Obscure Greyhawk deities: Kurell and Johydee

[grodog]

Oddly enough, I just answered a similar query on Johydee on the WotC GH boards. The article with details on both hero gods was "The Blood of Heroes" in Living Greyhawk Journal #3 (Feb 2001).

Reference data from Jason Zavoda's GH index:

Jade Mask [ORG]
DRG#302 Pg# - 98,99

Johydee [Deity]
DRG#71 Pg# - 19
DRG#82 Pg# - 58
DRG#290 Pg# - 101
DRG#293 Pg# - 92
DRG#299 Pg# - 100,102
DRG#302 Pg# - 99,100
IVID
LGG Pg# - 13
LGJ#3 Pg# - 11,12,19
PGTG Pg# - 20
SLV Pg# - 50,126
WOGG Pg# - 33

Johydee, Child of [CLN]
DRG#293 Pg# - 92

Johydee, Green Eye of [ITM]
SLV Pg# - 50,126

Johydee, Masks of [ORG]
DRG#302 Pg# - 99,100
SEE Also Jade Mask

Johydeen [PPL]
DRG#302 Pg# - 99

Johydees Mask [ITM]
DMG1 Pg# - 124,158
DRG#299 Pg# - 102
POLY#25 Pg# - 29

and on Kurell:

Kurell [Deity]
(Envying Eye)
COG:FFF Pg# - 40
DRG#263 Pg# - 44,50,51,52
DRG#264 Pg# - 48
DRG#301 Pg# - 89
DRG#AN4 Pg# - 18,19,20
FTAR#4
LGG Pg# - 21,25,91,99,165,174,186,187,189
LGJ#3 Pg# - 18
LOG Pg# - 67
PGTG Pg# - 20
T1-4 Pg# - 120
TAB Pg# - 60,123,124
WG8 Pg# - 5,8,9
WGR6 Pg# - 8
WOGA Pg# - 63

Kurell, Shrine of (City of Greyhawk)[TMP]
COG:FFF Pg# - 40

Kurell, Temple of (Atirr, Assassins Guild)[TMP]
DRG#263 Pg# - 51

Kurell, Temple of (Black Wolfs Lair, Burneal Forest)[TMP]
DRG#263 Pg# - 51

Kurell, Temple of (Rookroost)[TMP]
WG8 Pg# - 5

Kurellite [PPL]
DRG#299 Pg# - 100

Kurells Night [CAL]
DRG#263 Pg# - 51

Enjoy!

 

[Hypersmurf]

Back a few years ago before 3E was released, (at least I think), Dragon magazine had 3 or 4 articles on Greyhawk gods, Kurell being one of them, (along with Sotillon if that helps, she's the only other god I remember being described).

Hmm... pre-250? Might be in my CD Archive, then... I'll take a look!

Kurell is a god of thieves, particularly those who are jealous. If I could find my 2E Greyhawk reborn stuff, I'd list his porfolio, alignment and stuff. I do believe he is a demi or lesser god.

Yeah, that's about all I could find There are numerous listings of gods with portfolio and alignment, and not much else; much harder to find anything deeper than that, though

Abraxas, billd91, Olive - thanks

That's probably all I need on Johydee, thanks, Olive - looks like the player's quite fond of what he's seen so far on Kurell

-Hyp.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Reference data from Jason Zavoda's GH index:
and on Kurell:

Damn... almost all the Dragon stuff is post-250

Ah well, thank you nonetheless

-Hyp.

 

[the Jester]

...I'm tempted to rename him Kur'rel, and make him Kryptonian...

-Hyp.

Wouldn't that be Kor-El?

 

[Wycen]

Hmm... pre-250? Might be in my CD Archive, then... I'll take a look!



Yeah, that's about all I could find There are numerous listings of gods with portfolio and alignment, and not much else; much harder to find anything deeper than that, though

Abraxas, billd91, Olive - thanks

That's probably all I need on Johydee, thanks, Olive - looks like the player's quite fond of what he's seen so far on Kurell

-Hyp.

If it helps, I think the issue has a picture of Apollo or an Adonis like god on the cover, holding a short sword or more likely gladius. Also, their is an article on Dark Ages DnD, with rules on old weapons and clerics of "god" or something like that. But now that I'm thinking of it, that cover I think is the Dragon that has Tharizdun, Pholtus and a couple other Greyhawk deities in 3E terms.

 

[Abraxas]

I've got DRG 290, 293, 299, and 302 if you decide you need the info from them.

Oh, grodog, that was me over on the WoTC boards - I just posted Hyp's question over there yesterday cause I figured somebody over there would know.

Thanks

Oh, and here is the link to Jason Zavoda's Index
http://www.harvestersheroes.com/uploads/Kagan/Encyclopedia-Greyhawkania-Index.zip

 

[Henry]

Edit - for some reason, I'm tempted to rename him Kur'rel, and make him Kryptonian...

Of course, you could also name him Curel, and make him the God of Moisture and Smooth Faces...

 

[Olive]

If it helps, I think the issue has a picture of Apollo or an Adonis like god on the cover, holding a short sword or more likely gladius. Also, their is an article on Dark Ages DnD, with rules on old weapons and clerics of "god" or something like that. But now that I'm thinking of it, that cover I think is the Dragon that has Tharizdun, Pholtus and a couple other Greyhawk deities in 3E terms.

Are you thinking of issue 294, with D&Dg writeups for Iuz, Tharizdun, Rao and Pholtus? That ahs a cover like you'e thinking of.

The red sails issue was around the same time.

 

[Wycen]

Are you thinking of issue 294, with D&Dg writeups for Iuz, Tharizdun, Rao and Pholtus? That ahs a cover like you'e thinking of.

The red sails issue was around the same time.

Bingo. That is a different issue than those with Kurell, Sotillion and the other gods described.

I just looked through a pile of books and mags that was easy to find and the two latest issues of Dragon was 248 (I've never had a subscription, just picked up those I wanted). 248 had the "What the Hell is a Baatezu?" ad campaign on the back cover, so the Dragon's I'm thinking of come after that.

Looking at the list grodog provided, I'm going to guess the issues are around the 263 and 264 numbers.

I do remember a bit more about the Dark Ages articles. They provided stats for the Scramasax sword and the cleric was "of man", not some mythological deity. If that helps.

 

[coyote6]

Dragon #263, with a Egyptian god/pharoah-looking guy on the cover. Kurell is on pp.50-52.

God of jealousy, revenge, thievery, with a single green eye for a symbol. His allies are Syrul, Erythnul, & Xan Yae (an, uh, interesting group); his only listed foe is Pholtus.

Dogma: "Followers of Kurell believe they have a right to whatever they want. These same folks jealously guard what they believe to be theirs and punish those who try to take it from them. Along the same line of thinking, many believe that seeking retribution for wrongs is more important and more likely to end 'correctly' if they do it themselves rather than allowing courts or government to interfere. Oddly enough, though the followers of the church and the clergy trust no one, they are often trustworthy. This is simply because they don't want revenge practiced against them."

The whole piece on him & his clergy is almost two full three-column pages, once you ignore art & ads.