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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 7978075" data-attributes="member: 5948">If you want an alternative approach, instead of just combining allied gods, or gods with similar interests, combine opposites.  Every god becomes a janus-like two-faced figure, with a good and evil aspect (or several of them!).  Opens up a lot of scope for plots and intrigues within religions in-campaign when PCs can't just assume that because someone's a cleric of god X, they're of alignment Y.(you can probably trim a few down or combine them as well, tbh, minor gods become alternate aspects of the dual god)Without attempting a complete list...Tymora and Beshaba is basically canonical anyway.  Selune and Shar Chauntea (and Gwaeron and Mielikki and Lurue) and Malar (in the good/evil duality model we don't need Silvanus anymore either, he can go in here too) Umberlee and ValkurLlira and LoviatarIlmater and TalonaTyr/Hoar/Bane (and possibly some others, like maybe Ladguer, Helm, Torm?).  I think the mirror-image thing works better when the gods your combining have the same lawful/chaotic alignment aspect - it's hard to combine a LG with a CE god...Kelemvor (in his vaguely NG, pre-Cyric's trial iteration) and Myrkul (and you can stick Urogalan in there too)Leira and Cyric. And probably Mask as well.All the magic gods - Mystra, Savras, VelsharoonBahamut and Tiamat, of course.</blockquote>