Know Your Deity: Garl Glittergold, The Basics

Titles: The Joker, The Watchful Protector, The Priceless Gem, The Sparkling Wit
Home Plane: Bytopia
Symbol: A gold nugget
Portfolio: Gnomes, Humor, Wit, Illusions, Gemcutting, Jewelrymaking
Alignment: Neutral Good
Domains: Good, Protection, Trickery, Community*, Creation*
(*From Complete Divine)
Favored Weapon: Battleaxe

Garl Glittergold discovered the gnomes and led them into the world. Since then, he has been their protector. Temples to Garl take the form of small shrines and chapels, built wherever gnomes congregate. Many of these are underground and almost all are magically hidden. Their clerics fill them with beautiful (often golden) things and many have archives of illusion spells, trap designs, jokes and stories. Shrines to Garl will typically include at least one trap to harass unwelcome visitors. These traps are seldom fatal and usually quite whimsical.

Garl Glittergold is most closely allied with Corellon Larethian, Moradin and Yondalla, though he is on good terms with Pelor. Garl is renowned for the pranks he plays on the other deities; however, not all deities laugh off the jests. Garl once collapsed the cave of Kurtulmak (god of kobolds). Since then, gnomes and kobolds have been mortal enemies.

Appearance
Garl Glittergold appears as a handsome, golden-skinned gnome with gems for eyes. He is well-dressed, usually in a silk jacket with long tails. He always wears a lot of gold jewelry and accoutrement.

Dogma(copied from Deities & Demigods)
Garl promotes a doctrine of practicality tempered with humor. Ignorance and complacency are dangerous, warns Garl, and he urges his people to explore not only the world around them but new ways of doing things. Garl also emphasizes brains over brawn, and he teaches that befuddling or embarrassing a foe can be just as complete a victory as slaying or capturing that foe.

Clergy
Clerics of Garl Glittergold combine both a sense of duty towards their community with a mischievous sense of humor. Pranks are a sacrament and clerics with authority never take themselves too seriously. Indeed, it is said the first thing Garl did upon discovering the gnomes was tell a hilarious joke.

Clerics of Garl serve as guardians and teachers in their communities. They maintain a careful vigilance against hostile races (particularly kobolds) and they instruct the young using a mixture of practicality and humor. For garments, clerics of Garl Glittergold prefer gold or the color of their favorite gem(s). They always favor gold jewelry.

Clerics of Garl Glittergold may be of any good alignment and must be gnomes. Gnomes rarely heed the call of paladinhood but many become druids.

Planar Allies
Typically, Garl Glittergold sends Bralani Eladrins, Leonal Guardinals, and Elder Xorns as lesser, regular and greater planar allies respectively.

Pathfinder Conversion
Garl Glittergold has access to the Artifice, Community, Good, Protection and Trickery domains.