St. Trinian (3.5e Deity)

Summary::Patron of those who defend anarchy.

Origin
St. Trinian was once a human rogue of formidable skill, whose aptitude in espionage, thievery and infiltration made her one of the most feared and despised criminals in the planes, yet also made her one of the most valuable. She could find her way into any vault or dungeon, no matter how secure, and steal everything, nails and all. Tales are still told of her theft of the glass eye of Demogorgan, the de-feathering of the wings of twenty flying planetar angels, and the removal and replacement of the red dragon Velinor's beating heart. Her ascent to godhood came when she was challenged by a friend to steal the divinity of a god; her victim was the notoriously misogynistic god Ad'One, earning her the eternal enmity of that god's followers.

Description
St. Trinian's usual form is that of a young human woman, with short black hair and black eyes, dressed in a schoolgirl's outfit. Given her trickster nature, she can appear to be almost anyone, although she is always a female, regardless of species (even for species which have no females, or even genders at all).

Dogma
"In other faiths girls are sent out quite unprepared into a merciless world, but when our girls leave here, it is the merciless world which has to be prepared." Millicent Fritton, prioress of the School of Anarchy.

The primary mission of the Church of St. Trinian is to instigate anarchy, conflict, and chaos in society. This is not necessarily out of malice (although there are exceptions), but rather to eliminate undue social oppression and tyranny (to the followers of St. Trinian, practically any social structure qualifies as oppressive). The secondary mission of the Church of St. Trinian is to insure that that women have the skills and abilities to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world. This aim comes from the fact that St. Trinian's own childhood was poor, impoverished, and restricted in socially acceptable opportunities. Clerics (always women) are charged with finding girls and educating them in the ways of trickery, manipulation, and combat, to better fight anyone who might try to oppress them.

Contrary to popular belief, St. Trinian does not endorse wholesale manipulation and humiliation of men, but rather those in power or who oppress women; there is nothing against doing the same to other women, or indeed, other followers of St. Trinian. Naturally, followers of St. Trinian are also interested in bypassing legal boundaries to trade and property, as befitting their patron's background. Subservience to a male is forbidden, unless it is as part of a plan to get at said male, and all St. Trinian's followers must avoid obeying the law as much as possible, while appearing to do so enough to keep authorities at bay.

Clergy and Temples
St. Trinian's clerics are always female; even if a male could somehow convince a church of St. Trinian to admit him as an initiate, the goddess would never grant him her powers. However, she not amiss to both male and female followers who promote her agenda, and there are many in the criminal world who work happily with St. Trinian enclaves, if only because it is safer than working against them. There are few nations where St. Trinian's followers can operate openly, given their predilection to incite chaos and participate in criminal activities, so most operate undercover, often posing as followers of other deities. The few churches of St. Trinian that operate openly do so under branches primarily, though not exclusively, involved in education and liberation of women.

Hockey Stick
The favored weapon of followers of St. Trinian, and the primary tool in the blood sport known as | ice hockey. It counts as a simple weapon.

Can be used to launch a puck (cost as sling bullet) with a range increment of 60 ft (deals normal damage, -2 attack roll); it takes a move action to place a puck on the ground before attacking, although Rapid Reload (Hockey Stick) reduces this time to a free action. Also can be used to trip an opponent with a +2 bonus; if the trip fails, the target gets to try and trip the attacker as normal, unless she has the Improved Trip feat.

Alternative Domains
If you are using the Priest Tome class, followers of St. Trinian may select from the following domains in place of the SRD versions: Anarchy,  Chance,  Chaos,  Destruction,  Greed, and  Trickery.