Danai

Bondage Queen of Darkness, Dark Mistress of Pain, Princess of Torture, Lady of Domination

Lesser Goddess
Symbol: Sword encircled by whip
Home Plane: Plane of Lust
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: Vanity, pain, pleasure
Worshipers: Drow, perverse elves, deviants
Cleric Alignments: NE, CE, CN
Domains: Domination, Evil, Seduction, Sex
Favored Weapon: Whip

Danai is an extremely attractive woman who appears as either a female drow, high elf or human. No matter which form she takes, Danai's clothing is scant at best, leaving little to the imagination. Her clothing is always black. She will wear clothing that is clingy and tightfitting nearly all the time. She became a goddess through trickery, deception and bargaining, primarily with the goddess Llolth, The Spider Queen. Danai is the only goddess other than Llolth to be worshipped openly in the drow city of Menzoberranzan. She is often referred to as the Daughter of Llolth, or The Sister of Llolth. Danai is the enemy of Aphrodite, Correlan Larethian, Ellistrae, Vhaerun, and Athena. She has a loose alliance with Llolth.

Dogma:
Danai encourages her followers, almost all of which are female, to enjoy pleasures of the flesh, and to use those pleasures to their greatest advantage. She also encourages those who worship her to cause pain in others for no purpose other than because they can. Personal appearance is also highly stressed. No clergy member can be anything less than gorgeous. Clergy are also expected to be apt at skills involving seduction and sex. Dominance is expected to be a trait all clergy members have. Torture is considered a hobby amongst Danai's followers

Clergy and Temples:
Danai's temples are located in several places, the most notable of which is the Drow city of Menzoberranzan. The temple in Menzoberranzan is the only one that proclaims itself openly. Non drow clergy and followers usually worship in secret shrines located in remote places, or hidden in cities. There is no set clerical garb for Danai's followers, however whatever they wear is expected to be attractive and of excellent quality. It is customary for priestly garments to be black and revealing. Needless to say, all of Danai's clerics are women.

Danai
Fighter 20/Sorcerer 20
Medium-Size Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)
Divine Rank: 6

Hit Dice: 20d10+20 (Ftr) plus 20d4+20 (Sor) (320 hp)
Initiative: +6 (+2 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 60 ft.
AC: 43 (+2 Dex, +6 divine, +19 natural, +6 deflection)
Attacks: longsword +38/+33/+28/+23 melee; whip +30 melee; or spell +36 melee touch or +36 ranged touch
Damage: longsword 1d8+7; whip 1d2+2�
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Domain powers, divine salient abilities, spell-like abilites.
Special Qualities: Divine immunities, DR 41/+4, fire resistance 26, understand, speak, and read all languages and speak directly to all beings within 6 miles, remote communication, godly realm, teleport without error at will, plane shift at will, familiar (snakes), SR 38, divine aura (600 ft., DC 22)
Saves: Fort +29, Ref +24, Will +23
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 13, Cha 22.
Skills: Climb +15 (+17 with rope), Craft (leatherworking) +13, Concentration +21, Innuendo +6, Jump +15, Knowledge (arcana) +23, Knowledge (religion) +13, Knowledge (torture) +13, Ride +12, Search +8, Sense Motive +6, Spellcraft +13, Spot +6, Swim +15, Sexual Prowess +21, Use Rope +12.
Feats: Arcane Defense (enchantment), Athletic, Body To Die For, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wondrous Item, Dash, Dodge, Expertise, Improved Critical (longsword), Improved Critical (whip), Improved Initiative, Jack Of All Trades, Mobility, Multicultural (drow), Scribe Scroll, Sex Appeal, Spell Focus (enchantment), Spring Attack, Two Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (longsword), Weapon Focus (whip), Weapon Specialization (longsword), Weapon Specialization (whip), Whirlwind Attack.

Divine Immunities: Ability damage, ability drain, acid, banishment, cold, death effects, disease, disintegration, electricity, energy drain, imprisonment, mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, sleep, stunning, transmutation

Salient Divine Abilities: Alter Form, Alter Size, Call Creatures (succubi), Craft Artifact, Divine Inspirtion (love and desire), Divine Weapon Focus (longsword), Divine Weapon Focus (whip), Extra Domain

Domain Powers: 6/day arousing touch (creature you touch must make a Will save (DC 16) or become both aroused and horny); 6/day cast arousal; 6/day cast goose/tweak; Sexual Prowess is a class skill; +4 to all sexual arousal checks; cast evil spells at +1 caster level.

Spell-Like Abilities: Danai uses these abilities as an 16th-level caster. The save DC is 22 + spell level. Become phantasmal lover, blasphemy, charm man I, charm man III, create undead, dance of charm, Davenet's seduction, desecrate, dispel good, dominate monster, greater aspect of the deity, Ilruna�s exercise, gaze of nereids, Layla�s beautification, Layla's seductive impersonation, Layla's seductive shapechange, lovesickness, lust, Luwain's everlasting hard-on, magic circle against good, mass lust, obsession, pornographic glamer, power word (castrate), prismatic dildo, protection from good, Rie's dance of seduction, Sava's candlelight dinner, Sava's temple of love, sex change, sex slave, skank, summon monster IX (evil only), unholy aura, unholy blight, Yemalat's orgiastic frenzy.

Sorcerer Spells Known: 6/8/8/7/7/7/7/6/6/6; base DC = 16 + spell level, 18 + spell level for enchantment spells. 0 - daze, detect magic, read magic, arcane mark, mage hand, mending, prestidigitation, dancing lights, disrupt undead 1 - charm person, magic missile, negative energy ray, unravel, forgetfulness 2 - Tasha's hideous laughter, mirror image, darkvision, ice knife, choke 3 - malediction of razors, fireball, suggestion, hold person 4 - lesser geas, enervation, minor globe of invulnerability, bestow curse, 5 - dominate person, magic jar, mind fog, hold monster 6 - pulsing fireball, geas/quest, undeath to death 7 - spirit knife, limited wish, prismatic spray 8 - great shout, mass charm, demand 9 - wish, wail of the banshee, power word kill

Other Divine Powers

As a lesser goddess, Danai treats a 1 on an attack roll or saving throw normally and not as an automatic failure. She is immortal.
Senses: Danai can see, hear, touch, and smell at a distance of six miles. As a standard action, she can perceive anything within six miles of her worshipers, holy sites, objects, or any location where one of her titles or name was spoken in the last hour. She can extend her senses to up to two locations at once. She can block the sensing power of deities of her rank or lower at up to two remote locations at once for six hours.
Portfolio Sense: Danai instantly senses any orgy or dealing out of pain that involves five hundred or more people at once.
Automatic Actions: Danai can use Appraise, Craft (leatherworking), Disguise, Escape Artist, Knowledge (sex), Knowledge (torture), Sexual Prowess, or Use Rope as a free action if the DC for the task is 20 or lower. She can perform up to 5 free actions per round.
Create Magic Items: Danai can create any simple or martial weapon, or item used to cause pain, improve appearance, or dealing with sex, as long as the item's market price does not exceed 30,000 gp.

About the character:Danai began life as an aasimar, the daughter of a ghaele eladrin and a human woman. She worshipped the goddess Aphrodite for roughly half of her life as an adventurer. However, after many deaths and ressurection, Dana, as she was known as a mortal, became slightly insane. Her path increasingly down darker and darker branches, and eventually, by betraying an adventuring party she was with, and making a deal with Llolth, The Spider Queen, was able to attain the power of a goddess. The picture is a Luis Royo.
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