Rao, Primordial of Chaos
Rao is the most powerful known being in the storm, dwarfing the power of the Ancient Ones themselves. The lord of Chaos has mastery over the storm and probably everything that originated from it, making Him nearly omnipotent, and obviously, this makes the mortals who serve him quite powerful.
The priests of Rao are easily the most powerful priests of all, the greatest of all deities grants incredible power to his twisted followers. Not only do they possess powerful magic, but all priests of Rao have become Varnicals, creatures infested by Rao's venom, hateful monsters with enough physical power to break a man in two.
Furthermore, there are no priests of Rao below 10th level; the reason is that all of Rao's priests used to be priests dedicated to the service of other deity. The chaos priest to be is corrupted and bent towards evil once he has achieved this level (anything below it would not be fitting to serve the walker of the storm) using Rao's blood (the dark waters).
Thankfully, there are only a handful of priests of Rao. But these are enough to create conflicts wherever they are. A priest of Rao is a very rare sight, not because there are few, but because they prefer to influence things from the shadows.
Their only purpose seems to be death and destruction, their only motivation the seething hatred they have towards all living things.
Alignment:
Chaotic evil (of course)Weapons and Armor allowed:
allMayor access:
All, Chaos, Combat, Creation, Elemental, Healing (reversed), Necromantic, War, TimeMinor access:
Charm, Animal, Plant, Summoning, Thought, Divination, GuardianGranted Powers:
Aside from being Varnicals, they are immune to all poisons and diseases, able to cast Fear twice a day, Control undead, Lay on hands (reversed) twice a day. Upon reaching 15th level, they can cast Power word, Kill once a week.