D&D 4E 4e Core Gods

[Remathilis]

After Races & Classes came out, I did some checking and got this as a pantheon

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?threadid=214722

01 Bahamut (Valor)
02 Tiamat (Vengeance)
03 Moradin (Crafting)
04 Correllon (Magic)
05 Sehanine (Moon)
06 Obad Hai (Forest, Agriculture)
07 Avandra (Luck, Chance)
08 Asmodeus (Deceit)
09 Pelor (Sun)
10 Kord (Strength, Storms) <- Thor Replacement
11 Bane (War, Tyranny)
12 Vecna (Secrets, Forbidden Knowledge)
13 Ioun (Learning, Knowledge)
14 Erathis (Civilization)
15 The Raven Queen (Death, Winter)
16 Zehir (Darkness)
17 Torog (?)
18 Gruumsh (Slaughter)
19 Lolth (Spiders, Treachery)
20 Melora (Wilderness)
+1 Tharizdun (Evil, Demons)

Still wondering what Torog is god of...

 

[Wormwood]

After Races & Classes came out, I did some checking and got this as a pantheon.

Great list---thanks!

 

[Abstraction]

Didn't I read somewhere that Lolth would be goddess of the moon? Or one of the moons?

 

[Remathilis]

Didn't I read somewhere that Lolth would be goddess of the moon? Or one of the moons?

She WAS the goddess of the new moon, opposite Sehanie, goddess of the full moon. (hence the black skin/light hair opposite coloring)

 

[Wormwood]

Didn't I read somewhere that Lolth would be goddess of the moon? Or one of the moons?

I seem to recall something about the New Moon, but now I can't find anything.

edit: aaand scooped.

 

[Moonshade]

However, I'm surprised by the lack of deities for certain common portfolio's-

The lack of a sea deity stood out for me. Maybe Kord (Storms) or Melora (Wilderness) can serve in that role, but a deity focusing specifically on the sea would still be useful in pirate campaigns - it's not a "non-adventuring" environment/theme like the agriculture/doorways examples mentioned by WOTC.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

The Raven Queen is most likely based on the Celtic Goddess Morrigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrigan

For some information, the raven part comes from one of her harbingers been the Raven which rested on Cúchulainn's shoulder to signal his doom was ahead.

 

[LeaderDesslok]

I like this list, get rid of Obad-hai and no more silly names.

Right, only "serious" names like Ioun, Gruumsh, Torog or Llolth.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I like this set up.

It's got enough depth that the mundane aspects of the world won't be left out (Kord is the god of Weather, too!) and so that clerics aren't scaring away undead with the frightening power of Doctor Swordopolis, God of Swords (meaning that even the 'adventuring' deities have non-adventuring groundings).

I am totally behind making the racial gods more general.

Neat! This may rekindle my desire to do a Deity-A-Week style thing.

 

[fuindordm]

God of secrets, eh?

If that's Vecna's schtick, I'm going to have a lot of fun inspired by that monk of the "lost moment" character from Iron Council (by China Miéville).