Phyton
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| Greyhawk Deity | |
|---|---|
| Phyton | |
| Title(s) | The Woodshaper |
| Home Plane | Olympian Glades of Arborea |
| Power Level | Lesser |
| Alignment | Chaotic Good |
| Portfolio | Nature, Beauty, Farming |
| Domains | Chaos, Good, Plant, Sun, Water |
| Alias(es) | none |
| Superior | none |
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Phyton is the Suel god of Nature, Beauty, and Farming.
Phyton was once like most other nature deities, but now represents man's dominance over nature, which pits him and his followers against druids, other nature gods, and others who would protect the wild from mankind's depredations. For this reason, he is a foe of Obad-Hai. Wee Jas also bears Phyton great enmity, for his dominion over beauty.
[edit] Description
Phyton is most often depicted as a tall, handsome man, slender and youthful-looking, though he can appear as any creature of the forest.
[edit] Clergy and temples
Phyton's symbol is a scimitar in front of an oak tree. Phyton's priests believe that man can always improve on the design of nature, be it clearing forests for agriculture, cutting roads through mountains, building dams, draining swamps, redirecting rivers, culling ugly or harmful plants, or domesticating animals. They protect farming communities and look for ways to best use the land to man's advantage. Each often chooses a region to oversee, usually one day's walk in diameter.
Followers and temples of Phyton can be found in Geoff, the Gran March, Highfolk, the Pale, Ratik, the Duchy and Principality of Ulek, the Urnst States, and among the humans of Celene.
[edit] References
- 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).
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Lakofka, Lenard. "Gods of the Suel Pantheon." Dragon #90 (TSR, 1984).
- Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood (TSR, 1999).
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1992).
- Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying (TSR, unpublished). Available online: [2]
