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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9396560" data-attributes="member: 2209">Another interesting aspect of Greyhawk gods in Greyhawk is how divorced they are from the religious nations and how this changes over time.You have the Caliphate of Ekbir, the See of Medegia, The Prelacy of Almor, The Theocracy of the Pale, The Archclericy of Veluna, The Horned Society, and Iuz.In the original 1980 folio there are no listed gods with the sole exception of Iuz being identified as a Demi-God. Deviltry is identified as the religion of the Horned Society. Which gods are venerated in places such as the Prelacy of Almor though is not defined.In the 1983 boxed set there are listed gods, but again it is not defined who the religious countries venerate other than Iuz and the society. The Theocracy of the Pale makes no mention of Pholtus of the Blinding Light, that is left for other sources to define and hints about religious intolerance.In 2e we start to have some references in the core setting books, but not many. In From the Ashes Pholtus is mentioned in the Pale's Entry but nothing for Ekbir. Medegia and Almor were wiped out in the Greyhawk Wars. The Church of Hextor is shown to be huge in the Great Kingdom remnants.In 3e we have some more mentions like the sidebar in the D&D Gazeteer on Al'Akbar mentioning his faith dominates the culture of the Western Nations and that the Pale "is ruled by a clerical hierarchy in the name of the god, Pholtus." Of note Al'Akbar did not even merit a mention in the reduced list of deities in the 2e From the Ashes box but is in the WotC late 2e Greyhawk Player's Guide as a Demigod.In the 3e Living Greyhawk Gazetteer it lists commonly worshipped gods in each Kingdom as part of their gazetteer entry. Also you can see that the Caliph of Ebir is a cleric of Al'Akbar, the canon of Veluna is a cleric of Rao, etc.</blockquote>

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