Phyton
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| Phyton the Woodshaper, as depicted in Dragon #90 (1984). | |
| Title: | The Woodshaper |
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| Alias(es): | none |
| Home plane: | Olympian Glades of Arborea |
| Power level: | Lesser |
| Gender: | Male |
| Alignment: | Chaotic good |
| Portfolio: | Nature, Beauty, Farming |
| Domains: | Chaos, Good, Plant, Sun, Water |
| Superior: | Lendor |
Phyton is the Suel god of Nature, Beauty, and Farming. Phyton's symbol is a scimitar in front of an oak tree.
Description[edit | edit source]
Phyton is most often depicted as a tall, handsome man, slender and youthful-looking, though he can appear as any creature of the forest.
Relationships[edit | edit source]
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.
Realm[edit | edit source]
Although a human deity, Phyton currently dwells with the Seldarine in Arvandor, though he also has a realm in Ysgard.
Dogma[edit | edit source]
Phyton teaches that the nature in its natural, untouched state can only be made more beautiful by the hand of mankind. Therefore, gardens, crop fields, and swamps drained for fertile soil are no less wondrous than mountains and forests. He also teaches that animals should be domesticated whenever possible, but those which prove harmful to man or his works should be destroyed.
Worshipers[edit | edit source]
Phyton is chiefly a human deity.
Clergy[edit | edit source]
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.
Temples[edit | edit source]
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.
Holy days and rituals[edit | edit source]
Prayers are often made to Phyton to ensure timely harvests and bountiful crops.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1998.
- Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online: [1]
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Gygax, Gary, and Frank Mentzer. The Temple of Elemental Evil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR,, 1985.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Lakofka, Lenard. "Gods of the Suel Pantheon." Dragon #90. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.
- Perkins, Christopher. Warriors of Heaven. Renton, WA: TSR, 1999. Item code TSR11361.
- Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, , 1999.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- ———. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, unpublished. Available online: [2]
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Dragon magazine #090 | 24, 26 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Dragon magazine #208 | 50 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | From the Ashes: References Card | #4 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Ivid the Undying | 70 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 19, 38, 48, 49, 53, 80, 89, 118, 119, 123, 178, 179, 180 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 18 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #09 | 13 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #10 | 79 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #11 | 59,77 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #15 | 14 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #20 | 5 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #24 | 16 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Oerth Journal #27 | 6 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 18, 20 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 120 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 11-14, 80, 84, 85 |
| Phyton | Deity | Worshipped by: Human (Suel), | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 64 |