Game background | |
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Title(s) | Master of Birds, the Feathered One, the Far Reacher, the Wind Archer |
Home plane | Olympian Glades of Arborea |
Power level | Lesser |
Alignment | Chaotic Good |
Portfolio | Air, Wind, Clouds, Birds, Archery |
Domains | Air, Animal, Chaos, Good, Sky, War |
Superior | Lendor |
Design details |
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Phaulkon is the Suel god of Air, Wind, Clouds, Birds, and Archery. His symbol is winged human silhouette.
Lenard Lakofka created Phaulkon.
Phaulkon was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the modules The Secret of Bone Hill (1981), and The Assassin's Knot (1983), by Lenard Lakofka.
Phaulkon was detailed again in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), by Gary Gygax.
Phaulkon was further detailed by Lenard Lakofka in Dragon #87 (1984), in the article Gods of the Suel Pantheon.
Phaulkon was one of the deities described in the From the Ashes set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign, and appeared again in Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (1998).
Phaulkon is described as one of the good deities that celestials can serve in the supplement Warriors of Heaven (1999).
Phaulkon is further detailed in The Scarlet Brotherhood (1999).
Phaulkon's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000).
Phaulkon appears as a powerful winged man, clean-shaven and bare-chested. Among the gods of the Suel, Phaulkon is regarded as second only to Kord in fighting prowess. Though he resides on Arborea, he often visits the plane of Elemental Air.