Gruumsh
| Game background | |
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| Title(s) | The Strong, the Leg-Breaker, Son of Gruumsh |
| Home plane | Infernal Battlefield of Acheron |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| Portfolio | Strength, combat |
| Domains | Chaos, Evil, Orc, Strength |
| Superior | Gruumsh |
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| Title(s) | The First Allmighty Leader, the Scro Father |
| Home plane | Prime Material Plane |
| Power level | Demipower |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Portfolio | The Scro (physical, mental, spiritual, cultural & military excellence) |
| Domains | Law, Evil, Orc, War |
| Superior | None |
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| Title(s) | One-Eye, He Who Never Sleeps, the One-Eyed God, He Who Watches |
| Home plane | Infernal Battlefield of Acheron, Nishrek (Forgotten Realms), Chernoggar, the Iron Fortress (4th edition) |
| Power level | Greater |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| Portfolio | Orcs, conquest, strength, survival, territory |
| Domains | Cavern, Chaos, Evil, Hatred, Orc, Strength, War |
| Superior | None |
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| Title(s) | Son of Strife, the Horde Leader, the War Maker, the lieutenant of Gruumsh |
| Home plane | Infernal Battlefield of Acheron |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Portfolio | Warfare |
| Domains | Destruction, Evil, War (also Orc and Planning in Forgotten Realms) |
| Superior | Gruumsh |
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| Title(s) | The Healer, Great Mother, the Cave mother, the Blood Moon Witch |
| Home plane | Infernal Battlefield of Acheron |
| Power level | Lesser |
| Alignment | Neutral Evil |
| Portfolio | Fertility, medicine, servitude |
| Domains | Earth, Evil, Healing (also Cavern, Family, and Orc in Forgotten Realms) |
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| Title(s) | The Night Lord, the Blade in the Darkness, the Stalker Below |
| Home plane | Bleak Eternity of Gehenna |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Neutral Evil |
| Portfolio | Darkness, thieves |
| Domains | Chaos, Evil, Trickery (also Darkness and Orc in Forgotten Realms) |
| Superior | Gruumsh |
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| Title(s) | White-Hands, the Lord of Maggots, the Rotting One |
| Home plane | Gray Waste of Hades |
| Power level | Intermediate |
| Alignment | Neutral Evil (Lawful Evil tendencies) |
| Portfolio | Death, disease |
| Domains | Death, Destruction, Evil (also Orc and Suffering in Forgotten Realms) |
| Superior | Gruumsh |
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In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the orcish pantheon of gods consists of the leader, Gruumsh, as well as Bahgtru, Ilneval, Luthic, Shargaas and Yurtrus.
Bahgtru is the orc deity of Strength and Combat. The son of Gruumsh and Luthic, Bahgtru has been described as a huge orc with bugling muscles and dirty tan skin. His eyes are dull green, and his glistening white tusks protrude from either side of his mouth. Bahgtru has also been described as "awesomely stupid." Bahgtru lives in the orcish realm of Nishrek.
Bahgtru was first detailed in Roger E. Moore's article "The Half-Orc Point of View," in Dragon #62 (TSR, 1982). In Dragon #92 (December 1984), Gary Gygax indicated this as one of the deities legal for the Greyhawk setting. He also appeared in the original Unearthed Arcana (1985).
Bahgtru was detailed in the book Monster Mythology (1992), including details about his priesthood. His role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in On Hallowed Ground (1996). Bahgtru's role in the Forgotten Realms is revisited in Faiths and Pantheons (2002).
This demipower is "The Scro Father", the divine patron of the elite orc race known as the Scro. He was detailed in Dragon Annual #1, in an article by Roger E. Moore, entitled "Campaign Classics - The Scro: A SPELLJAMMER® monster for groundling campaigns." According to that article, he is the only god that the Scro worship, and he does not acknowledge superiors.
Gruumsh, also known as Gruumsh One-Eye, is the patron deity of orcs, who regard him as the god of Conquest, Survival, Strength, and Territory. According to Unearthed Arcana, Gruumsh created the orcs in his image to be his servants in the world but was cheated out of a home for his people by the other gods. He is also considered a member of the default pantheon of deities. His symbol is his missing, unblinking eye. Gruumsh appears as a powerful orc with one eye. A figure of fury and driven cruelty, Gruumsh rules his pantheon with brute power. His favored weapon is the spear.
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