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The Scales
The Most Benevolent Panoply of Scaled Ones
Protected from	Lawbreakers (40%)
Dedication	Judge those guilty of dragon crime to be lawbreakers
Aid	Restore 10-15 HP, heals an additional 35 if target adjacent to the Judged
Smite	Sets a person on holy fire. Dealing 6-10 damage. Stacks on Judged targets
Bless	Increases damage by .5% per missing HP%, doubled against Judged targets
Curse	Deals damage every time a target is Judged
Boon	Clads the caster in the Raiment of Scales, making them a Dragon for the purposes of Dragon Law
Sanctify	Creates a barrier through which the Judged may not cross.

"Be thou not feared lowly mortal creature, for you stand now in the presence of they upon whose back the very firmament of the world rests. They who cradle us as a awesome and scaled mother cradles her unworthy infant child. Seek not to understand their arcane and unknowable ways only to accept that what they demand of us if no more than the Law. For they are the bringers of order and peace, wisdom and nobility itself, and all the good of this world stems from their will and obedience to that will." -Archbishop Serville Talonborne

Striding upon the world as mortal gods in their own right, the beneficent order, the holiest panoply of scales guides their adherents with a firm and righteous claw. It is not always clear to their followers why they demand what they do of us, but the price for disobedience is swift and fiery.

Adherents of the Scales believe that Dragons are Gods. Thus, in their laws, the act of harming a Dragon in any way, or killing a dragon, is a criminal act where the only punishment is death. Following the Dragon Law is enforced with a merciless justice, and those who find themselves breaking it will feel the Dragon's fire.

The adherents of The Scales are found chiefly on the Dragon_Tooth_Isles

Dragon Law.

1. Say no words the dragons find displeasing (Dragon Swears)
   • riik, lpuul, tzarreth, simose, nar
2. Do not preform nor use the fruits of Alchemy Do not use mechanical gadgets created by Tinkering.
3. Do not drop gold upon the ground Do not equip yourself with weaponry
4. Wear not the scales of dragons
5. Never strike a dragon

Adherents of the scales obey what is known as "Dragon Law" or simply "The Law" for short, brought down first to the priests of Dragon Tooth Isles and growing more and more elaborate and well understood with each subsequent generation. Dragon Law keeps Order and its clerics are charged with baring witness and bringing righteous judgment to violations of dragon law they see.

Observant adherents will notice that the Law-bringers are often more likely to observe violations that people other than that particular cleric may be violating. But it is of course heresy to question the divine judgment of the Law-bringers. Particularly when they are clad in the raiment of dragons which by divine authority, transubstantiates them into living dragons themselves.

The enemies of those who worship the Scales are anyone who breaks the Law, as this has been found to be rather pointedly displeasing to the Scaled Ones.

The Scales contain domains that include rules, justice, some very specific rituals, hermetic magic, offerings, and even invoking the names of the dragons.