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	Members of the Athar are immune to various Divine Enchantment spells; Abjure, Augury, Bestow Curse, Divination, Enthrall, Exaction, Holy Word and Quest all fail outright if they are used on an Athar.		Members of the Athar are immune to various Divine Enchantment spells; Abjure, Augury, Bestow Curse, Divination, Enthrall, Exaction, Holy Word and Quest all fail outright if they are used on an Athar.

	Those who reach the rank of Factotum (or "Athaon" to the Lost) also gain a general +2 bonus to all saving throws vs priest spells cast by powers worshippers and the spell-like abilities of creatures that directly serve a power. Additionally, when sufficiently large groups of high level (4+) Athaons gather, they can actually produce a Banishment effect; when four or more Athaons encircle a power-serving petitioner, planar creature or proxy, they can spend a full round action to force the encircled being to pass a save vs. spell or be banished to their power's realm for a year, a month or a week, depending on if they're a petitioner, creature or proxy, respectively. They do their best to keep this ability under their hat, because they don't want it to be well-known that they can banish certain planars just through sheer force of will (and disbelief).		Those who reach the rank of Factotum (or "Athaon" to the Lost) also gain a general +2 bonus to all saving throws vs priest spells cast by powers worshippers and the spell-like abilities of creatures that directly serve a power. Additionally, when sufficiently large groups of high level (4+) Athaons gather, they can actually produce a Banishment effect; when four or more Athaons encircle a power-serving [[petitioner]], planar creature or proxy, they can spend a full round action to force the encircled being to pass a save vs. spell or be banished to their power's realm for a year, a month or a week, depending on if they're a petitioner, creature or proxy, respectively. They do their best to keep this ability under their hat, because they don't want it to be well-known that they can banish certain planars just through sheer force of will (and disbelief).

	Factors (9th level or higher Athar) gain a permanent Obscurement power which makes them immune to pretty much all Divination spells and spell-like abilities cast by power-aligned casters, even those used by the powers themselves, forcing the caster to pass a save vs. spell in order to make their spells work.		Factors (9th level or higher Athar) gain a permanent Obscurement power which makes them immune to pretty much all Divination spells and spell-like abilities cast by power-aligned casters, even those used by the powers themselves, forcing the caster to pass a save vs. spell in order to make their spells work.

1d4chan>The Hat That Was at 19:43, 26 January 2022

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	{{Topquote\|The Gods are frauds. The unknowable truth, perhaps even the one true power, lies beyond the veil.\|Terrance, Factol of the Athar}}		{{Topquote\|The Gods are frauds. The unknowable truth, perhaps even the one true power, lies beyond the veil.\|Terrance, Factol of the Athar}}
	[[File:Terrance FM.jpg\|left\|thumb]]		[[File:Terrance FM.jpg\|left\|thumb]]
	The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.		The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the [[Great Unknown]], which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.

	Needless to say, they're not a very popular faction in-universe, for various reasons; the [[Harmonium]] likes to use religion to promote conformity and so disapproves of someone attacking the cornerstone of religions, whilst the [[Mercykillers]] are leery of accepting the idea of "the Gods are Frauds!" because that'd mean that Justice would demand they be punished, but they're too strong for the Mercykillers to stand a chance, for example. About the only faction that really likes them are the [[Believers of the Source]], since their philosophy of "ascend to divinity by unleashing your innermost potential" is fairly close to the Athar's own beliefs.		Needless to say, they're not a very popular faction in-universe, for various reasons; the [[Harmonium]] likes to use religion to promote conformity and so disapproves of someone attacking the cornerstone of religions, whilst the [[Mercykillers]] are leery of accepting the idea of "the Gods are Frauds!" because that'd mean that Justice would demand they be punished, but they're too strong for the Mercykillers to stand a chance, for example. About the only faction that really likes them are the [[Believers of the Source]], since their philosophy of "ascend to divinity by unleashing your innermost potential" is fairly close to the Athar's own beliefs.

