D&D 2E [2e] Monster Mythology Update Project

[PHATsakk43]

I'd like to meet those 2% halfling and gnome worshipers personally.

 

[AuldDragon]

Merrgsh and Armmegh were brought to my attention not too long ago over on the Candlekeep forums by none other than Eric Boyd himself. Published in Polyhedron #58 (March 1991) as part of a contest to identify a picture drawn by Jim Holloway, Merrgsh and his wolf Armmegh were written (by Wes Nicholson) to be vaguely independent, but I thought, “What if they can be integrated with the orcish pantheon as a whole? How would that look?” And so here we are!

Jeff

 

[AuldDragon]

I am still surprised at humans outnumbering drow by more than two to one. I would expect it to be a primarily underdark cult.

"Of the races drawn to the Elder Elemental God’s service, humans make up the largest contingent (56%), with drow (20%) and duergar (14%) making up the most significant secondary groups of worshippers, with the remainder consisting of other dwarves (hill, mountain, and derro; 6%), other demihumans (non-drow elves, gnomes, and halflings; 2%), and humanoids and other various creatures (2%)."

The way I see it, humans are very prolific and numerous compared to other races, and there are LOTS of hidden cults lurking around large cities.

 

[AuldDragon]

The enigmatic yak-men of the Al-Qadim campaign are one of the more interesting “hidden threat” foes in AD&D. They can take over the bodies of humanoids and infiltrate their society in order to undermine and eventually dominate them. Their god, the Faceless God, is even stranger, for it has no known name but is the source of the ability of the yak-men to summon and control the genies of elemental earth, dao.

Jeff

 

[PHATsakk43]

@AuldDragon, hey dude, love what you're doing.

I've found The Faceless God to be the most enigmatic of the TSR deities.

Except when you get into the meat and potatoes of the lore and he's a bit...less enigmatic and more practical if not mortal in his motives.

It would be if you took the sorta Lovecraftian motives typically associated with mind flayers or aboleths in 'core' D&D but the machinations were just to amass power & wealth.

One request (I mean, I've got a bunch, but that's irrelevant), is there anyway to get your website to add a "night mode" or something similar?

 

[AuldDragon]

@AuldDragon, hey dude, love what you're doing.
One request (I mean, I've got a bunch, but that's irrelevant), is there anyway to get your website to add a "night mode" or something similar?

I don't know enough about the themes of Wordpress to know if that can be set up, sorry!

Jeff

 

[AuldDragon]

The final deity for the project as it stands right now is the Nixie Queen, Sarula Iliene, a minor elven and faerie deity of fresh water. She is worshipped by both nixies and those elves who live in or near lakes and rivers and other fresh water sources.

As this is the final deity for now, I thought this would be a good time to talk about what my future plans are. I have no intention on stopping writing, but I do want to go through the deities complete and give them some editing passes. I do plan to compile them as well, with some additional material similar to what’s found in the Faiths & Avatars trilogy of books, and at a minimum they will be made available on my Patreon. I also have some deity and non-deity material that I will be submitting to the Wildspace Fanzine as well. In terms of what deities I plan to work on next, I’d like to start creating and expanding pantheons for races who should have full and vibrant pantheons of their own (such as loxoth, hurwaeti, grommams, dohwar, etc.) and work on some human pantheons (Greek, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, etc.). I’m not sure yet what I will focus on though. Anyway, stay tuned as I think about what’s coming next!

Jeff

 

[Faolyn]

I loved this project and look forward to seeing what you do next!

I have wondered if you were planning on going back and fixing up some of the entries with messed up text. There's a bunch that have issues like this, regardless of the browser I use

 

[dave2008]

The final deity for the project as it stands right now is the Nixie Queen, Sarula Iliene, a minor elven and faerie deity of fresh water. She is worshipped by both nixies and those elves who live in or near lakes and rivers and other fresh water sources.

As this is the final deity for now, I thought this would be a good time to talk about what my future plans are. I have no intention on stopping writing, but I do want to go through the deities complete and give them some editing passes. I do plan to compile them as well, with some additional material similar to what’s found in the Faiths & Avatars trilogy of books, and at a minimum they will be made available on my Patreon. I also have some deity and non-deity material that I will be submitting to the Wildspace Fanzine as well. In terms of what deities I plan to work on next, I’d like to start creating and expanding pantheons for races who should have full and vibrant pantheons of their own (such as loxoth, hurwaeti, grommams, dohwar, etc.) and work on some human pantheons (Greek, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, etc.). I’m not sure yet what I will focus on though. Anyway, stay tuned as I think about what’s coming next!

Jeff

Congratulations! I have really enjoyed this project and thank you for your hard work!

 

[Alzrius]

The final deity for the project as it stands right now is the Nixie Queen, Sarula Iliene, a minor elven and faerie deity of fresh water. She is worshipped by both nixies and those elves who live in or near lakes and rivers and other fresh water sources.

As this is the final deity for now, I thought this would be a good time to talk about what my future plans are. I have no intention on stopping writing, but I do want to go through the deities complete and give them some editing passes. I do plan to compile them as well, with some additional material similar to what’s found in the Faiths & Avatars trilogy of books, and at a minimum they will be made available on my Patreon. I also have some deity and non-deity material that I will be submitting to the Wildspace Fanzine as well. In terms of what deities I plan to work on next, I’d like to start creating and expanding pantheons for races who should have full and vibrant pantheons of their own (such as loxoth, hurwaeti, grommams, dohwar, etc.) and work on some human pantheons (Greek, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, etc.). I’m not sure yet what I will focus on though. Anyway, stay tuned as I think about what’s coming next!

Jeff

Congratulations on finishing this epic project! You've displayed an awe-inspiring level of dedication to this, and it's been a delight to see month after month!