Incabulos

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name=Incabulos
title=The Black Rider
home=Gray Waste of Hades
power=Greater
alignment=Neutral Evil
portfolio=Plagues, Sickness, Famine, Nightmares, Drought, Disasters
domains=Death, Destruction, Evil, Pestilence
Fav Weapon=Quarterstaff
alias=none
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In the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, Incabulos is the god of Plagues, Sickness, Famine, Nightmares, Drought, and Disasters. His holy symbol is the magic icon called the Eye of Possession.

Publication history

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)

Incabulos was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in "The Deities and Demigods of the World of Greyhawk" by Gary Gygax in "Dragon" #71 (1983). [Gygax, Gary. "The Deities and Demigods of the World of Greyhawk." "Dragon" #71 (TSR, 1983)] Incabulos was subsequently detailed in the "World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting" (1983), [Gygax, Gary. "World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting" (TSR, 1983)] and in "Greyhawk Adventures" (1988). [Ward, James M. "Greyhawk Adventures" (TSR, 1988)]

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

Incabulos was one of the deities described in the "From the Ashes" set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign, [Sargent, Carl. "From the Ashes" (TSR, 1992)] and appeared again in "Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins" (1998). [Moore, Roger E. "Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins" (TSR, 1998)]

His role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in "On Hallowed Ground" (1996). [McComb, Colin. "On Hallowed Ground" (TSR, 1996)]

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

Incabulos's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" (2000). [Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)]

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)

His priesthood is detailed for this edition in "Complete Divine" (2004). [Noonan, David. "Complete Divine" (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)]

Description

Incabulos's appearance is said to be absolutely terrifying: a deformed body, skeletal hands, and a face from the worst nightmare. He rides a nightmare and is accompanied by night hags, likewise mounted. [World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) Gygax, Winter, Easley, Darlene, Schick (Ed), ISBN 0-88038-344-5. "A Guide To The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting" pg. 70 TSR Inc., Random House Publishing]

Relationships

Incabulos hates all other gods except for Nerull, the death-god who finishes the work Incabulos starts. Incabulos regards him with total indifference.
Since he is the bringer of plagues, famine, and drought, and because of the immense joy he gets from the suffering these things bring, he is feared by even the Demon Princes of the Abyss and the ArchDevils of Baator themselves. [World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) Gygax, Winter, Easley, Darlene, Schick (Ed), ISBN 0-88038-344-5. "A Guide To The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting" pg. 70 TSR Inc., Random House Publishing]

Clergy and Temples

Services to Incabulos feature weird humming and droning chants in near darkness lit only by black candles. Followers perform various iniquities with their clerics and pray for more evils to enter the world. All vessels used in their unholy rituals are made of bloodstone, carnelian, or old bronze. [World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) Gygax, Winter, Easley, Darlene, Schick (Ed), ISBN 0-88038-344-5. "A Guide To The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting" pg. 70 TSR Inc., Random House Publishing]

References

Additional reading

*Brown, Anne. "Player's Guide to Greyhawk" (TSR, 1998).
*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]
*Findley, Nigel. "Greyspace". (TSR, 1992).
*Gygax, Gary, and Frank Mentzer. "The Temple of Elemental Evil" (TSR, 1985).
*Living Greyhawk Journal no. 3 - "Gods of Oerth"