Gods

Gods (or deities) are entities of great power that control some aspects of mortals lives.

During the Arathama, or Divine War, many gods were killed and their divine sparks were taken by or given to mortals who became gods themselves. At different points of history different entities exist there are only 20 divine sparks in existence so only 20 gods can exist at a time. The Arathama ended with the creation of the Divine Pact.

Due to the Divine Pact, the powers of gods are severely limited. They can not interfere with the lives of mortals aside from giving power to clerics and celestials, and they can not enter the material plane or any of the inner planes (feywild, shadowfell, and the elemental planes).

Many other powerful entities are worshiped like gods. Many cultures also practice ancestor worship. Gods are not the only entities that can give powers to followers, but they are the most common.

List of Gods

d20	Name	Portfolio	Suggested Domains	Symbol
1	Akadi, the Lady of Air	Freedom, Flight, Sky, Travel	Tempest, Nature	Cloud
2	Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon	Justice, Honor, Community, Metallic dragons	Order, Life, War	Dragon's head in profile
3	Cyric, the Song and Story	Art, Story, Creativity, Lies, Trickery	Trickery, Knowledge, Zeal	Half-circle, curve pointing down or smile
4	Eadro, the Deliverer	Oceans, Water, Storms	Tempest, Nature	Spiral design
5	Jergal, the Reaper	Death	Grave	White human skull
6	Lolth, the Queen of Spiders	Darkness, Spiders, Underdark, Drow	Trickery, War, Nature	Spider
7	Maglubiyet, the Mighty One	War, Conquest, Goblinoids	War	Bloody axe
8	Moradin, the Soul Forger	Craft, Invention, Dwarves	Forge, Knowledge, War	Hammer and anvil
9	Oghma, the Knowing	Truth, Knowledge	Knowledge, Arcana	Half-circle, curve pointing up or left hand
10	Pelor, the Dawn Father	Life, the Sun, Healing, Harvest	Life, Light	Sun
11	Rend, the Lawbearer	Law, Order, Perfection	Order	Circle with a horizontal line
12	Rilis, the Unknowable	Dreams, Madness	Dream, Madness	Red X
13	Shar, the Nightbringer	Night, Self-reliance, the Moon, Thieves	Trickery, Death	Black disk with purple border
14	Silvanus, the Old Father	Nature, Plants, Animals	Nature	Oak leaf
15	Sune, the Love Lady	Love, Passion, Fun, Beauty	Trickery, Life, Zeal	Coiled snake
16	Tiamat, the Avaricious	Greed, Self-interest, Chromatic dragons	Trickery, Chaos, War	Dragon head with five claw marks
17	Tymora, the Lady Luck	Luck, Fortune, Bad Luck, Misfortune	Luck	Regular icosahedron
18	Vall, the Whispered One	Undeath, Necromancy, Arcana	Death, Arcana	Skull with five teeth
19	Waukeen, the Coinmaiden	Money, Trade, Negotiation	Knowledge, Trickery	Square in an octogon
20	Zôz, the Traveler	Chaos, Change, Destruction, Creation	Chaos	Eight curved lines in a circle (like an aperture)

Pantheons

Sometimes gods are worshiped in groups, called pantheons.

Seven Divines

Akadi, Bahamut, Moradin, Oghma, Pelor, Sune, and Waukeen compose the Seven Divines. The Seven Divines are seen as the gods that want to help mortals the most and use their influence for good. The Seven Divines are commonly worshiped throughout the Kingdom of Goldmask and Inenbom. An seven-pointed star is commonly used as a symbol for the Seven.

Realmkeepers

Akadi, Eadro, Lolth, and Silvanus are sometimes worshiped as a group called the Realmkeepers. They are seen as keeping balance between the sky, the sea, the underdark, and the earth respectively. This is one of the few cases where Lolth is viewed as a good deity. The Realmkeepers are more commonly worshiped by elves to the east, in Yicalia and Voricia.

Dark Triumvirate

Lolth, Tiamat, and Vall make up the Dark Triumvirate. Worship of these gods is often shunned and discouraged, leading them to be worshiped in secret. This commonality united these gods and their followers, forming the Dark Triumvirate.

Elder Gods

Cyric, Jergal, Oghma, Pelor, Rend, and Zôz are the Elder Gods, as they have been gods since long before the Arathama. It is theorized that while the other gods were once mortals that have ascended to godhood, the elder gods were simply always gods.

See also

• Category:Gods