Llerg
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| Game background | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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[edit] Publication history
Lenard Lakofka created Llerg.[citation needed]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)
His priesthood is detailed for this edition in Complete Divine (2004).[7]
[edit] 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.
[edit] Relationships
Llerg is an ally of Vatun, has a friendly rivalry with Kord, and is an enemy of Telchur.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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: [1]
- 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"