Hruggek
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Dungeons & Dragons Deity | |
Hruggek | |
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Title(s) | |
Homeplane | Windswept Depths of Pandemonium |
Power Level | Intermediate |
Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
Portfolio | Violence, combat |
Domains | Chaos, Evil, Trickery |
Superior | none |
In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Hruggek is the chief deity of bugbears.
Hruggek is the god of Violence and Combat. Other gods worshipped by the bugbears include Grankhul, the god of hunting, senses, and surprise; and Skiggaret the god of fear.
Hruggek lives in a great cave in the Outer Plane of Pandemonium called Hruggekolohk. He decorates his home with the severed heads of his conquered opponents.
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[edit] Description
Hruggek appears as a huge, powerful bugbear, 12 feet tall. He has great fangs and clawed hands and feet, and wields a 10-foot long morningstar.
[edit] Clergy and temples
Hruggeks' priests dress in black and wear skulls on their heads. He is worshipped on the full moon in bugbear cave halls. A sacrifice of blood is made to him every month.
[edit] Creative origins
Hruggek was created by James M. Ward for the Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia (1980).
[edit] References
- Redman, Rich and James Wyatt. Defenders of the Faith (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992).
- Ward, James and Robert Kuntz. Deities and Demigods (TSR, 1980).