Sobek (Apath)

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The Raging Torrent.

The crocodile god Sobek is a god of rivers, marshes, and fertility of both creatures and vegetation. Violent, aggressive, and prone to primal urges, Sobek is also a god of battle, venerated for his ferocity, strength, and military prowess.

Sobek appears as a muscular man with the head of a mighty crocodile, wearing a headdress with tall plumes, curling horns, and a solar disk. He is the son of Neith and Set, and while he occasionally supports his father, Sobek more often stands alone. He has no wife, but he lusts after the war goddess Sekhmet and expends great effort trying to impress her with his strength and potency.

Sobek sometimes accompanies Ra on his solar barge, joining the sun god in his nightly battles against A pep. Kings venerate Sobek as a symbol of pharaonic potency and might. He is a patron of soldiers and armies, and he is worshiped by barbarians, druids, fighters, rangers, and warriors as well. Farmers often give offerings to Sobek so that he will enrich their fields and protect their livelihood. Sobek's temples are almost always situated on riverbanks, and are rarely found more than a few miles from a river. The crocodiles living in the neighboring rivers are exalted by the priesthood and the faithful as the direct offspring of the god, or are even seen as living incarnations of Sobek himself. Most of his temples contain pools holding crocodiles sacred to Sobek, and their regular feeding is incorporated into worship. These honored reptiles are mummified and interred upon their deaths with all the respect and esteem that marks human burials.

Alignment: CN ,god of crocodiles, fertility, military prowess, and rivers.

Weapon: Falchion.

Symbol: Green crocodile.

Animal: Crocodile.

Pathfinder Domains

Chaos (Protean), Scalykind, Strength (Ferocity, Resolve), War, Water (Rivers).

Pathfinder Traits

Defensive Strategist Your knowledge of history and religion gives you an excellent mind for defensive strategy and tactics. You are not flat-footed when you are an unaware combatant. This includes a surprise round that you don’t get to act in, and before you get to act at the start of a battle.

Destructive Blows You call on your faith to destroy. You gain a +2 trait bonus on Strength checks made to break things, as well as on combat maneuver checks to sunder.

Pathfinder Obedience

In a river, trap a living sacrifice so that the creature can just barely breathe, or trap it in a watery pit it cannot climb out of. Chant prayers to Sobek, taking time every 10 minutes to push the creature further down into the water. If a reptile attacks the creature while you are performing the obedience, that is a special sign of favor from Sobek and successfully ends the obedience. Gain a +4 profane (or sacred if good) bonus on saving throws against special attacks and spells originating from reptilian and aquatic creatures.

Boons

1. Sobek's Blessing (Sp) charm animal (reptiles only) 3/ day, slipstream 2/day, or greater magic fang 1/day
2. Children of the River (Sp) Once per day you can use summon monster IX as a spell-like ability, but only to summon 1d3 elasmosauruses, or 1d4+1 ankylosauruses or dire crocodiles. These creatures have the fiendish template unless you are of good alignment, then they have the celestial template.
3. Primeval Might (Ex) You become infused with primeval power, and gain a +4 profane (or sacred if good) bonus to Constitution and your natural armor.

External Links

• Sobek at Pathfinder Wiki.