Ulaa
| Game background | |
|---|---|
| Title(s) | The Stonewife |
| Home plane | Mount Celestia and the Outlands |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Lawful Good |
| Portfolio | Hills, Mountains, Gemstones |
| Domains | Earth, Good, Law |
| Superior | none |
| Design details | |
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, Ulaa is the goddess of Hills, Mountains, and Gemstones. Her holy symbol is a mountain with a ruby heart; she places rubies in the earth as gifts to miners, who do her husband's work.
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Publication history
Ulaa was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), by Gary Gygax.[1] Ulaa was subsequently detailed in Greyhawk Adventures (1988).[2]
Ulaa was one of the deities described in the From the Ashes set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign.[3]
Ulaa's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000).[4]
Description
Ulaa is depicted as a dwarven woman with gnomish facial features. She wields a mighty hammer called Skullringer.
Relationships
Ulaa is the wife of Bleredd, and an ally of Beory.
Realm
Ulaa's realm in the Outlands is called the Iron Hills. She also spends time in the Seven Heavens. Her husband is said to dwell with the gnomish gods in Bytopia.
Dogma
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Worshippers
Ulaa is worshipped by humans, dwarves, gnomes, and other benevolent races who dwell in hills and mountains. She is well known in the Ulek States, especially in the Principality of Ulek. Non-humans who worship Ulaa often integrate her into their own pantheons.
Clergy
Her clerics protect mountains from those who would enter for the sake of greed or evil, and instruct miners and quarrymen with timelost rituals they claim have been handed down from a civilization extinct more than 10,000 years.
Rituals
Worship services to Ulaa include rhythmic hammering on stone, chanted hymns, and displays of gemstones and minerals.
References
- ↑ Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983)
- ↑ Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures (TSR, 1988)
- ↑ Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1992)
- ↑ Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)
Additional reading
- 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]
- Vaughan, Greg A., and Erik Mona. Touch of the Abyss. Dungeon #117. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.
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