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Grunderbak, Dwarf God of Beer, Ale, and other alcoholic beverages. Demigod. Inventor of distillation and raised to immortality. Revered by brewers, distillers, and alchemists. Also the "Oh god" of hangovers.

Okay, now you try.

Samma, the Grainlord. A dark and bloody god. Knows the secrets of agriculture and guards them jealously. He demands blood sacrifices and blind obedience, but rewards his most faithful with incredible crop yields. Some of this is from supernatural blessings, but Samma's rites require crop rotation and sophisticated fertilization. Isolated farming communities near roads worship him with depressing frequency, enjoying the sudden bounty and paying Samma's blood-prices with kidnapped travelers.
Samma's clerics are usually violent, either presiding over his bloody ceremonies or hunting down those who have stolen his secrets.

Laresh Greenthumb. Once supreme over all agriculture, his place was usurped by Samma. For ages, Laresh was a staunch traditionalist while his assistant Samma agitated for newer, better methods. Eventually Samma gathered enough of a cult to undermine his former superior. Since then, each has been a deity in his own right. Laresh is still worshipped by the majority, but Samma's results speak for themselves.
The Greenthumb's clerics now act as spies or as teachers, infiltrating Samma's cults and learning their secrets. Unlike his opponent, Laresh shares his hard-stolen knowledge freely. Progress is slow however, for Samma does not explain why his rituals increase gains. Mandatory crop rotation and praising Samma to the plants are enforced with equal vigor, so learning which practices are effective and surviving to report back can be... challenging.

Laresh's most recent triumph has been the discovery of crop rotation. This victory is likely to turn pyrrhic though, as a fallow field was previously among the very few external signs identifying Samma's cults.

Oona, patron goddess of half-elves and one-night stands, who elven and human women pray to when the contraceptive breaks. According to legend, she and her half-brother Morkaal, patron god of half-orcs, were conceived on the same night (and possibly in the same bed) when a human hero (and later saint of a fertility cult) crashed a pantheon mixer during arbitration leading to the end of the first Elf/Orc wars.

Xar, multifarious demon lord of impermeability. No, you don't get it.

angelfromanotherpin wrote:Xar, multifarious demon lord of impermeability. No, you don't get it.

Xar cults are recognized by their sinister chant:

"You don't get Xar!"

"I don't get Xar!"

"No one gets Xar!" (loops back, ad infinitum)

Zorshk, God of Rage!

Anger is a powerful weapon. It can be used to inflame passions, strike out against injustice, and commit atrocities. Like fire, it is a tool, albeit a dangerous one which can tear apart forum threads and civilizations alike.

Devotees of Zorshk often turn their wrath against targets who offended them in speech or manner, and such folk are in easy supply. But they just as often fight each other.

Linnik, Demon God of Chaos and Whimsy. Linnik is a demon God said to have been driven mad, or maybe he was always so. No one seems to know whether the whimsical god is even, in fact, insane. Most will guarantee as much upon first meeting him others, wouldn't even recognize him for what he is. One is just as likely to to meet him in a bar drinking the locals under the table as one is likely to find him on a battlefield reviving certain warriors who've "earned an extra life". His followers lead lives of whimsy and chance, always hungering to do something different or perhaps nothing at all. He is the god people pray to right before doing something stupid.

Not a god per se, but I hear Archdemon Kaelik is a huge asshole.

Is this about creating deities for our own pantheon, or "The Den's favourite deities from obscure games and stuff"?

Falacie, also called the strawman. He's a minor god of deception, trickery, and treacherous roads, but sometimes he invades other god's portfolios as well and causes a lot of confusion for everyone involved, including himself. His holy symbol is a scarecrow.
Falacie loves a good argument and whenever someone seems especially aroused, uses bizarre sewarwords, or pulls a 180° in the midst of a conversation, you can be sure that his divine touch is involved.

Kaelik wrote:Not a god per se, but I hear Archdemon Kaelik is a huge asshole.

Does he have worshipers? If so, he gets a spot in the pantheon.

Koumei wrote:Is this about creating deities for our own pantheon, or "The Den's favourite deities from obscure games and stuff"?

I think it's just an exercise in creativity. Personally, I was going for an excuse to have players care about farming, and maybe make hard decisions ("Jinkies! A famine! We can solve it, but that would be evil."

RobbyPants wrote:

Kaelik wrote:Not a god per se, but I hear Archdemon Kaelik is a huge asshole.

Does he have worshipers? If so, he gets a spot in the pantheon.

Maybe You Lost Me?

RobbyPants wrote:

Kaelik wrote:Not a god per se, but I hear Archdemon Kaelik is a huge asshole.

Does he have worshipers? If so, he gets a spot in the pantheon.

No he doesn't. He can't grant spells to the clergy.



Game On,
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Ravana, God-King of Rakshasa

The God-King's area of concerns lie not only with the Rakshasa pantheon, but with fire, big cats, rockabilly, and unreliable narrators- especially gritty cops who are actually serial killers.

Ravana appears as an 18 ft rakshasa with 10 heads, 1d10 of which will have a randomly determined breath weapon equivalent to a beholder's eye beams. 0d10 of his heads will be able to give a fuck. Ravana's SR is double that of a normal rakshasa, but this SR is unaffected by bardic abilities. He will be accompanied by an entourage of 1d12 double hit-dice rakshasa, who play oversized violins with sapphire rods in place of the bows- these last can be wielded as Clubs of Wounding, +3.

The Fish-God Yob, who's as efficacious as any. (from Jack Vance)

?, the God of Taking Drugs and Burning Shit Down. Forgotten after his followers did a celebration involving both at the same time.

O: God of orgasms. Invoked loudly during human mating rituals, but it's not clear why.

Lesk: Also called "the made up God", he's the one people who don't have a specific God turn to when they're in trouble and need divine help to get out. Praying him, or even mentioning his name, outside of these situations is considered bad form.

Gallus Cupa -- The god of insults and retorts. Freqently encountered with your mom. Grants a specialized version of Black Tentacles to the faithful.

Rgvl - He who shall not be pronounced!

"Jabim is the Lord of broken things, who sitteth behind the house to lament the things that are cast away. And there he sitteth lamenting the broken things until the worlds be ended, or until someone cometh to mend the broken things." (after Lord Dunsany)

The ongoing work of The Den in redeeming things from brokenness greatly pleases little Jabim.

Woozle - the God of psychedelic predators.

Followers often break out into song while crying about favorite belongings that have been taken away by Woozle.

Ahfk - god of time and erasing mistakes. Unfortunately, Ahfk is a very minor god who can, at best, only turn the clock back a few seconds and undo mistakes like dropping food or stubbing your toe.

Even then, he rarely can do it, and you have to invoke his name properly - many ignorantly lengthen his name into two syllables and are not granted his gift.