Editing DnDWiki:Phyton

{{Greyhawk Deity|fgcolor=#fff|
image=|
caption=|
bgcolor=#000|
fgcolor=#fff|
name=Phyton|
title=The Woodshaper|
home=[[Arborea|Olympian Glades of Arborea]]|
power=Lesser|
alignment=[[Chaotic Good]]|
portfolio=Nature, Beauty, Farming|
domains=Chaos, Good, Plant, Sun, Water|
alias=none|
super=none|
}}
{{Tsrwotc}}
In the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' [[campaign setting]], '''Phyton''' is the [[Suloise|Suel]] god of nature, beauty, and farming. Phyton's symbol is a [[scimitar]] in front of an [[Wikipedia:Oak|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 [[Druid (Dungeons & Dragons)|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. 

==Worshipers==
===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 of Ulek|Duchy]] and [[Principality of Ulek]], the [[Urnst States]], and among the humans of [[Celene (Greyhawk)|Celene]].

==References==
*[[Anne Brown|Brown, Anne]]. ''Player's Guide'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], 1998).
*[[Steven Conforti|Conforti, Steven]], ed. ''Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign,'' version 2.0 ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2005). Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip]
*[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]'' (TSR, 1983).
*Gygax, Gary, and [[Frank Mentzer]]. ''The [[Temple of Elemental Evil]]'' (TSR, 1985).
*[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
*[[Len Lakofka|Lakofka, Lenard]]. "Gods of the Suel Pantheon." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #90 (TSR, 1984).
*[[Sean K. Reynolds|Reynolds, Sean K.]] ''The [[Scarlet Brotherhood]]'' (TSR, 1999).
*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]'' (TSR, 1992).
*Sargent, Carl. ''[[Ivid the Undying]]'' (TSR, unpublished). Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads]

==External links==
There is an article about [https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Phyton Phyton] at [https://greyhawkonline.com/greyhawkwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page the Great Library of Greyhawk].

{{Wikipedia|Phyton}}

[[Category:Greyhawk deities]]