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Message: <blockquote data-quote="conanb" data-source="post: 3651066" data-attributes="member: 17930"><p>I think the problem here is the definition of "Major" deity in the Forgotten Realms setting. I don't think this refers to their overall amount of worship as it does to their power and standing in the heirarchy of the gods. Bane is a major deity in FR but I wouldn't say that most civilized places would have churches or open shrines to him unless those places were inherently evil. Zhentil Keep and the Zhentarium would worship him, but good luck finding a church or shrine supporting him in any of the Dalelands or Cormyr. I think it's important to take into account geography and the religion. A religion check would tell the player if what they worshipped should be open or secret where they are. If it's secret, then he should know to hide his holy symbol and know that finding the local church isn't going to be that easy. He's going to have to ask around and prove that he's a true believer to the locals. Remember he's an outsider. If you think that this is an underground church due to what they percieve as persecution their going to be very careful about trusting someone they don't know. He might have to earn their trust first by doing something before being allowed access, or prove his truth by taking some sort of ritual or test. I don't think that when a deity is described as Major that they are instantly worshipped everywhere. Geography is the question, where are they? Shar in the underdark is going to have temples everywhere, in contrast to Suzail where I think she would be banned and have a hidden temple or shrine where only the locals worship at.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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