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Refnara the Moon-Biter Refnara the Moon-Biter is the old Gnoll goddess of fear, mentioned solely in the adventure "To Bite the Moon" in Dungeon #48. There was quite a bit in that adventure to extrapolate from, and I drew upon a bunch of ideas I had floating around to make quite an interesting...

Baphomet, Demon Lord of Minotaurs Baphomet, Demon Lord of Minotaurs, like Yeenoghu, is a tanar'ri lord who has gained enough power to become a full-fledged deity, adopting minotaurs as his followers. As he believes he is the master of all beasts, he spends a great deal of time creating and...

I've corrected both of those items in the published document. Deaden Senses is the wrong name, Ray of Maladroitness is correct. Thanks! And yes, we'll be looking up to some new entries soon! Jeff

Nomog-Geaya the General The last member of the goblin pantheon is the patron of the hobgoblins, Nomog-Geaya the General. A merciless combatant and commander, he is the perfect epitome of the ideal hobgoblin warrior. His priests are brutal and belligerent fighters, leading forces into battle at...

Meriadar the Patient One Like Stalker, Meriadar the Patient One is an outlier amongst the goblinoid deities. However, unlike that spiteful power, Meriadar has a race to call his own: the oft-enslaved mongrelmen. Through patience, tolerance, and understanding, he hopes to bring all the goblinoid...

Pretty much going in section order, so I'll be working on the Giantish deities (as well as the interlopers and gnoll deities) next. Jeff

Gaknulak the Trapmaker Gaknulak the Trapmaker is one of the few goblinkin deities with a primarily constructive aspect, being the kobold god of invention, traps, and protective construction. He is reluctantly subservient to Kurtulmak, and is frequently dragged into Steelscales’ ill-fated plots...

Stalker, the Hateful Shadow Stalker, the Hateful Shadow is not fully a part of any goblinoid pantheon, but is propitiated in many local pantheons as a god of death, particularly amongst the bugbears. It seeks nothing but death and revenge, hunting after all the goblinoid races and anything...

Thanks, I missed that! It's almost the same as the wizard spell, but is slightly modified for use as a priest spell. It's not unheard of for specialty priests to get some wizard spells as actual priest spells, rather than granted powers, as is the case here (Auril is one case, who grants a...

Bargrivyek the Peacekeeper With a title like The Peacekeeper, one might expect Bargrivyek to be an exile from the goblin pantheon. One could not be more wrong, however; he preaches peace, not between all races, but between goblin tribes so they can more effectively wage war on non-goblins. His...

I'm surprised you only found references to Mesopotamian religions; the pre-Zoroastrian religion of the Persian ancestors was closely related to the old Vedic religion (which became Hinduism). See for example Mitra (Vedic) and Mithra (Persian, who was later adopted by Romans as Mithras). I'd look...

Skiggaret the Deranged One The last of the bugbear racial deities, Skiggaret the Deranged One is the god of fear, madness, and insanity. He is sent by the other gods of the pantheon to punish tribes or drive them to acts of violence through the fear he brings. He is propitiated by bugbears, but...

Dakarnok the Raider The small kobold pantheon is filled with a number of local deified heroes and minor gods, few of which are genuine powers. Of those that have, Dakarnok the Raider is by far the most powerful and widely known. He has become the deity of kobold warriors, focusing on...

I skimmed through Hellbound (I've never read it before; I don't really care for such metaplots as the yugoloths as orchestrators of the Blood War or the Asmodeus/Ahrimann plot in Guide to Hell) and found the reference to yugoloth priests. One thing to point out is that the servitor creatures...

That seems to have been an addition to the game after 2nd edition. While Baernaloths are quite mysterious in 2nd ed, they are also physically the weakest of the Greater Yugoloths, so based on that canon, there's no reason some wouldn't serve an Intermediate Deity. There are some theories...

Yurtrus White-Hands The final major orcish god, Yurtrus White-Hands is the dreadful god of death and disease. He never speaks, and is avoided by the other gods of the pantheon, who fear and loathe him. His priests are masters of orcish burials and death ceremonies, and intercede with their mute...

Khurgorbaeyag the Overseer Patron of goblins as a race, and a power of strict order and organization, is Khurgorbaeyag the Overseer. He is one of the few deities who does not have a strong interest in combat, and instead is a deity of slavery and oppression. Similarly, his priests are not front...

Thanks! I've fixed it in my working document. Thanks! I do not think the Scro could fully stamp out the old faiths, especially when Luthic, Shargaas, and Yurtrus can be complimentary to the faith of Dukagsh. The old faith was certainly established in the sphere in the time between the fleet...

Shargaas the Night Lord One of two loners amongst the orcish pantheon, Shargaas the Night Lord is master of those acts that are best performed in darkness, the underdark, and darkness in general. He has is patron of those professions that are best performed in the darkness such as thievery and...

Kuraulyek the Horned Thief One of the more isolated goblinkin deities, Kuraulyek the Horned Thief is an exile from the kobold pantheon. He is the creator and patron of the urd race, which are rarely used and had very little information written about them, so I had a fairly wide open slate to...