Offler is a crocodile god originating from Klatch and is worshipped in most hot lands with great rivers, and even other parts of the Discworld where the people have never even seen any crocodiles. He might be inspired by the Ancient Egyptian crocodile god Sobek. Offler speaks with a lisp because of his crocodile mouth which is not ideal for human language.

His followers are called Offlians, and the first month of the Agricultural year, Offle, is also named after him.

The traditional sacrifice to Offler when praying is composed mainly of sausages, (this is possibly a reference to a crocodile and a string of sausages in a traditional Punch and Judy show). The sausages are fried, allowing the "true sausagidity" to ascend to Offler by means of smell, while the clergy eat the "earthly shell" of the sausages, which the clergy claim taste like ash, as Offler has eaten their essence. Atheists and non-offlerians are suspicious of this claim.