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In which case the usefulness of the Wall as a piece of realmslore that contributes positively to gameplay is brought into question as it is almost impossible for anyone to not have a patron deity.

Can you outline what makes someone a false worshiper? We can run around this merry go round all day long. It comes down to this: Patron deity: A deity that holds significance to that person. Worshiping gods as part of your daily life will likely result in you worshiping a god more than other...

Why? You said a patron deity is a god that has particular significance to the person's life, like Chauntea does to a farmer. If I am praying to gods as part of my daily life, am I not going to pray to one god more than another dependent on what I spend my days doing? Why must I, during...

So I ask again: Is it possible for someone who prays to the gods on a daily basis to NOT have a patron deity? If it doesn't ever come up or contribute towards game play why have it? Indeed. As I've said (a few times now) in My Realms there is no Wall of the Faithless. Problem solved. Although...

If the OGL was revocable, would WotC not have done so instead of forcing businesses to willingly give up their rights to use the OGL in return for being allowed to use the GSL? (This is in reference to the first version(s) of the GSL).

So here's a question: If I choose not to specify a single deity as my patron deity in character creation but instead pray to certain deities throughout gameplay, do I or do I not have a patron deity? If it means I do have a patron deity, does not anyone who prays to the gods end up having a...

Can you please define what is a patron deity then? The bolded part is me, as a DM, now making a value judgement as to whether or not the player in question worshiped the gods "enough" during gameplay to be considered as to not have just paid lip service. The bolded part does have the qualifier...

If the wall was for the insane (as you would have to be insane not to believe in gods in a world filled with miracles and angels on a somewhat daily basis) who actually believed the gods didn't exist that would be one thing. But it's for people who dare not show enough devotion. How much...

Here is the writeup on Gond I created for my players in my current campaign: Gondar churches are styled quite differently to most other churches. A small chapel is erected next to a guild house. This chapel provides space for the clergy and the guilds members to meet with the public. However...

I run the Forgotten Realms so adventurers are a known thing and their deeds are immortalised in the tales of bards. However most people who set out to become adventurers, are more likely to end up as a mercenary or treasure hunter. A rare few successfully carve out a kingdom for themselves and...

Are there (m)any Olympians we would identify with as neutral good or lawful good though? Zeus had a habit of transforming into animals, kidnapping women and then having sex with them (dunno if he made sure he got consent though). He isn't exactly what I'd call good aligned and he led the whole...

I love Faiths and Avatars and have used it since I first gaming in the Forgotten Realms back in 2008. However with that said, the Wall of the Faithless is one of the goofiest ideas I've ever heard and (IMO) doesn't really reflect how a polytheistic society works. In My Realms it doesn't exist...

Nope. But with a blank map (and considerable amount of time) you can add whatever you like to it.

Included in the PDF is a nice big copy that doesn't have all the labels. This has allowed me to make a "Player Friendly" version of the map of Cormyr and the Stonelands and then create a DM copy of the map. Here's a copy of my current WIP.

They did exactly that in the PHB. If that's what you want, that's what you've got. Except now no matter which god you pick you've got the information you need to roleplay a cleric or follower. Look at the table, select the domain you want and read up on one or more gods of that domain. Read as...

There's really nowhere that covers this. Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide largely just covers the worshipers and currently there are worshipers of Amaunator and Lathander. How that's resolved is entirely up to the DM. If you want a hardline "this is canon" answer though, after the Time of Troubles...

I'm glad they've gone back to the 1e/2e scale. The idea of "Faerun is too big" fed directly into "every nook and cranny has been detailed" which fed into "let's blow up half the Realms." People who want to gloss over travel times can easily do it without shrinking down the Realms.

This would have been complained about even more with people declaring they can't play a priest of 2/3rds of the gods because they weren't deemed important enough to get a writeup. It would also have borne a striking resemblance to how 4th ed handled the gods. Only a few gods were killed or...

Your claim was that it's splitting the player base because people don't play more than one edition. You have now changed it to people typically don't play more than one edition which is fair enough. However what we don't have is data on how many 2nd edition players came on board for 3.5, 4e...

Ed Greenwood's philosophy has always been for every question a sourcebook answers it should raise two more questions and leave them unanswered. Now this philosophy hasn't always been followed but it's one I certainly appreciate as a DM. I don't want every question answered, I want just enough to...