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<blockquote data-quote="gyor" data-source="post: 7129134" data-attributes="member: 6670153">I can't speak to Greyhawk,&nbsp; but the main Faerun Pantheon is basically a racial Pantheon for humans,&nbsp; or at least one of them. &nbsp;See once the humans of Faerun had a bunch of Pantheons,&nbsp; the Yuirwood Pantheon,&nbsp; Talfir Pantheon, Jhaamdath Pantheon, Netherese Pantheon, Mulhorand Pantheon, Unther Pantheon and some others,along with racial pantheons.&nbsp;But as these different peoples worshipping these different pantheons started meeting up and intermixing more,&nbsp; and so did their Gods,&nbsp; so because AO declared that their couldn't be more then one God (more powerful then Demigod) holding a particular portifiolo in a single Pantheon,&nbsp; the these Gods battled it out. &nbsp;Eventually many Gods died or got demoted to Demigod,&nbsp; forging the Faerun Pantheon. &nbsp;Three major exceptions to that we're the Mulhorandi Gods (Mulhorandi Gods mostly kept to Mulhorand territory with a few exceptions)&nbsp; Untheric Gods (same as Mulhorand, but for Unther),&nbsp; and racial Gods for Elves/Halfling/Dwarves/Giants/and so on. &nbsp;A couple of Deities had dual citizenship,&nbsp; Sharess/Bast and Mask ended up was a members of both the Faerun and Mulhorand Pantheons, and Tiamat and Hoar ended up dual citizen of the Untherite and Faerun Pantheons. &nbsp;Also just because a racial Pantheon exists doesn't mean that those Gods exclude worshippers outside of that race. &nbsp;You can be a human or Dragonborn worshipping Corellon,&nbsp; even though he is the God of Elves. &nbsp;Back in 2e there was more limitations,&nbsp; but those have been tossed long ago. &nbsp;And of since the Tuigan invasion caused an increase in Shou in Faerun,&nbsp; and then the Spellplague and possibly the Sundering as well,&nbsp; you likely have the appearance in Faerun of The Path of Enlightment (worships the Celestial Emperor and the Celestial Buracurcy), The Way (not deity centred),&nbsp; The Padshans (Buddhism proxy),&nbsp; and the religion of 8,000,000 gods. &nbsp;Malatra in Kara Tur also has the Lords of Creation,&nbsp; a form of pre Hindu Vedic religion where Indra is depicted as a woman instead of a man. &nbsp;Out in Zakhara they don't really do racial Gods,&nbsp; instead the divide is between Enlighten Gods who follow the teachings of the Loregiver,&nbsp; and Savage Gods which is every other deity. Oh and they also have a religion where people worship living idols,&nbsp; statues that are alve and grant benefits for sacrifices.&nbsp; &nbsp;Then in far off Matizica they have their own Aztec inspired Pantheon and the Catlord of the Tabaxi. &nbsp;On the continent of Osse they worship Spirits and Ancestors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gyor, post: 7129134, member: 6670153"] I can't speak to Greyhawk, but the main Faerun Pantheon is basically a racial Pantheon for humans, or at least one of them. See once the humans of Faerun had a bunch of Pantheons, the Yuirwood Pantheon, Talfir Pantheon, Jhaamdath Pantheon, Netherese Pantheon, Mulhorand Pantheon, Unther Pantheon and some others,along with racial pantheons. But as these different peoples worshipping these different pantheons started meeting up and intermixing more, and so did their Gods, so because AO declared that their couldn't be more then one God (more powerful then Demigod) holding a particular portifiolo in a single Pantheon, the these Gods battled it out. Eventually many Gods died or got demoted to Demigod, forging the Faerun Pantheon. Three major exceptions to that we're the Mulhorandi Gods (Mulhorandi Gods mostly kept to Mulhorand territory with a few exceptions) Untheric Gods (same as Mulhorand, but for Unther), and racial Gods for Elves/Halfling/Dwarves/Giants/and so on. A couple of Deities had dual citizenship, Sharess/Bast and Mask ended up was a members of both the Faerun and Mulhorand Pantheons, and Tiamat and Hoar ended up dual citizen of the Untherite and Faerun Pantheons. Also just because a racial Pantheon exists doesn't mean that those Gods exclude worshippers outside of that race. You can be a human or Dragonborn worshipping Corellon, even though he is the God of Elves. Back in 2e there was more limitations, but those have been tossed long ago. And of since the Tuigan invasion caused an increase in Shou in Faerun, and then the Spellplague and possibly the Sundering as well, you likely have the appearance in Faerun of The Path of Enlightment (worships the Celestial Emperor and the Celestial Buracurcy), The Way (not deity centred), The Padshans (Buddhism proxy), and the religion of 8,000,000 gods. Malatra in Kara Tur also has the Lords of Creation, a form of pre Hindu Vedic religion where Indra is depicted as a woman instead of a man. Out in Zakhara they don't really do racial Gods, instead the divide is between Enlighten Gods who follow the teachings of the Loregiver, and Savage Gods which is every other deity. Oh and they also have a religion where people worship living idols, statues that are alve and grant benefits for sacrifices. Then in far off Matizica they have their own Aztec inspired Pantheon and the Catlord of the Tabaxi. On the continent of Osse they worship Spirits and Ancestors. [/QUOTE]

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