Skoraeus Stonebones
| Skoraeus Stonebones | |
|---|---|
 Skoraeus Stonebones, from Deities & Demigods, art by Jeff Dee. (1980) | |
| Names and titles | |
| Title(s): | King of the Rock, the Living Rock |
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Stone giants |
| Home: | Material Plane |
| Alignment: | Neutral |
| Gender: | Male |
| Class: | Cleric 15/magic-user 12 |
| Superior: | Annam |
| Rules items | |
| Domains: | Earth, Healing, Knowledge, Protection, Summoner, (Temperance),[1] |
| Divine rank: | Intermediate |
Skoraeus Stonebones is the primary deity worshiped by the stone giant race. He is also known as "King of the Rock" and "The Living Rock". His sacred animal is the cave bear. His holy symbol is a stalactite.
Description
Skoreaus manifests as a huge stone giant with muscular limbs and skin like granite. He knows much of the secret banes, magics, and wonders buried in the core of the world. Skoreaus regards both Law and Chaos with suspicion.
Relationships
Skoreaus is part of the second generation of giantish gods, born at about the same time as Surtr and Thrym. It is said that his brothers' evil drove him to hide himself below the world and ignore everything apart from himself and his people. When he absolutely must, he'll deal with the gods of the dwarves and svirfneblin. He is allied with Dumathoin.
Skoreaus is the son of Annam. His siblings and half-siblings include Diancastra, Grolantor, Hiatea, Iallanis, Karontor, Stronmaus, Surtr, and Thrym. Memnor and Vaprak are also sometimes named as his relatives.
Realm
Skoraeus is said to dwell at the heart of the world, where he senses all that occurs while touching stone by feeling the vibrations that reach him. Skoraeus will never venture above ground and cannot even be gated there.
Dogma
Skoreaus cares for nothing except for that which directly concerns his people, the stone giants. Stone giants, as far as he is concerned, would be better off if they never had contact with other races at all. Skoreaus teaches his followers that beauty is truth and knowledge is power; a secret is the ultimate power and the Underdark is filled with secrets.
Worshippers
The reclusive Skoreaus is worshipped almost exclusively by stone giants, who may be found in mountains and caves in a variety of places in the Flanaess, including the Crystalmist Mountains and the Lortmils.
Clergy
Skoraeus's priests wear stone gray vestments, and animal skins. They dominate stone giant society, creating an environment of stifling orthodoxy. They are grave, serious, folk, seeing it as their duty to advance their race and guarantee that stone giants continue to make ever-greating works of art and intellectual discoveries. They avoid, and teach their followers to avoid, even other races of giants, let alone other species. Their favored weapon is the warhammer. They can see omens in the shapes and hues of rock and subterranean features and spend much of their time meditating and creating elaborate sculptures and friezes.
Rituals
Once every three months or so, priests of Skoreaus travel underground alone without food, returning four days later. They assure their followers that these expeditions are vision-quests in which Skoreaus supplies them with instructions in the form of omens and dreams.
Skoreaus's clerics force any stone giant, even those who have pledged allegiance to other deities, who violates their god's teachings to atone through meditation.
References
Citations
Bibliography
- 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]
- Noonan, David. Complete Divine. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2004.
- Redman, Rich and James Wyatt. Defenders of the Faith. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- Ward, James and Robert J. Kuntz. Deities and Demigods. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- Winninger, Ray. Giantcraft. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Skoraeus Stonebones (King of the Rock) | Deity | King of the rock, Worshipped by: Giant (Stone), Native of: Material Plane, | Deities & Demigods (1st & 2nd printing), AD&D 1e | 108, 109, 141 |
| Skoraeus Stonebones (King of the Rock) | Deity | King of the rock, Worshipped by: Giant (Stone), Native of: Material Plane, | Deities & Demigods (3rd+ printing), AD&D 1e | 93, 94, 125 |
| Skoraeus Stonebones (King of the Rock) | Deity | King of the rock, Worshipped by: Giant (Stone), Native of: Material Plane, | DMGR4 - Monster Mythology | 3, 36, 73, 80 |
| Skoraeus Stonebones (King of the Rock) | Deity | King of the rock, Worshipped by: Giant (Stone), Native of: Material Plane, | Defenders of the Faith, D&D 3.0e | 92, 94, 96 |
| Skoraeus Stonebones (King of the Rock) | Deity | King of the rock, Worshipped by: Giant (Stone), Native of: Material Plane, | Legends & Lore, AD&D 1e | 93, 94, 125 |
| Skoraeus Stonebones (King of the Rock) | Deity | King of the rock, Worshipped by: Giant (Stone), Native of: Material Plane, | On Hallowed Ground | 176, 192 |