Stalker
| Stalker | |
|---|---|
| Names and titles | |
| Title(s): | None |
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Hate, Death, Cold |
| Home: | Wanders |
| Alignment: | Neutral evil |
| Gender: | Sexless |
| Class: | Priest 12 (avatar) |
| Superior: | None |
| Rules items | |
| Divine rank: | Demigod |
Stalker is the goblinoid deity of hate, death, and cold. This god has no true worshippers, and is an enemy of all things that live. Its symbol is a creeping shadow.
Description
Stalker takes the form of a slow shadow, its size varying from two to twenty feet in length as the entity desires. It continuously radiates magical fear, and is especially proficient with cold-related spells.
Relationships
Stalker is related to the racial root stock of all goblinoid races (in this context, including orcs and other races as well). Stalker hungers for all lives and souls, but it is not powerful enough to oppose Gruumsh, Maglubiyet, or the races under their protection, so for this reason it focuses its hate on bugbears, kobolds, urds, gnolls, and mongrelfolk. It particularly despises Meriadar, who works to bring self-respect to the goblinoid races. Stalker occasionally strikes up an alliance with the bugbear god Skiggaret, with whom it has a mutual tolerance. Stalker is sometimes considered by bugbears to be a member of their pantheon.
Stalker will send its single avatar to prey on weak communities or those damaged by war. Other goblinoid gods will often permit Stalker to take a share of souls after such conflict, for they find its stirring up of violence to be useful.
Realm
In pre-history, Stalker is said to have dwelled in a dark underground complex before being driven out by the intrusion of a goblinoid race. Ever since then, Stalker has wandered the world, searching for revenge. It is possible that Stalker is responsible for the pools of animated darkness haunting Darkpool; this is credited to an unnamed humanoid deity.
Dogma
Stalker and its hate are strengthened by the deaths of goblinoids, so it always seeks to inspire war, conflict, and death.
Worshippers
Stalker has no worshippers, but many fear it. It has no priests or shamans. Goblinoids usually do not bother to attempt to propitiate Stalker, as it seldom does any good. The only exception that has found to be effective is ritually dancing to death while promising Stalker a battle with deaths and souls to be devoured; this will sometimes satisfy Stalker enough to turn away from the rest of the community.
Bibliography
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark stalker | Monster | Native of: Material Plane, | Fiend Folio, AD&D 1e | 22, 23 |
| Dune Stalker | Monster | Fiend Folio, AD&D 1e | 30 | |
| Dune Stalker | Monster | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 23-24 | |
| Dune Stalker | Monster | MC14 - Monstrous Compendium - Fiend Folio Appendix | Insert (Dune Stalker) | |
| Dune Stalker | Monster | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 26, 44 | |
| Dune Stalker | Monster | White Dwarf #002 | 19 | |
| Dune Stalker | Monster | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 15 | |
| Hillstalkers | People Group | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 28, 31, 32, 44, 45 | |
| Hillstalkers | People Group | To Catch A Traitor, RPGA | 4 | |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Deities & Demigods (1st & 2nd printing), AD&D 1e | 132, 133 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Dragon magazine #347 | 40, 41 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Greyhawk: Supplement I, OD&D | 17, 31, 47, 64 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City | 15 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | I7 Baltron's Beacon | 29 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | MC1 - Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 | Insert (Invisible Stalker) |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Monster Manual 1, AD&D 1e | 55 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Monstrous Manual, AD&D 2e | 208 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Monstrous Manual, AD&D 2e (Premium Edition) | 208 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Monster Manual 1, D&D 3.5e (Premium Edition) | 160, 161 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Monster Manual 1, D&D 5e | 192 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 14, 16, 25, 34, 65, 80 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet | 22 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | S2 White Plume Mountain (1st-3rd printing), AD&D 1e | 3 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | S2 White Plume Mountain {Expanded} (4th+ printing), AD&D 1e | 4 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 26 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | The Isle of Dread: Original Adventures Reincarnated #02, D&D 5e | 62, 266 |
| Invisible Stalker | Monster | Native of: Elemental Air, Ethereal, Astral, | X1 The Isle of Dread (4th printing), D&D Basic | 6 |
| Invisible Stalker (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Greyhawk: Supplement I, OD&D | 20 |
| Invisible Stalker (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Handbook, AD&D 1e | 42, 84 |
| Invisible Stalker (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Player's Handbook, AD&D 2e | 127, 178, 238, 243 |
| Invisible Stalker (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Spelljammer Boxed Set: Concordance of Arcane Space | 83 |
| Invisible Stalker (LVL6) | Spell | Spell (Magic User), | Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume II | 465 |
| Stalker | Non-player character | Saga of Old City | 252, 253, 256, 257, 259-262, 264, 271, 278, 281 | |
| Stalker (Sword) | Item | Artifact, | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume IV | 1347, 1405 |
| Stalker (Sword) | Item | Artifact, | WGS1 Five Shall Be One | 17, 24, 27, 29, 41, 48, 49, 59, 60, 61, 62 |
| Stalker (Sword) | Item | Artifact, | WGS2 Howl From the North | 8, 43, 44, 46, 60, 61, 62 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 6, 42-44 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 84, 88 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | Dungeon magazine #114 | 103 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 8, 11, 51, 52, 81 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | From the Ashes: References Card | #13 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | Greyhawk Adventures | 38-40 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 5 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 59, 61 |
| Turin Deathstalker | Non-player character | Male, Human, [F15], | The Adventure Begins | 3, 62, 69, 82, 101, 116, 124, 126, 127 |