A lesser deity originally known to the Flan

Flan (Greyhawk)

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the Flan are a race of humans living in the Flanaess. The Flan peoples were the first humans known to have settled the eastern portion of the continent of Oerik, the Flanaess, which is named for them...

, Berei is goddess of Agriculture, Family, and Home in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting

Campaign setting

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 for the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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role-playing game

Role-playing game

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. Her holy symbol is a sheaf of wheat stalks.

Publication history

Berei was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting

World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting

The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting and the World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting are two closely related publications from TSR, Inc. that detail the fictional World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game...

(1983), by Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax

Ernest Gary Gygax was an American writer and game designer best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Dave Arneson. Gygax is generally acknowledged as the father of role-playing games....

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Berei was one of the deities described in the From the Ashes

From the Ashes (Dungeons & Dragons)

From the Ashes is a supplement for Dungeons & Dragonss World of Greyhawk campaign setting. It was published in 1992 by TSR as a boxed set of materials...

set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign. Berei is described as one of the good deities that celestials

Celestial (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, celestials are a class of creatures and monsters known as outsiders who are of wholly good alignment....

 can serve in the supplement Warriors of Heaven (1999).

Berei's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer

Living Greyhawk Gazetteer

The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer is a sourcebook for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Despite the title, the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer is not exclusive to the Living Greyhawk Campaign...

(2000).

Relationships

Berei is thought by some to be a lesser aspect of the goddess of nature, Beory

Beory

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Beory is the Flan goddess of the Oerth, Nature, and Rain. She is also known as the Oerth Mother...

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Realm

Berei can most often be found in the first layer of Elysium

Elysium (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Elysium, or more fully, the Blessed Fields of Elysium, is a strongly good-aligned plane of existence...

, in the realm of Principality.

Dogma

Berei tries to strengthen the ties of family and community, and urges care in the planting of crops.

Clergy

Berei's priests officiate over wedding ceremonies, attend births, and protect and teach their communities. Some clerics of Berei choose to wander, planting seeds, carrying news between communities, and looking for exotic crops. They often adopt their adventuring companions as if they were true family in every sense of the word.

Additional reading

• Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip