Editing Baravar Cloakshadow

{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Baravar Cloakshadow
|Symbol = [[File:Cloakshadow symbol.jpg|150px]]<br>Dagger against a Hooded Cloak
|Aliases = Bane of Goblinkind, Lord in Disguise, Master of Illusion, the Sly One
|Alignment = Neutral Good
|Divine Rank = Lesser God
|Pantheon = [[Gnome]]
|Portfolio = Illusions, Deception, Traps, Wards
|Domains = '''3E:''' Gnome, Good, Illusion, Protection, Trickery<br>'''5E:''' Arcana, Trickery
|Home Plane = '''[[Great Wheel]]:''' ''Golden Hills'' ([[Bytopia]]) <br> '''[[World Tree]]:''' ''Hidden Knoll'' ([[Golden Hills]])
|Worshippers = [[Gnome]] [[Adventurer]]s, [[Rogue]]s, [[Illusionist]]s, Deceivers
|Favoured Weapon = ''Nightmare'' (Dagger)
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'''Baravar Cloakshadow''' is the [[Gnome]] God of Deception and Illusion in [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. He is the patron of gnomish [[illusionist]]s and [[rogue]]s of all stripes. However, he's also something of a gnomish war-god, albeit through weaponized illusion magic and stealth rather than the stereotypical "shining armor and clashing steel". This, and his particular loathing of [[goblinoid]]s, shines through in the last of his common titles; ''Bane of Goblinkin''.

==Publication History==
Baravar first debuted in ''[[Monster Mythology]]'' for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]. This marks him as a "third generation" [[gnome]] god, as he was part of the third batch of gnome deities to debut in D&D's history.

==Jumping the Gender Barrier==
When the gnomish pantheon was expanded upon for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] in "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes", there was something new about several of the gods. Whereas the gnomish pantheon had originally been an all-male pantheon, the new 5e version was sporting several new goddesses... all made by the quick and easy process of genderbending several of the traditional gods.

The goddess version of Baravar is credited with teaching all gnomes how to hide and to deceive, especially by means of magic. She is also attributed to being the source of the general gnomish resistance to magical mind-fuckery and to the mystical abilities specifically possessed by both forest gnomes and [[svirfneblin]]. Like her male counterpart, she has a particularly hostile reception amongst [[goblinoid]]s, but she lacks his focused drive to war against them; she was once held prisoner by the [[hobgoblin]] god [[Khurgorbaeyag]], and has been trying to avoid being held hostage by him ever since.

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