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

During the 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 Divine War 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 Helm, the Great Guard Protection Life, Light, Twilight Upright left gauntlet with an eye on it
6 Jergal, the Reaper Death Grave White human skull
7 Lolth, the Queen of Spiders Darkness, Spiders, Underdark, Drow Trickery, War, Nature Spider
8 Maglubiyet, the Mighty One War, Conquest, Goblinoids War Bloody axe
9 Moradin, the Soul Forger Craft, Invention, Dwarves Forge, Knowledge, War Hammer and anvil
10 Oghma, the Knowing Truth, Knowledge Knowledge, Arcana Half-circle, curve pointing up or left hand
11 Pelor, the Dawn Father Life, the Sun, Healing, Harvest Life, Light Sun
12 Rend, the Lawbearer Law, Order, Perfection Order Circle with a horizontal line
13 Rilis, the Unknowable Dreams, Madness Dream, Madness Red X
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

Bahamut, Helm, 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 Arathame. It is theorized that while the other gods were once mortals that have ascended to godhood, the elder gods were simply always gods.

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