Questions based on Faiths and Pantheons [Archive] - Wizards Community

Questions based on Faiths and Pantheons [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Elaurin
04-07-07, 11:51 AM I just picked up Faiths and Pantheons and I have 2 questions.

Why are certain deities considered major and the rest (i.e. the professor and Mary Ann of gods)? It seems that number of worshipers put them in the greater, intermediate, lesser, etc. categories and that a bunch of "lesser" and "intermediate" deities are in the major list?

Why do deities such as Azuth and Kossuth not have avatars?

Thanks.
Faraer
04-07-07, 02:35 PM The 'major' gods are just the ones the editors and authors of the book thought were most used by players and DMs, hence the most worthy of detail in a book of finite size. That's independent of the greater, intermediate, lesser classification.

Azuth and Kossuth do manifest avatars.
Lord Karsus
04-07-07, 08:39 PM The 'major' gods are just the ones the editors and authors of the book thought were most used by players and DMs, hence the most worthy of detail in a book of finite size. That's independent of the greater, intermediate, lesser classification.

-Hence the reason Lolth and Eilistraee are listed in the Faerūnian Pantheon, and not in the Drow Panthon.
Zanan
04-08-07, 05:02 AM -Hence the reason Lolth and Eilistraee are listed in the Faerūnian Pantheon, and not in the Drow Panthon.

That is probably as much as correct as the ranking "major" Faraer described above. It is pretty clear where Lolth and Eilistraee belong. One wonders why Corellon didn't make it though, or any of the dwarven big ones. But IMHO F&P was just an initial book dedicated to some "major" deities and hopefully we will see full substitutes for the Faiths & Avatars series in the near future.
Faraer
04-08-07, 01:24 PM That would be worthwhile if it contributed new information on priesthoods, rituals, and so on, but you'd need several books to recap the existing information (remember how small the print is in the F&A series) and provide substantial new lore.
Zanan
04-08-07, 03:51 PM Well ... it would most likely be something FRCS-style. The writing in there isn't that bigger and if they refrain from extensive PrC description variants*, but have e.g. Initiate feats for all faiths, the start would have been made.

*Just keep them in Faiths & Pantheons - style, not the City of Splendours one.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Elaurin 04-07-07, 11:51 AM	I just picked up Faiths and Pantheons and I have 2 questions. Why are certain deities considered major and the rest (i.e. the professor and Mary Ann of gods)? It seems that number of worshipers put them in the greater, intermediate, lesser, etc. categories and that a bunch of "lesser" and "intermediate" deities are in the major list? Why do deities such as Azuth and Kossuth not have avatars? Thanks.
Faraer 04-07-07, 02:35 PM	The 'major' gods are just the ones the editors and authors of the book thought were most used by players and DMs, hence the most worthy of detail in a book of finite size. That's independent of the greater, intermediate, lesser classification. Azuth and Kossuth do manifest avatars.
Lord Karsus 04-07-07, 08:39 PM	The 'major' gods are just the ones the editors and authors of the book thought were most used by players and DMs, hence the most worthy of detail in a book of finite size. That's independent of the greater, intermediate, lesser classification. -Hence the reason Lolth and Eilistraee are listed in the Faerūnian Pantheon, and not in the Drow Panthon.
Zanan 04-08-07, 05:02 AM	-Hence the reason Lolth and Eilistraee are listed in the Faerūnian Pantheon, and not in the Drow Panthon. That is probably as much as correct as the ranking "major" Faraer described above. It is pretty clear where Lolth and Eilistraee belong. One wonders why Corellon didn't make it though, or any of the dwarven big ones. But IMHO F&P was just an initial book dedicated to some "major" deities and hopefully we will see full substitutes for the Faiths & Avatars series in the near future.
Faraer 04-08-07, 01:24 PM	That would be worthwhile if it contributed new information on priesthoods, rituals, and so on, but you'd need several books to recap the existing information (remember how small the print is in the F&A series) and provide substantial new lore.
Zanan 04-08-07, 03:51 PM	Well ... it would most likely be something FRCS-style. The writing in there isn't that bigger and if they refrain from extensive PrC description variants, but have e.g. Initiate feats for all faiths, the start would have been made. Just keep them in Faiths & Pantheons - style, not the City of Splendours one.