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Message: <blockquote data-quote="discosoc" data-source="post: 7122165" data-attributes="member: 6801554">Specifically, they were allowed into the Realms by Ao.  He's basically the key to it all, and any story where some pantheon moves in *without* his blessing and/or knowledge is breaking the FR lore in a pretty major way.  That doesn't mean you can add a new pantheon (the reasoning can be vague or something like "they struck an agreement" or whatever), but it does mean you have to understand how "portfolios" work in the setting.Basically, each deity has a "portfolio," which is a collection of ideas/skills/concepts/etc that they control (magic, crafting, love, war, weather, crocodiles, etc), and an area of influence that's usually tied to a race or culture, and almost always tied to a geographic location.  A "Pantheon" is nothing more than a collection of deities that are all part of the same area of influence (elven gods, faerunian gods, mulhorandi gods, etc).  Within a sphere of influence (or pantheon), no two gods can have overlapping portfolios.  Outside of the pantheon's sphere of influence, overlapping can exist (such as common concepts like war or the sun).So the main challenge in adding a new pantheon is two-fold:1.  What brought them to Toril and why are they allowed to stay?  Gods are supposed to be tied places, to the extent that an immortal and infinite being can be, so if a pantheon makes the move to Toril, it means they are leaving somewhere else.  You might want to know why they are leaving in the first place.2.  What is their area of influence?  Forgotten Realms is big, but most of the known regions already have their territory claimed by other pantheons.  This means you might need to have the pantheon's worshipers hail from another land or undiscovered island or something.  As long as the pantheon isn't portrayed as being crazy powerful or war-like, I guess it's possible that a fairly small part of an isolated or otherwise wild region like The Eastern Shaar could be made home to a new pantheon.  Anyway, you'll need to make sure it's clear exactly where this pantheon's sphere of influence is, especially since it doesn't seem to be tied to a specific race.</blockquote>

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