic}

Devas Abilities (Xanthe has some Devas energies within him granting him the Devas descriptor as well as some abilities) {Devas, Thymium}

   Cosmic Awareness: Xanthe's essence is linked to the cosmos of reality. If anything changes the cosmos, Xanthe become aware of it the instant the change takes effect. He gets a general sense of direction, but no specific location. {Devas, Thymium, Cosmic}