LIDAMMARA 

Lesser god, NC - Music, Revelry, Rougery, Tricks/Jokes, Wine/Spirits 

Olidammara, the Laughing Rogue, minstrel and miscreant, is the favorite deity of many thieves. Worshippers include bards, jesters, vagabonds, beggars and common folk as well. He wanders the Prime Material Plane in many guises, stealing from the rich, haughty, or evil. Olidammara gives wealth to those without means - often distributing his pilfered gains through high revels. His favorite haunts are city slums or their exact opposite, rural glens and woodlands, Although he always appears young, Olidammara will sometimes disguise himself as a tinker or peddler, sometimes as a foppish wastrel, frequently as a fledgling sell-sword. He can alter his appearance to suite the situation at hand. His actual appearance is said to be as follows: middling height, slender build, chestnut hair and beard worn rakishly, complexion with an olive tint, merry eyes of sparkling emerald, much given to laughter and petty tricks. Olidammara wears green and gold as his favorite colors. 

Although he wears only a leather vest and high leather buskins, Olidammara has excellent protection due to the enchantments upon these garments and a' special ring he possesses. 

Olidammara also possesses a musical stringed instrument of great power. This device, the Kanteel of the Oldest, is usable only by bards of great experience or by certain other deities. The Kanteel enables its possessor to: 

- charm creatures or persons 
- create a cloud of fog 
- dispel illusions 
- project his emotions 
- create non-living items 
- create programmed illusions 
- seek supernatural guidance through visions 

Olidammara also possesses a mask, which allows him to completely change his physical appearance for as long and as often as he wishes. The mask is not discernible when it is worn. 

When Olidammara was once trapped by Zagyg, the Mad Archmage forced him into a carapaced animal shape as punishment for attempting to steal Zagyg's trove. Even though Olidammara escaped this fate, he retains the ability to create a horny shell on his back. Beneath this cover, the "Laughing Rogue" can use his spells to escape, leaving the shell to cover his getaway. (It is said that he returned to loot Zagyg's treasury, employing the magical carapace to frustrate the Mad Archmage's capture.) The discarded carapace remains as a hemispherical shell, about 2 feet wide and 3 feet long. It welds itself to stone and must be smashed or otherwise destroyed to be removed or passed. 

There are few chapels dedicated to Olidammara. They always are located in large towns or cities. Shrines are not uncommon in urban centers and rural areas. 

There are supposedly two rustic hostels located in the central Flanaess area - one in the Wild Coast, another in the Kron Hills region. Clerics of Olidammara are not uncommon at either. 

Clerics of this deity are trained to have the thiefly ability of hiding in shadows. They are taught musical skills, and many have the ability to magically alter their physical appearance, stature, etc. They dress in garments of brown, green, green and brown, and green and black. Services include much singing, chanting, feasting, and libations of fermented berry beverage.