Poseidon

Poseidon was an outsider deity of waters worshiped by some in Impiltur in northeast Faerûn. However, like the sea, he was fickle in nature.

Description
Poseidon largely looked like a large, bearded human. Though his avatars closely resembled him, they sometimes manifested as humanoids made entirely out of water at gargantuan sizes.

Personality
This deity was very volatile, temperamental, and prone to rage. He was known to express his displeasure through extreme acts, such as flattening coastal cities with earthquakes or flooding them.

Abilities
Poseidon was able to perceive anything within of worshipers, holy sites, sacred objects, as well as any location where his name or one of his many titles had been spoken in the last hour. He could focus his senses on up to twenty locations.

Prior to the Time of Troubles, he was capable of commanding most non-divine aquatic creatures, conjure water elementals, and create new forms of life.

Combat
Poseidon generally fought with his +5 trident. In addition to this enchantment, his trident could store spells as well as had the thundering and returning weapon qualities.

When faced with combat he often surrounded his body in watery haze, providing him protection comparable to that of a +5 ring of protection.

Possessions
Poseidon typically wore a tunic and carried his aforementioned a trident.



History
In the late 1350s DR, twelve clerics of Poseidon served aboard Rilaunyr's Warship, which was based in Sarshel. Their duties were to heal the crew, provide supplies, and update Lord Rilaunyr on the current state of the sea and Poseidon's attitude.

Rumors & Legends
Some claimed that Poseidon had created, or even fathered, the race of giant-kin known as cyclopses. Other legends claimed that he was responsible for the creation of horses.