Goddess of healing, she cries whenever someone dies that could have been saved. Whether death comes from war, or famine, poison or disease she regrets any of those who pass before their time. She also understands that strength is required, to reach those places most in need of her priests’ healing powers. Her temples are many, easy to reach, and her priests are taught never to turn someone away who needs their assistance.

Goddess of nature and of the wild, that part of nature that provides the fire from her wood, food from her animals, and protections to those that would find balance with nature. She realizes that o­ne must take some from nature to survive, and as long as o­ne respects it, she accepts the loss as a necessary part of the cycle of life. To those that would despoil nature and destroy its balance, she saves her full wrath of storms and attacks from the animals that dwell in the deepest parts of her forests. Temples to her are usually of wood and trees, cultivated and grown naturally, and tended by great druids that watch over her forests.

Tyr is the god of law and justice. The followers of Tyr are those who believe in passive regulation of law.

The Creator of Elvenkind embodies the highest ideals of elvenkind, and he is the patron of most aesthetic endeavors, including art, magic, music, poetry and warfare. Through Art and Craft, bring forth the beuty that envelops and let the spirit gambol unfettered. The song of joy and the dance of freedom shall ever soar o­n the wings of those who dare to take flight. Guard against slow death of stultifying sameness by seeking out new experiences and new ways. Ward against those who seek o­nly to destroy in their inability to create and commune with the natural and mystical world. Be ever vigilant in force of arms and might of magic against any return of the banished darkness, and also be strong in heart against the corruption from within which allowed the Spider Queen to foment chaos and evil.

Torm is the patron of paladins and those who face danger for a greater good. He is the war arm and champion of Tyr the Lord of Justice, delivering justice to those who are evil, deceitful, and destructive, and acting to keep law, order and loyalty everywhere. The Loyal Fury is unflinching in his duty and judges his faithful accordingly. He is stern, righteous, and unyielding, yet his heart is filled first and foremost with goodness, and he can be a kind and gentle power when dealing with the young, the weak, and faithful friends of all sorts.

Hextor is worshipped by evil warriors and assassins, mercenaries and murders. His following has always been strongest within the lands. Services to him include discordant music from wind instruments, shouting and screaming, and the striking of iron weapons. The greatest temples are built o­n sites of great battles or bloodshed. His clerics are skilled combatants and assassins, cruel and violent, bereft of subtlety while still being cunning and wily. Hextor’s clerics constantly train themselves in the art of war, for they plan or lead attacks o­n rebels and do-gooders. Many serve petty or powerful leaders, still others have achieved significant political positions of their own. The church hierarchy is rigid, dominated by strength and cruelty.

Mystra is the goddess of magic.She is most venerated by wizards and those that use magic or magical items in their daily use as she is the essential force that makes all spellcasting possible. Choice. Decision. Knowledge. Leavened with a healthy dose of good for the most individuals, these are the hallmarks of Mystra’s faith. Magic is a great power, and brings with it great responsibility.

Tymora is fickle but playful and never vengeful or malicious. Tymora’s faith is o­ne of the most common since it caters most heavily to a highly mobile, relatively wealthy, and intrinsically powerful group who live by their wits and by their luck: adventurers. Tymora’s faith teaches that o­ne should be bold, for to dare is to live. o­ne must place o­neself in the hands of fate and trust to o­ne’s own luck.

Followers of the Crying God are often perceived as be intentional suffers, to the point of ridicule by some. However, they are known as some of the best healers in the realms, and are often found in some of the worst possible conditions, helping the oppressed, the diseased and the poor. In adventuring groups, they are often the o­nes who will take all risks to save a person in danger, putting the needs of others above their own, to the exclusion of their personal risk.

Specialty clerics of Gond have an aptitude for devices, which includes mechanical locks. They may pick locks, given proper tools, as a thief of half their level. Specialty priests of Gond cannot turn or command undead. Gnomes may be priests of Gond. This vocation is frowned o­n in most gnomish communities, but the deity is slowly gaining acceptance among these people.

Vhaeraun (vay-rawn) is the son of Corellon and Lloth and the brother of Eilistraee. He is allied with Mask, Shar, and Talona. He was cast out of the elven pantheon, along with his mother (Lloth), after his and his mother’s betrayal was discovered.

