Core Religion Survivor, Round Two

[gamecat]

Die, Vecna, Die!

 

[werk]

Kurt's gotta go...

Description
Kurtulmak appears as a 5-foot tall kobold with steel scales. He exudes an aura of fear, causing foes to flee in panic.

Clergy and temples
Kurtulmak's priests wear orange scale mail and iron helms. His sacred animal is the rook.

Trivia
Kurtulmak means "to escape" in Turkish.

Kurtulmak tirelessly drives kobolds to make war upon gnomes, for a prank the gnomish deity Garl Glittergold pulled on him. Glittergold is said to have collapsed Kurtulmak's hall while the kobold deity was hosting Asmodeus. Kurtulmak is known to have neither compassion or a sense of humour.



Come on... a giant 5' tall kobold, who's priests wear scalemail, that everyone runs in fear from? I think not.

 

[Ciaran]

Pelor, the most boring god evar.

I'm currently in the Die Vecna Die! camp, but Pelor's next on my list for the reason you give. Sun god of sunny sungodness? *yawn*

 

[lukelightning]

Die, Vecna, Die!

Which, as we all know, is German for "The, Vecna, the."

I like Vecna. Or rather, I think the D&D pantheon needs a sinister evil god to balance out the blatantly in-your-face evil gods like Erythnul and Yondalla.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I like Vecna. Or rather, I think the D&D pantheon needs a sinister evil god to balance out the blatantly in-your-face evil gods like Erythnul and Yondalla.

I agree. I just don't think Vecna was the guy for the job. I really like him better as an ancient lich who may or may not have been destroyed, or at most a demigod.

And there were plenty of other evil gods to choose from in the Greyhawk pantheon: Incabulos, Pyremius, Syrul, Tharizdun, or--if you want to include demigods--Iuz and Wastri. While some of these are equally "in your face" as Erythnul, many of them--particularly Pyremius, Syrul, and Iuz--are very much sinister and subtle.

 

[devilbat]

All that goodness gets annoying, seeya Pelor.

 

[Psion]

People find it difficult to pronounce "Corellon"?

Anyway, VECNA IS NOT A GOD!

I was about to pass on this one, but you bring up a good point.

 

[Seeker95]

I voted for Lolth. She underwent a name change from Llolth to Lolth, detests her own worshippers, and killed my magic-user in the Queen of the DemonWeb Pits adventure when my AP history teacher was DM during a Spring Break class trip to Williamsburg, Virginia.

Once she is gone, I'll vote for Vecna.

 

[lukelightning]

I agree. I just don't think Vecna was the guy for the job. I really like him better as an ancient lich who may or may not have been destroyed, or at most a demigod.

I agree with this. I like Vecna being more of a legend of the past than a present-day being.

I voted for Lolth. She underwent a name change from Llolth to Lolth, detests her own worshippers, and killed my magic-user....

But she only had 88 hit points! We killed her without much problem, but then again we were armed with lightsabers and I had a laser-blasting flying orb. Ah, those were the days...

 

[el-remmen]

I agree with this. I like Vecna being more of a legend of the past than a present-day being.

So do the right thing and dedicate your votes to getting rid of him?

Don't you know the WotC Overlords watch these polls for the direction to take our favorite settings?!