Temple of the Spider God
The Temple of the Spider God, listed in the City State section of the Wilderlands guide says it is a temple to Nephtlys, Goddess of Wealth. The symbol for Nephtlys though is not a spider. I am puzzled...
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Nephtlys is definitely supposed to be a spider goddess.---------------"The proof of the wall is that it stretcheth above the height of a man, and lasteth beyond the span of a man. Our greatest works...
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The description of Nephthys was contributed by me.What happened is that long ago (in the late 80's) I wrote a description of all the gods of Greyhorn that were found in the original handbook. This was...
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Thanks, Rob.The description of Nephtlys in the Wilderlands guide does not mention spiders, her symbol being two large horns circling a lunar disk. Yezud is the only god mentioned as being associated...
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Doesn't the description of Nephthys' religion in CSWE mention that she's only depicted as a spider in the CSIO?
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There is an explanation in Wraith Overlord which has been combined into the CSIO revised book. Essentially, the temple was originally to a different god (can't recall anything named in Wraith though,...
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The text is Nephtlys, the Spider Goddess of Wealth, sometimes appears as a wooman but when she appears here it is always as a Giant Spider.Page 11 city book Viridstan.
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My mistake -- "much of the inside of the temple, statues, walls, decorations, webs are plated with silver."
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After digging out much of my old material and checking CSWE and Wraith Overlord, I'm still rather confused.Here's what we've got:- Player's Guide to the Wilderlands - Nephtlys is a goddess of wealth....
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Quote:Does someone know how this all ties together?Can't Resist.....Must pun.With Silken Webs it is all tied together. My Operative DM opinion is that Yezud is the form of worship that has been...
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Looks like the seeds of an excellent campaign--the War of Spiders, when followers of different spider gods (or gods associated with spiders) do battle to determine once and for all which is...
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Wow I totally missed the wraith overlord text. Still finding out stuff 20 years later!.What I had in my world for Haghill and Yezud was that several levels underneath the Tower of Torpid Terror the...
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From the write up for the Wilderlands Players Guide:Quote:Nephthlys - (Neph-thilis) Spider Goddess of Wealth, is lawful neutral. She is the goddess of wealth and fate. Her symbol is the spider....
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"Nephthlys - (Neph-thilis) Spider Goddess of Wealth...The domains she is associated with are Animal, Law, and Luck. Her favored weapon is the staff..."Is this actually how yours reads? My copy doesn't...
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Your copy is from the edited copy from the Players Guide. This is what was submitted.
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I deleted Spider since there is confusion from Wraith whether or not Nepth. is actually a spider goddes in all her incarnations. It appears (at least from Wraith) that Nep. took over the temple and...
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