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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DDK" data-source="post: 714343" data-attributes="member: 6469">Greyhawk GodsThis is one of my gripes with Greyhawk being used as the 'default' setting.As I've previously mentioned, there are four distinct pantheons in Greyhawk plus a host of other gods which have come from other planes or have ascended as mortals.Within each pantheon, the naming convention, if one was ever used, is pretty consistant.However, in the PHB, deities have been plucked from all different sources with the only rhyme or reason being to present gods for various alignments with none of the original context included.So, of course they seem a bit mismatched, because they ARE.Boccob, Ehlonna, Obad-Hai, Olidammara, Vecna and St. Cuthbert are all individual gods with no racial connections. How they came to Oerth is a mystery. St. Cuthbert and Vecna are both said to be mortals who have arisen to deityhood but only Vecna's history is known, and even that's heavily debated. There are several races rumoured to have existed well before even the Flan (whom the Flanaess is named after) lived there and it is to these that the above deities are usually said to have hailed from, however even that is mere speculation.Erythnul, Nerull and Pelor are all Flan gods. The Flan were the original inhabitants of the Flanaess before the Suel and Oeridian migrations caused them to be scattered to the far corners of the Flanaess or be integrated into either race. As a people, they have several strongholds but have diverged from their original precepts and in all but one area have wholly adopted the ways of their conquerers. The areas that they are dominant in are Stonehold, Tenh, Geoff and the Rovers of the Barrens.Kord and Wee Jas are Suel gods. The Suel were once the most powerful of races having spawned a mighty empire of vast magical power and knowledge over four thousand years ago to the far east, across the mountain range known as the Hellfurnaces. They have since been decimated by the event known as the Rain of Colorless Fire which was brought about as a retributive strike by the Baklun for the Invoked Devastation. They now dwell in isolated pockets and as a part of the whole that makes up the Flanaess much like the Flan do. They are dominant in only two areas, the Kingdom of Shar and the Thillonrian Peninsula.Fharlanghn, Heironeous and Hextor are Oeridian gods. The Oerids were a race that dwelled under the yolk of the Suel but broke their bondage and headed westwards. In their migrations, they brought war for most of their gods were (Pholtus, Heironeous, Hextor) were savage and warlike. Due to this, and their early dominance of the Flan, before the Suel ever began evacuating their lands, they established many strongholds and were able to dominate most areas of the Flanaess. There are very few areas of the Flanaess which remain untouched or uninfluenced in some way by the Oeridians. They were responsible for the creation of the Great Kingdom which only in recent years has fallen.Anyone who believes anything I've said to be incorrect, please feel free to correct me on as I'm only doing this from memory and I have a severe caffiene (lack of) headache.</blockquote>

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