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Oghma
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The Lord of Knowledge, <br> Binder of What Is Known
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House of Knowledge
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Greater
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True Neutral
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Knowledge, invention, inspiration, bards
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, also known as ''The Lord of Knowledge, Binder of what is known'', is the Neutral Greater power of
Bards ,
Inspiration ,
Invention , and
Knowledge , in the fictional world of the ''
Forgotten Realms '' ''
Dungeons & Dragons ''
Campaign Setting .
Like
Silvanus and
Mielikki , Oghma is based on a historical Oghma from
Celtic Mythology (see
Oghma ), supposedly having been active in more than one
Plane of existence.
He is leader of the ''Deities of Knowledge and Invention'' (including
Milil ,
Deneir and
Gond ), and his homeplane in the
3rd Edition world is the
House Of Knowledge . His symbol is a Scroll and his favourite weapon is Mortal Strike (a longsword).
He grants the domains Charm, Knowledge, Luck, Travel and Trickery. His worshippers are artists, bards, cartographers, inventors, loremasters, sages, scholars, scribes and wizards. They can be of any alignment, unlike most neutral gods.
After the debacle in
Zhentil Keep that saw
Cyric take a blow to his power, he entrusted Rinda with the ''Cyrinishad'', a book Cyric had her pen that converted anyone who read it or heard a reading of it to a fanatically loyal follower of Cyric. Cyric then read his own book. He also gave her a diamond amulet to render her invisible to all the gods, even Oghma.
Oghma's allies are the ''Deities of Knowledge and Invention''. His most common foes are
Mask ,
Cyric and
Bane . His old archnemesis,
Leira , is now dead and an aspect of Cyric.
The Companions of the Silver String are heroic bards who acted
valiantly at risk of their own lives in the service of the church of
Oghma.
