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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8109317" data-attributes="member: 7023887">Here's some quotes to prove that druids don't have to worship nature or nature deities:First, from the SCAG's druid section:"The druids of the Realms venerate nature in all its forms, as well as the gods of the First Circle, those deities closest to the power and majesty of the natural world. That group of gods includes Chauntea, Eldath, Mielikki, Silvanus, as well as Auril, Malar, Talos, and Umberlee, for nature is many-sided and not always kind.Unlike clerics, who typically serve a single deity, druids revere all the gods of the First Circle in their turn, and see them as embodiments of the natural world, which moves in cycles: creation and destruction, waxing and withering, life and death. Although they are most strongly associated with sylvan forests, druids care for all aspects of the land, including frozen mountains, burning deserts, rolling hills, and rough coasts."Next, from the PHB's Druid section:"Druids revere nature above all, gaining their spells and other magical powers either from the force of nature itself or from a nature deity."Lastly, also from the PHB, but this is from the Nature Cleric section:"Druids revere nature as a whole and might serve one of these deities, practicing mysterious rites and reciting all-but-forgotten prayers in their own secret tongue. But many of these gods have clerics as well, champions who take a more active role in advancing the interests of a particular nature god. These clerics might hunt the evil monstrosities that despoil the woodlands, bless the harvest of the faithful, or wither the crops of those who anger their gods."So, to conclude from what 5e tells us, Druids don't serve a deity of nature to get their power and they don't worship nature, they instead just draw their power from nature through revering and venerating nature. They act as embodiments of nature in all of its various forms, from the fires, floods, storms, and wildlife of the wilds. Nature clerics instead worship the concept nature or a nature deity/deities. As clerics no longer have to worship a deity and can instead worship a the concept of their domain, nature clerics are the ones who can worship nature.</blockquote>

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