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	\|Headquarters = The Shattered Temple, Lower Ward, Sigil		\|Headquarters = The Shattered Temple, Lower Ward, Sigil
	\|Allies = [[Believers of the Source]]		\|Allies = [[Believers of the Source]]
	\|Enemies =		\|Enemies = None
	\|Factol = Terrance		\|Factol = Terrance
	}}		}}
	{{Topquote\|The Gods are frauds. The unknowable truth, perhaps even the one true power, lies beyond the veil.\|Terrance, Factol of the Athar}}		{{Topquote\|The Gods are frauds. The unknowable truth, perhaps even the one true power, lies beyond the veil.\|Terrance, Factol of the Athar}}
	[[File:~~Athar member~~.jpg\|left\|thumb]]		[[File:Terrance FM.jpg\|left\|thumb]]
	The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.		The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.

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	Knowing they're on shaky ground as perhaps the least-liked faction of all prior to the [[Faction War]], the Athar focus mostly on attempting to score conversions through propaganda, with a particular emphasis on harassing clerics and exploiting religious layfolk suffering crises of faith. After the Faction War, they were forced to flee to the base of the Spire in the [[Outlands]], where they can still be shielded against any and all divine magic now that they've been kicked out of Sigil, in exchange for becoming one of the more isolated factions since mundane travel to and from the base of the Spire (the only kind that works the vast majority of the time, and no, falling from Sigil to parachute down gently once you get close enough to the base will ''not'' work given the Spire's effectively infinite height) takes a long time, and there's both little to do and little in the way of ''in situ'' resources to sustain a living community in that locale.		Knowing they're on shaky ground as perhaps the least-liked faction of all prior to the [[Faction War]], the Athar focus mostly on attempting to score conversions through propaganda, with a particular emphasis on harassing clerics and exploiting religious layfolk suffering crises of faith. After the Faction War, they were forced to flee to the base of the Spire in the [[Outlands]], where they can still be shielded against any and all divine magic now that they've been kicked out of Sigil, in exchange for becoming one of the more isolated factions since mundane travel to and from the base of the Spire (the only kind that works the vast majority of the time, and no, falling from Sigil to parachute down gently once you get close enough to the base will ''not'' work given the Spire's effectively infinite height) takes a long time, and there's both little to do and little in the way of ''in situ'' resources to sustain a living community in that locale.

			==Gallery==
			<gallery>
			Athar member.jpg\|Factol Terrance
			shattered temple FM.jpg\|The Shattered Temple
			shattered temple map FM.jpg
			bois verdurous FM.jpg\|Terrance using the Bois Verdurous
			</gallery>

	{{Planescape-Factions}}		{{Planescape-Factions}}

1d4chan>TheDiceDon'tStopRolling at 20:20, 19 May 2021

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	Finally, the Factol is the only Athar who can use the power of the magical Bois Verdurous tree that grows in the center of the Shattered Temple. By touching it, the Factol can cast any priest spell he wants, as long as he wants, though such spells can't reach beyond the temple itself. Or he can pluck either a fruit or flower from the tree, which becomes a 1-use enchanted item bearing a single priestly spell of the Factol's choice. Anyone else who tries to touch the tree takes D12 damage each round, has all their magical items drained of power, and loses all their memorized spells (if applicable).		Finally, the Factol is the only Athar who can use the power of the magical Bois Verdurous tree that grows in the center of the Shattered Temple. By touching it, the Factol can cast any priest spell he wants, as long as he wants, though such spells can't reach beyond the temple itself. Or he can pluck either a fruit or flower from the tree, which becomes a 1-use enchanted item bearing a single priestly spell of the Factol's choice. Anyone else who tries to touch the tree takes D12 damage each round, has all their magical items drained of power, and loses all their memorized spells (if applicable).

