The Laughing Goddess

Lesser Deity

Symbol: Open Chest

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Portfolio: Adventure, adventurers, grand quests, great deeds

Worshipers: Adventurers, travelers, treasure-seekers

Cleric Alignments: CG, CN, CE

Domains: Chaos, Luck, Magic, Travel, Trickery

Favored Weapon: Short sword

Description:

The Laughing Goddess was once said to have been a mortal, the lowly daughter of a poor farmer, before circumstance and destiny thrust her along a strange adventure which forged her into one of the mightiest heros of the land, before she ascended into the ranks of the divinities themselves. Now, she is the patron of adventurers everywhere, be they mercenaries, treasure-seekers, aimless wanderers, or any on any sort of epic quest whatsoever. The purpose of the quest isn't important, so much as the idea that determined individuals can change the face of the world.

Her good clerics tend to support groups of heros attempting improbable yet noble deeds, such as overthrowing an evil tyrant or retrieving a lost artifact necessary to stop demonic invasion. Her evil clerics tend to care more about the ruthless dispatching of their enemies and accumulation of power and material wealth. The Laughing Goddess has no actual temples, although devout worshipers are taught to teach all taverns and inns as sacred places.