Ulaa (OO-lah)

The Stonewife

Hills, Mountains, and Gemstones

Greater Goddess of the Outlands, Lawful Good

Aliases: None
Domain Name: The Iron Hills/the Outlands
Origin: Unknown
Superior: None
Allies: Bleredd, Beory
Enemies: None
Symbol: a mountain with a ruby heart
Worshippers: humans, dwarves, gnomes, and other benevolent races who dwell in hills and mountains.
Worshipper's Alignment:
Ulaa is the patroness of miners, hillmen, mountaineers, and quarrymen. She is also often portrayed as a dwarf or a gnome. In her more typical human portrayal, she is shown as a plain-faced, strong, determined woman with skin as hard as stone, clad in chain mail, and hefting a military pick and great warhammer.
Built like a dwarven woman but with the facial features of a gnome, she is worshiped by both of those races and humans. Her enchanted hammer Skull Ringer was forged on the same anvil as her husband’s weapon. Earth elementals serve her, she can pass through stone, and can commune with the Oerth Mother. Her holy symbol is a mountain with a ruby heart; she places rubies in the earth as gifts to those who do her husband’s work.
She also has a large following among demi-humans, particularly dwarves, gnomes, and halflings. Shrines, temples, and chapels dedicated to Ulaa are scattered throughout the Flanaess.

The Church

Clergy: Clerics (60%), Specialty Priests (40%)
Alignment: Lawful Goodl
Turn Undead: No
Command Undead: No
This priesthood is strongly community based. The priests watch over the maintenance of mines and quarries, use spells to ensure the safety of those who work therein, and work with priests of other races.
When a new mine is being excavated, the priests of Ulaa will bless the mine before work commences. As the earth is moved, a small shrine dedicated to Ulaa will be carved out and dedicated to her, and here the priests will base themselves and bless the mine and the workers as the work progresses, and pray for Ulaa's favor.

Dogma

The hills and mountains are sacred and beautiful places, whether on the surface or within tunnels that hole them like veins. Working with stone for any good purpose is a blessed task, but cutting rock out of pure greed or evil intent is an abomination. The greatest gift the earth gives are gemstones, each a tiny part of the earth’s power and beauty reflected a thousand times upon itself.

Day-to-day Activities

Ulaa’s clerics live on or in the mountains, protecting them from those who would enter for the sake of greed or evil. They protect their community, root out dens of evil nonhumans, and teach miners and quarrymen how to spot the best places to work. They act as guides for those passing through their lands, travel to see other stony examples of the earth’s beauty, and abhor slavery.

Major Centers of Worship

Ulaa's following is concentrated in hilly and stony rural lands such as the Kron Hills and Flinty Hills. Nearly all her temples are underground.
She is well-known in the Ulek States, especially in the Principality of Ulek. Non-humans who worship Ulaa often integrate her into their own pantheons.
Services include displays of gemstones and fine minerals, rhythmic hammering on stone, and chanted hymns with deep notes.

Ulaa's Priests

This priesthood is strongly community-based. The priests watch over the maintenance of mines and quarries, use spells to ensure the safety of those who work therein and work with priests of other races. A special note regarding their granted powers: like rangers, priests must choose a racial enemy, typically a hill-dwelling humanoid or giant race (ogres, gnolls, orcs, etc.).
Requirements: Str 13 or Con 14
Alignment: LG, LN
Weapons: club, flail, hammer, staff, military pick, sling, warhammer
Armor: Any metal
Raiment: brown, green, or brown-green robes
Major Spheres: Combat, Divination, Elemental (earth, fire, water), Guardian, Healing, Protection, Wards
Minor Spheres: Necromantic

Granted Powers

1) +1 to damage versus special enemy race per 4 levels of experience (round fractions up) to a maximum +4
1) can cast Detect Invisibility 3 times per day, but this spell only applies to invisible objects. Demi-humans with infravision have this capability doubled when using the detect invisibility spell. Casting times are normal, and the spells are cast at the cleric’s level.
4) Dig 3 times per day
7) Passwall once per day
10) Stone to Flesh once per day
12) immune to Elemental (earth) attacks;

Additional Spells

First Level

Light

Third Level

Continual Light

Fifth Level

Quest

Sixth Level

Animate Object
Command Earth
Heroes' Feast