	Somewhat unexpectedly, Athar do have access to divine spells, but only from "the Great Unknown" (whom, as before, the Athar consider the only true deity and therefore the only one worth any worship, even if it remains silent beyond providing spells), and as mentioned above Athar must renounce and disavow allegiances and spells from any other divine being. Despite their iconoclastic ways and disbelief in most sources of divine power, the Athar have been strangely reluctant to find out just what it is that powers their spells in the name of the Great Unknown; for all they know, the Great Unknown could even be the Dark Powers of [[Ravenloft]] (who have been canonically shown to be able to replicate any divine spell they damn well please, and sometimes even take interest in mortals outside of their personal playground if those mortals have little potential to become a [[Darklord]]) masquerading as the Athar's "silent partner" for a particularly unconventional DM.		Somewhat unexpectedly, Athar do have access to divine spells, but only from "the Great Unknown" (whom, as before, the Athar consider the only true deity and therefore the only one worth any worship, even if it remains silent beyond providing spells), and as mentioned above Athar must renounce and disavow allegiances and spells from any other divine being. Despite their iconoclastic ways and disbelief in most sources of divine power, the Athar have been strangely reluctant to find out just what it is that powers their spells in the name of the Great Unknown; for all they know, the Great Unknown could even be the [[Dark Powers]] of [[Ravenloft]] (who have been canonically shown to be able to replicate any divine spell they damn well please, and sometimes even take interest in mortals outside of their personal playground if those mortals have even a little potential to become a [[Darklord]]) masquerading as the Athar's "silent partner" for a particularly unconventional DM.

	Knowing they're on shaky ground as perhaps the least-liked faction of all prior to the [[Faction War]], the Athar focus mostly on attempting to score conversions through propaganda, with a particular emphasis on harassing clerics and exploiting religious layfolk suffering crises of faith. After the Faction War, they were forced to flee to the base of the Spire in the [[Outlands]], where they can still be shielded against any and all divine magic now that they've been kicked out of Sigil, in exchange for becoming one of the more isolated factions since mundane travel to and from the base of the Spire (the only kind that works the vast majority of the time, and no, falling from Sigil to parachute down gently once you get close enough to the base will ''not'' work given the Spire's effectively infinite height) takes a long time, and there's both little to do and little in the way of ''in situ'' resources to sustain a living community in that locale.		Knowing they're on shaky ground as perhaps the least-liked faction of all prior to the [[Faction War]], the Athar focus mostly on attempting to score conversions through propaganda, with a particular emphasis on harassing clerics and exploiting religious layfolk suffering crises of faith. After the Faction War, they were forced to flee to the base of the Spire in the [[Outlands]], where they can still be shielded against any and all divine magic now that they've been kicked out of Sigil, in exchange for becoming one of the more isolated factions since mundane travel to and from the base of the Spire (the only kind that works the vast majority of the time, and no, falling from Sigil to parachute down gently once you get close enough to the base will ''not'' work given the Spire's effectively infinite height) takes a long time, and there's both little to do and little in the way of ''in situ'' resources to sustain a living community in that locale.

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1d4chan>Nubnuber at 03:34, 12 January 2021

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	{{Topquote\|The Gods are frauds. The unknowable truth, perhaps even the one true power, lies beyond the veil.\|Terrance, Factol of the Athar}}		{{Topquote\|The Gods are frauds. The unknowable truth, perhaps even the one true power, lies beyond the veil.\|Terrance, Factol of the Athar}}
			[[File:Athar member.jpg\|left\|thumb]]
	The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.		The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.

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	\|Name = Athar		\|Name = Athar
	\|Symbol = [[File:Athar symbol.png\|200px]]		\|Symbol = [[File:Athar symbol.png\|200px]]
	\|Aliases = Defiers, Defilers		\|Aliases = The Lost, Defiers, Defilers
	\|Plane of Influence = [[Astral Plane]]		\|Plane of Influence = [[Astral Plane]]
	\|Headquarters = The Shattered Temple, Lower Ward, Sigil		\|Headquarters = The Shattered Temple, Lower Ward, Sigil

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	The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.		The '''Athar''' are one of the Factions that contest for the minds and souls of [[Sigil]]ites in the [[Planescape]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. A weird mixture of atheism and Buddhism, with a touch of monotheism, the Athar are united under the single, simple belief that the various gods of the multiverse are not "real" gods, but rather merely extremely powerful entities who are exploiting the gullible denizens of the planes; they do believe there is some kind of "true" divinity, the Great Unknown, which lies beyond anything that mere mortals can hope to perceive - at least in their present state.