Vhaeraun is the god of thievery and the furthering of drow power o­n the surface world. He is also the patron deity of drow males, teaching a heresy (according to Lloth) that drow males are the equals of drow females. Vhaerun is haughty and proud, like all drow deities. He favours underhanded means and treachery to achieve his goals. His priesthood is exclusively male, and priests usually hide their true vocation in drow communities. Vhaerun has hair and eyes that change colour with his emotional state (red when angry, blue when amused, gold when triumphant, etc.) Vhaerun is passively opposed to Lloth. He knows he is not powerful enough to oppose her directly… Yet. Vhaerun wishes to re-unite the elven people. He considers all elves to be superior to all other races, however, and wishes o­nly to have elves dominate all other races. Vhaerun’s loyalty is to all elves, but primarily the drow race. He would like to see the surface elves serving as the enforcers of the “true masters”, the drow, who would rule from the depths of the earth.

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Minor Drow Deity, the demi-goddess known as the Lady of the Dead, The Revenancer, The Vengeful Banshee, Goddess of undead and vengeance. She is called upon by those seeking retribution, the dark arts, or to prolong life. The Lady of the Dead is cruel, twisted, and consumed by thoughts of fear. For after the resurrection of Tenebrous, she began to question anything and everything fearing his vengeance. Kiaransalee descended into madness long ago, but she retains her twisted cunning and clear recollection of every slgiht or insult done to her—real or imagined. The Revenancer is powerfully chaotic and swift to anger, and she schemes dark revenges against all who have wronged her. Kiaransalee prefers the mindless company of the undead, whom she can manipulate at will, to sentient beings capable of independent thought. She prefers to solve problems herself rather than trust someone else to do justice to her vision.

Shar is the goddess of darkness, night, loss, and forgetfulness. She resides in the extra dimensional plane of Hades. Shar is an unusual power, in that she seems to have multiple aspects that have different alignments. The aspect of Shar that deals with forgetfulness has a priesthood that is either neutral or neutral good for example. Shar’s main aspect is worshipped by those who deal in the night (such as thieves), who hate the light (such as drow, goblin races and their allies), and who feel bitterness and loss. Her symbol is a black disk with a border of deep purple. Loss is the nature of Shar, of pains hidden but not forgotten, of vengeances carefully nurtured away from the light, hidden from others. She is said to have the power to make her devout followers forget their pain, yet what occurs is that they become inured to the loss, treating it as a common and natural state of being. The basic inanity of life and foolishness of hope are the cornerstones of Shar’s being. She and her followers revel in the concealed, in that which is hidden, never to be revealed.

Selvetarm is the champion of Lolth and the patron of drow warriors. Seen as the embodiment of unequaled fighting prowess, Cruel and malicious by nature, Selvetarm cares o­nly for battle and destruction. The Champion of Lolth harbors a deep hatred for all living things, including his dominating mistress, and the o­nly beauty he can appreciate is a well-honed and deadly fighting style. Selvetarm can exhibit a great deal of patience while waiting for prey to fall into an ambush he has set, but he prefers the wild abandon of battle frenzy to a careful and deliberate attack.

Eilistraee, the “Dark Maiden”, is the goddess of the good drow - those rare dark elves who yearn for a return to life in the surface realms, an existence akin to that enjoyed by elves of the woodlands, left behind by the drow long ago. Eilistraee is a goddess of song and beauty, worshipped through song and dance, under the starts of a moonlit night. Eilistraee aids her faithful in hunting and swordcraft, and worship of her is usually accompanied by feasting. Eilistraee has worshippers of human, elven, and in particular half-elven stock. She is usually o­nly seen from afar, but her song (of unearthly beauty, driving many to tears) is heard whenever she appears. The evil of most drow banks a burning anger within her, and when her faithful are harmed, that anger is apt to spill out into wild action. It is not her way to act openly, but she often aids creatures she favors (whether they worship her or no) in small, immediately practical ways. The clergy of Eilistraee are female from any race. These priestesses much further the cause of beauty and song. They must always carry o­ne of their goddess’s favoured instruments, the horn, flute, or harp. Eilistraee is happiest when she looks o­n bards singing or composing, craftsmen at work, lovers, or acts of kindness.

Strength, obedience and order. Following these principles the Duergar build their strongholds seeking to destroy the others dwarves. Magic is a strong but dangerous ally. But knowledge is the hammer to craft the soul o­n the anvil of order. Nothing is easy, nothing is free, and those who are too weak must serve or perish. Clerics of Laduguer are lore masters and teachers. Natural leaders of the duergar community, they know no pity for those who fail. Their temples are dark and strongly fortified, containing large stables for steeders. They train to fight other dwarves and other races of the Underdark that oppose them.

Deep Duerra is the goddess of Conquest, expansion, duegar warriors, and the invisible arts. Followers are expected to be capable leaders, who use cunning strategy to defend enemies in an endless quest for power. They are usually leaders of scout parties.