This bit about poor people pilfering offerings from a god’s shrine was familiar. It is not considered an affront to the god for someone truly poor to take these coins, although stories exist of misers being punished for daring to take what is not their due.”Ī humble shrine to Olidammara, illustration by Andrew Hu ( Dragon #342)
Usually the shrine is just a pile of stones or an outdoor alcove bearing his mark where worshippers can pour an offering of wine or leave a bit of tasty food and a few copper coins. “Shrines of Olidammara’s faith are far more common than temples and may be found in urban or rural areas. And I remembered this wonderful satirical work while I was reading an old article in Dragon Magazine about Olidammara the Laughing Rogue, the classic D&D deity (in the Greyhawk pantheon) of thieves, beggars, and bards. These take place in Hades, and feature the philosophers Menippus of Gadara (3rd century BCE) and Diogenes, now dead, snarking from the Underworld and pumping the cynicism to eleven. 125 – 180 CE) did, in his Dialogues of the Dead. (Which is why it’s so hard today to determine what Diogenes actually said and what he didn’t.) Alternatively, you could write a book with Diogenes as the protagonist, maybe another Cynic as well, and use them as your snarky mouthpieces. His snark was immensely popular, and for centuries after his death, if you wanted to say something sarcastic and make people pay attention, you’d just go ahead and say it and attribute it to him. Cavotta) / Diogenes bites Plato ( Existential Comics #219) Olidammara the Laughing Rogue ( Deities & Demigods, 2002, illustration by M.
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