Phyton

The Woodshaper

Phyton
Phyton the Woodshaper, as depicted in Dragon #90
General information
Portfolio:	Nature, Beauty, Farming
Home:	Olympian Glades of Arborea
Alignment:	Chaotic good
Gender:	Male
Superior:	Lendor
Rules items
Domains:	Chaos, Good, Plant, Sun, Water

Phyton is the Suel god of Nature, Beauty, and Farming. Phyton's symbol is a scimitar in front of an oak tree.

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.

Relationships

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

Although a human deity, he currently dwells with the Seldarine in Arvandor, though he also has a realm in Ysgard.

Worshippers

Clergy and temples

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.

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. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983).

• 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).

• Perkins, Christopher. Warriors of Heaven. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

• 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 Ivid the Undying (TSR, unpublished).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]