Editing Zinzerena (section)

==Church==
Zinzerena's anarchistic goals and hatred of Lolth make her popular with the drow commoners, but outcast amongst the establishment. Her faithful come from all walks of life, but all share in common a rebellious spirit and a desire for change, and thus whether they are dissidents in disguise or outright outcasts, they wish to tear down what Lolth has forged. Her clerics typically multiclass as [[fighter]]s or [[rogue]]s - ironically, despite her association with illusion magic, it's never suggested that her following has much popularity amongst [[illusionist]]s. "On Hallowed Ground" states that she's particularly popular amongst the [[Revolutionary League]], who find her anarchistic callings a perfect mesh for their own.

Zinzerena's followers believe in the value of cruelty, stealth, misdirection, and survival by any means necessary.

5th edition tweaked her by making her the drow goddess of illusion magic, a position in part shared by [[Malyk]] (god of arcane and wild magic), often depicted as her brother or lover (or both). But whereas Malyk is associated with [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|sorcerers]] and particularly [[Wild Mage]]s, Zinzerena is associated with [[wizard]]s, particularly [[illusionist]]s. For this reason, worship of Zinzerena is tolerated. However, arcane magic is looked down upon as a "weaker" magic in the drow theocracy, and thus female drow are discouraged from worshipping her, as wizardry is seen as something only males should do. In fact, even a rumor of being a wizard can be deadly for a female drow's reputation. But... wizardly magic is such a useful tool that many ambitious females study it all the same, establishing secret alliances with Zinzerena's cult in order to further their studies without being found out.

Amazingly, despite this, the Tome of Foes didn't officially give her the Arcana domain, leaving her with just Trickery! Most reasonable DMs would agree that an Arcana Cleric of Zinzerena makes perfect sense.