Aoskar is a fictional deity once worshiped among the planes in the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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Planescape

Planescape

Planescape is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by Zeb Cook. The Planescape setting was published in 1994...

campaign setting

Campaign setting

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, and now a dead god.

Publication history

Aoskar was first mentioned for the Planescape

Planescape

Planescape is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by Zeb Cook. The Planescape setting was published in 1994...

 setting in the Planescape Campaign Setting

Planescape Campaign Setting

The Planescape Campaign Setting was a boxed set for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The set was designed by David "Zeb" Cook and published in 1994, and introduced the Planescape setting.-Contents:...

(1994). Aoskar received a more detailed description in In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil (1995).

Rituals

Prayers to Aoskar were whispered when his followers walked through doorways, and the use of portal keys became associated from his worship. All travel to or from the City of Doors became a sacrament to Aoskar.

Since the god's death, worship of Aoskar became illegal in Sigil. His followers are often sentenced to public execution.

Temples

Aoskar's primary temple was known as the Great Temple of Doors. Since the god's death, it is now known as the Shattered Temple and it has become the headquarters of the god-distrusting Athar faction.

Relics

Alchemists seek out the blood of Aoskar, which is said to resemble wine and act as a universal key to any magical portal or gate.

History

Aoskar desired Sigil, the City of Doors, for his own, though he was smart enough not to try to take it by force. Instead, he encouraged his followers to spread his faith throughout the city. Residents of the city turned to his worship and he became the unofficial patron of the city. Some devout followers even began to worship the Lady of Pain

Lady of Pain

The Lady of Pain is the fictional protector of the city of Sigil in the Planescape campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game...

 as a mere aspect of Aoskar. One of the Lady's own servants, the dabus

Dabus

In the Dungeons & Dragons Planescape campaign setting, Dabus are the personal entourage of the Lady of Pain.-Publication history:...

 Fell, proclaimed himself a cleric

Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)

The cleric is one of the standard playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. In the game, clerics are versatile figures, both capable in combat and skilled in the use of divine magic. Clerics are powerful healers due to the large number of healing and curative...

 of Aoskar.

The Lady of Pain killed Aoskar, casting his corpse into the Astral Plane

Astral plane

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 and destroying his house of worship.

Additional reading

• McComb, Colin
  Colin McComb
  Colin McComb is an American writer and game designer born in Evanston, Illinois. He is married to musician Robin Moulder. They currently live in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, with their two children...
  
  . On Hallowed Ground
  On Hallowed Ground
  On Hallowed Ground is an accessory book for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, for the Planescape campaign setting.-Contents:This book contains information about deities' planar domains from 20 separate pantheons...
  
  . Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.

• Slavicsek, Bill
  Bill Slavicsek
  Bill Slavicsek is a game designer who served as the Director of Roleplaying Design and Development at Wizards of the Coast. He previously worked for West End Games and TSR, Inc., and designed products for Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, Alternity, Torg, Paranoia and Ghostbusters.-Biography:Bill...
  
  . Doors to the Unknown. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.

• Vallese, Ray and Valerie. Uncaged: Faces of Sigil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.