S11: Chapel of Ulaa

This tiny cottagelike building, with a roof of straw thatch and windows open to the air, is the house of worship devoted to Ulaa, the bright goddess of mountains and hills, and the stuff of those rocky heights: gems and precious stones.

This chapel is situated near the woody periphery of the Old Well, and not by accident. Ulaa's devotions are best perfonnecl in the wild, but when the constraints of city life surround her followers she accepts such a shrine instead of pure wildness.

The actual observances of Ulaa occur three times- morning, afternoon, and evening-each Godsday, and are performed beside the well. The priests call the followers together for several hours of meditation, song (involving the 12 priests drumming an assortment of different sized boulders around the well), and exhortation to faith and good deeds.

The chapel itself contains little of value. The order has 12 sacred gemstones, each worth (1d6 + 12) x 100 gp, but these are magically buried in the drum/boulders around the well, one per boulder.

Guldan Rockflint, Matriarch of Ulaa: AC 7; MV 12; Pr8; hp 50: THAC0 16; #AT 1; Dmg 1d8; Spells: 3 1st, 3 2nd, 3 3rd, and 2 4th

Eight Candlebearers: AC 8; MV 12; Pr3; THAC0 20; #AT 1; Dmg 1d6; Spells: 2 1st and 1 2nd


S11: Chapel of Ulaa. This small stone cottage with a thatched roof is a chapel to Ulaa, goddess of mountain, hills, and gems. Very few in the Old City worship this deity, but some dwarves, gnomes, and humans come here on Godsday to worship near the Old City Well. The priests and congregation are planning to move to a new location to build an underground temple, and several sites outside the city walls are being _ discussed. The high priestess is 50-year-old Guldan Rockflint [LG hf C9; hp 54; Wis 16; ring of protection +1]. Guldan has been harassed and her temple robbed several times in the last decade, and she cannot stand to stay in Greyhawk any longer.

DM's Notes: A wealthy dwarf, gnome, or human who becomes the patron of this chapel, protecting the clerics and followers and helping them relocate, will gain a Iuckstone for the duration of one month. (It will vanish thereafter.) This is a gift from Ulaa, who wants her following to expand in the Cairn Hills. However, anyone who helps the chapel is targeted for investigation and harassment by persons in the Thieves’ Guild, who believe the chapel hides great riches in gems. (It doesn’t, however.)


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