Core Beliefs articles

[The Lost Muse]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but aren't there approximately 600 Greyhawk deities?

 

[NiTessine]

Yeah, something like that.

I'd settle for just the human deities, though, who only run up to the mid-seventies.

 

[Nightfall]

Yeah let's stick with the ones that matter, the human ones and a few racial gods.

 

[The Lost Muse]

Either way, that'd be a nice read

 

[Nightfall]

Yeah it would be.

 

[Greg K]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but aren't there approximately 600 Greyhawk deities?

As far as I am concerned the only Greyhawk Deiteis are the one's described by Gygax in Dragon Magazine (or elsewhere), Roger E. Moore's Dragon articles on the Non human deities, and possibly the Suel Pantheon.

 

[Nightfall]

Greg,

Mind explaining what that involves? Understand unless it's Orcus related, I'm usually in the dark.

 

[Greg K]

Sure, the deities that I consider Greyhawk deities are the those that
1) Were created by Gary Gygax both in Dragon Magazine and other sources (e.g., modules)
2) were from the non-human deities articles by Roger E. Moore from Dragon Magazines 58-63
3) the Suel deities by Len Lakofka in Dragon Magazine 86-90 provided that the Suel were found on Greyhawk in 1e (I no longer have my 1e Greyhawk stuff so I can't recall if they were or not).

New deities added by authors after Gygax left are not Greyhawk deities as far as I am concerned. I might find the articles interesting reading, but in my mind they are not Greyhawk.

 

[Greg K]

Gary's Greyhawk Deities from Dragon Magazine (excludingthe quasi deities)

Boccob (DR 70)
Celestian (DR 68)
Ehlonna (DR 68)
Erythnul (DR 71)
Fharlangn (DR 68)
Heironeus (DR 67)
Hextor (DR 67)
Incabulos (DR 71)
Istus (DR 69)
Iuz (DR 67)
Nerull (DR 71)
Obad hai (DR 69)
Oldimarra (DR 70)
Pholtus (DR 68)
Ralishaz (DR 71)
Raxivort (DR 64)
St. Cuthbert (DR 67)
Trithereon (DR 68)
Wastri (DR 71)
Zagyg (DR 70)

 

[Nightfall]

Greg,

Thanks! I'd like a bigger list some time too. Cause there's no Kyuss on there... Unless you're counting him as a "hero deity".