Llerg
Game background | |
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Title(s) | Great Bear, Animal Fang, Strongest Serpent, God of Force |
Home plane | Limbo |
Power level | Lesser |
Alignment | Chaotic Neutral |
Portfolio | Beasts, Strength |
Domains | Animal, Chaos, Strength |
Superior | none |
Design details |
In the fictional world of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Llerg is the god of Beasts and Strength. Among the savage Suel tribes of the fictional world's Amedio Jungle and Hepmonaland, he is known as Hlerg.
Publication history
Lenard Lakofka created Llerg.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
Llerg was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), by Gary Gygax.[1]
Llerg was further detailed by Lenard Lakofka in Dragon #89 (1984), in the article "Gods of the Suel Pantheon III."[2]
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
Llerg was one of the deities described in the From the Ashes set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign.[3]
Llerg is described as one of the good deities that celestials can serve in the supplement Warriors of Heaven (1999).[4]
Llerg is further detailed in The Scarlet Brotherhood (1999).[5]
Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
Llerg's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000).[6]
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)
His priesthood is detailed for this edition in Complete Divine (2004).[7]
Description
Llerg is depicted as a powerful, bearded, shaggy-haired man dressed in furs and a fighting girdle, or as a huge bear, snake, or alligator. These three animals are sacred to him, and their representations are his holy symbols.
Relationships
Llerg is an ally of Vatun, has a friendly rivalry with Kord, and is an enemy of Telchur.
References
- ↑ Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983)
- ↑ Lakofka, Lenard. "Gods of the Suel Pantheon III." Dragon #89 (TSR, 1984)
- ↑ Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1992)
- ↑ Perkins, Christopher. Warriors of Heaven (TSR, 1999)
- ↑ Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood (TSR, 1999)
- ↑ Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)
- ↑ Noonan, David. Complete Divine (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)
Additional reading
- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide (TSR, 1998).
- Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0 (Wizards of the Coast, 2005). Available online:
- Gygax, Gary, and Frank Mentzer. The Temple of Elemental Evil (TSR, 1985).
- http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGBBSS_v1-0.zip
- Living Greyhawk Journal no. 3 - "Gods of Oerth"