Festival of Saint Bane
 | Note that the festival of St. Bane is from an apocryphal source and the holiday never appeared in officially published Greyhawk material. |
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Apocrypha
[edit | edit source]This holiday is frequently mistaken for canonical lore due to its widespread inclusion in many fan-made Greyhawk calendars. However, it is fan-created content and has never appeared in any official source.
Description
[edit | edit source]The Festival of Saint Bane is celebrated on the first of Readying, the first month of spring. "This day has particular significance because of Pelor's hatred for undead, and ... all attempts to turn undead [on this date receive a +1 bonus]. Priests usually go to areas of known hauntings and attempt of remove the evil blight."[1]
Calendar
[edit | edit source]| Starday | Sunday | Moonday | Godsday | Waterday | Earthday | Freeday |
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| 1 Festival of Saint Bane |
2 | 3 | 4
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5 | 6 | 7 |
| Greyhawk calendar | |
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| Days | Starday • Sunday • Moonday • Godsday • Waterday • Earthday • Freeday |
| Months | Fireseek • Readying • Coldeven • Planting • Flocktime • Wealsun • Reaping • Goodmonth • Harvester • Patchwall • Ready'reat • Sunsebb |
| Festivals | Needfest • Growfest • Richfest • Brewfest |
| Seasons | Winter • Spring • Low summer • High summer • (Summer) • Autumn |
| Solar events | Spring equinox, Summer solstice, Autumnal equinox, Winter solstice |
| Holidays | Agelong • Blood Moon Festival • Breadgiving Day • Council Day • Council of Mayors and Manorial Lords • Crowning Day • Dark Night • Day of the Legion Will • Day of Treachery • Declaration Day • Election Day • Faerieluck • Fallrite • Feast of Edoira • Feast of Fools • Freedom Day • Frost Days • Great Moon's Glory • Guild Days • Holy Day of Serenity • Midsummer's Day • Midwinter Night • Remembrance Day • Rollo's Day • Saint Cuthbert's Day • Spring Feast • Springrite • Thrommel's Day • Yeartide • |
References
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[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ↑ The Oerth Journal #16, p.7.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Saint Bane | Deity | Paladin, | Dragon magazine #306 | 100 |