William Ronald said:
As for Bes, perhaps it is best to mention that he is CONSIDERED an aspect of Vergadain in the Forgotten Realms. In other settings, this would not be the case.
I disagree. For one thing, I'm not drawing lines about which deities are specific to which campaigns. It's up to individual DMs to do that. Likewise, I specifically mentioned that the minor aliases (like those in the
Faiths & Avatars books) aren't mentioned, and that has a reason. The aliases given here are meant to be major aliases; that is, the same god is listed in a different book under another name. Footnotes regarding a different name like that aren't major enough to note (though they remain very interesting).
(In my opinion, real world mythologies and how they handle things should trump the deities of various settings. I won't even get into the alighment errors and other errors on the entire Celtic pantheon.)
I'm of the opinion that D&D shouldn't be too concerned with the specifics of real-world material that it draws on. It is, after all, only a game.
As an aside, I'm having, as Clueless noted, some real trouble getting to even look at a copy of
Heroes of Horror. If someone could mention the alignment and portfolio (the exact portfolio, word for word) of Cas, from that, I'd be grateful.
Also, this update includes an extra special thanks to Clueless, who's been instrumental in making this list available on the web. Thanks Clueless!
