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name=Osprem|
title=The Sea Princess, Lady of the Waves|
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In the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[fantasy]] [[role-playing game]], '''Osprem''' is the [[Suloise|Suel]] goddess of Sea Voyages, Ships, and Sailors.

==Publication history==
[[Lenard Lakofka]] created Osprem.{{Fact|date=December 2008}}

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)===
Osprem was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]'' (1983), by [[Gary Gygax]].<ref>[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1983]])</ref>

Osprem was further detailed by [[Lenard Lakofka]] in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #90 (1984), in the article ''Gods of the Suel Pantheon IV.''<ref>Lakofka, Lenard. "Gods of the Suel Pantheon IV." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #90 ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1984]])</ref>

===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)===
Osprem was one of the deities described in the ''[[From the Ashes (Greyhawk)|From the Ashes]]'' set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign.<ref>[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes (Greyhawk)|From the Ashes]]'' (TSR, [[1992]])</ref>

Osprem is described as one of the good deities that [[Celestial (Dungeons & Dragons)|celestials]] can serve in the supplement ''Warriors of Heaven'' (1999).<ref>Perkins, Christopher. ''[[Warriors of Heaven]]'' (TSR, 1999)</ref>

Osprem is further detailed in ''The Scarlet Brotherhood'' (1999).<ref>Reynolds, Sean K. ''The Scarlet Brotherhood'' (TSR, 1999)</ref>

===Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)===
Osprem's role in the 3rd edition Greyhawk setting was defined in the ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (2000).<ref>[[Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], [[2000]])</ref>

===Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)===
Her priesthood is detailed for this edition in ''[[Complete Divine]]'' (2004).<ref>[[David Noonan (game designer)|Noonan, David]]. ''[[Complete Divine]]'' (Wizards of the Coast, [[2004]])</ref>
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==Description==
Osprem is often depicted as a beautiful woman in a flowing gown, or as a [[dolphin]], [[barracuda]], or [[sperm whale]]. In human form, she wears a ring carved from a whale's tooth, a gift from the grandfather of all whales.

==Relationships==
Osprem is the occasional companion of [[Xerbo]].

==Realm==
According to ''Warriors of Heaven'', Osprem's realm on the [[Elemental Plane of Water]] is called ''Whirlcurrents''. However, ''Dragon'' #90 placed her realm in [[Mechanus|Nirvana]].
==References==
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==Additional reading==
*[[Anne Brown (game designer)|Brown, Anne]]. ''Player's Guide'' (TSR, 1998).
*Conforti, Steven, ed. ''Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign,'' version 2.0 (Wizards of the Coast, [[2005]]). Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip]
*Living Greyhawk Journal no. 3 - "Gods of Oerth"

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