History Characters / DungeonsAndDragonsGoblinoidDeities

* SimpleStaff: He carries a quarterstaff which affects any goblinoid struck by is as a symbol of persuasion.

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''Campaign Settings:'' Characters/{{Dragonlance}} | Characters/{{Eberron}} ([[Characters/EberronDragonmarkedHouses Dragonmarked Houses]] | [[Characters/EberronFaiths Religions]] | [[Characters/EberronNations Nations]]) | Characters/ForgottenRealms ([[Characters/ForgottenRealmsGods Gods]] | [[Characters/ForgottenRealmsFactions Factions]] | ''Characters/TheLegendOfDrizzt'') | Characters/{{Greyhawk}} ([[Characters/GreyhawkDeities Deities]]) | Characters/{{Planescape}} ([[Characters/PlanescapeFactions Factions]] | [[Characters/PlanescapeRaces Races]]) | Characters/{{Ravenloft}} ([[Characters/RavenloftDarklords Darklords]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheCarnival The Carnival]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheKargataneOfVallaki The Kargatane of Vallaki]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheFraternityOfShadows Fraternity of Shadows]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheGreatFamilies Great Families of the Core]] | [[Characters/RavenloftGods Faiths]]) | Characters/{{Spelljammer}} ]] -]]]

''[[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeities Deities]]'': Non-human Pantheons ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDemihumanDeities Demihuman Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsGiantDeities Giant Deities]] | '''Goblinoid Deities''' | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsScalykindDeities Scalykind Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsUnderdarkDeities Underdark Deities]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsElderEvils Elder Evils]]\\

''Campaign Settings:'' Characters/{{Dragonlance}} | Characters/{{Eberron}} ([[Characters/EberronDragonmarkedHouses Dragonmarked Houses]] | [[Characters/EberronFaiths Religions]] | [[Characters/EberronNations Nations]]) | Characters/ForgottenRealms ([[Characters/ForgottenRealmsGods Gods]] | [[Characters/ForgottenRealmsFactions Factions]] | ''Characters/TheLegendOfDrizzt'') | Characters/{{Greyhawk}} ([[Characters/GreyhawkDeities Deities]]) | Characters/{{Planescape}} ([[Characters/PlanescapeFactions Factions]] | [[Characters/PlanescapeRaces Races]]) | Characters/{{Ravenloft}} ([[Characters/RavenloftDarklords Darklords]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheCarnival The Carnival]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheKargataneOfVallaki The Kargatane of Vallaki]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheFraternityOfShadows Fraternity of Shadows]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheGreatFamilies Great Families of the Core]] | [[Characters/RavenloftGods Faiths]]) ]] -]]]

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''Campaign Settings:'' Characters/{{Dragonlance}} | Characters/{{Eberron}} | Characters/ForgottenRealms ([[Characters/ForgottenRealmsGods Gods]] | ''Characters/TheLegendOfDrizzt'') | Characters/{{Greyhawk}} ([[Characters/GreyhawkDeities Deities]]) | Characters/{{Planescape}} ([[Characters/PlanescapeFactions Factions]] | [[Characters/PlanescapeRaces Races]]) | Characters/{{Ravenloft}} ([[Characters/RavenloftDarklords Darklords]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheCarnival The Carnival]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheKargataneOfVallaki The Kargatane of Vallaki]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheFraternityOfShadows Fraternity of Shadows]] | [[Characters/RavenloftTheGreatFamilies Great Families of the Core]] | [[Characters/RavenloftGods Faiths]]) ]] -]]]

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* DragonInChief: He was this when part of Lolth's LegionOfDoom. While she was the mastermind behind it, Gruumsh was by far the most powerful deity in the group, and the only one who could hold his own against Corellon.

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''[[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeities Deities]]'': Historical Pantheons ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeitiesMajorHistoricalPantheons Major]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeitiesAncientHistoricalPantheons Ancient]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeitiesReclusiveHistoricalPantheons Reclusive]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDeitiesOtherHistoricalPantheons Other]]) | Non-human Pantheons ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDemihumanDeities Demihuman Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsGiantDeities Giant Deities]] | '''Goblinoid Deities''' | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsScalykindDeities Scalykind Deities]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsUnderdarkDeities Underdark Deities]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsElderEvils Elder Evils]]\\

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Maglubiyet is currently trying to conquer the Orc pantheon, and the two constantly war in the plane of Acheron, whehre both pantheons make their home.

The goblinoid races are the most important group after the demihumans in virtually all worlds. They are fecund, their short lifespans balanced by a very high birth rate, These races are generally evil and their gods and pantheons reflect this clearly. They compete with all the surface races for living space, and with most of the underground races who live above the Underdark realms also. They are all aggressive and territorial, and they would surely dominate worlds if not for a major weakness: Many are too chaotic to organize well enough to achieve lasting success, and those races which are lawful often factionalize into competing clans who waste resources skirmishing against each other. These races rarely dominate the world around them because they are divided amongst themselves.

Some planars say the goblins are nothing more than cheap knock-offs of orcs, that goblins have no identity of their own and rely on the imaginations of others to get their deeds accomplished. Well, people who flapp their bone-boxes like that have another thing coming. For all their diminutive size and savage reputations, the goblins're more crafty than most folks'd give them credit for. They've scrabbled along through the ages, surviving by the skin of their fangs, waging endless war on Acheron with the orcs of the battle cube. The pantheon of goblin deities commands both surly cunning and brute strength, tempered by intelligence that makes their charges stronger than expected.

The head of the pantheon is Maglubiyet. He rules with a fist of iron from a flaming throne, crushing all contenders. It is a pantheon both smaller, and more divided, than the orcish one. Maglubiyet oversees both goblins and hobgoblins, but he tolerates no dissent between the two races, or at least none that works against mutual growth and survival. He lets the other deities of the pantheon wield considerable strength, though only to a point; Maglubiyet crushes those who threaten to grow too powerful. Thus, the rest of the goblin gods bow to his wishes, content to fill their roles, afraid to entertain throughts to revolt.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Given her domains, which includes Fertility, Wisdom and even Healing.
* TheDarkChick: She's an [[InvertedTrope inverted]] WhiteMagicianGirl by having the Healing domain despite being evil and having family a part of her portofolio, while encouraging dominance to her followers where they can, despite being subservient to Gruumsh.
* EarthMother: Luthic is a mother-goddess who governs over fertility (mostly for female orcs, Gruumsh is the male fertility god) and her affinity with the earth is strong; many orcs rub themselves in dirt to ensure they have many children, while making an invocation to her.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Maglubiyet retains his power by virtue of his strength, and never allows other deities within the pantheon to achieve true power.

* MamaBear: She is the orc goddess of motherhood and is fiercely protective of her children, and it is her priestesses who raise and protect the tribe's children. In 5th edition she is even associated with cave bears.

* InformedAttribute; While every edition of ''D&D'' has officially listed her as some variation of Evil, they never seem to include examples of her doing or ordering anything evil. Her primary concern has always been the continuation of the orc race, so this comes off as guilt-by-association.

* KillTheGod: During the height of the Orcgate Wars, Gruumsh battled and killed Re, the leader of the Mulhorandi pantheon, in the first known deicide.