Gods of Dungeons & Dragons

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Within all roleplaying games (outside of Warhammer 40k's Dark Heresy, where thinking outside the box is Heresy) there are deities. Whether they are good or bad, they exist.

This list will more or less contain the 3.5e versions of the deities, and how they can be used to portray characters in your settings.

Dragonlance

The gods of Dragonlance each have a constellation in the night sky or one of the three moons. When a god walks in the world among mortals, that constellation is absent from the sky, which is a dead giveaway to the other gods that someone is mucking about where they don't belong.

Gods of Good

• Branchala (the harp), music, inspiration, bards
• Habbakuk (the phoenix), persistence, animals, rangers
• Kiri-Jolith (the bison's head), unity, strength, fighters
• Majere (the rose), discipline, dreams, monks
• Mishakal (the figure-eight), restoration, motherhood, healers
• Paladine (the platinum dragon), majesty, aspirations, leaders
• Solinari (the silver moon), magic used for good, wizards

Gods of Neutrality

• Chislev (a wandering star (planet)), instinct, natural world
• Gilean (the book), knowledge, librarians, scholars
• Lunitari (the red moon), magic used for neutrality, wizards
• Reorx (a red star), creation, craftsmen, dwarves and gnomes
• Shinare (a wandering star (planet)), interaction, agreements, merchants
• Sirrion (a wandering star (planet)), transformation, fire, artists and alchemists
• Zivilyn (a wandering star (planet)), wisdom, awareness, completely impartial

Gods of Evil

• Chemosh (the goat skull), fatalism, despair, undead
• Hiddukel (the broken scale), exploitation, selfishness, thieves
• Morgion (the diseased hood), decay, disease, suffering
• Nuitari (the black (invisible) moon), magic used for evil, wizards
• Sargonnas (the condor), wrath, revenge, minotaurs
• Takhisis (the five-headed dragon), control, conquest, tyrants
• Zeboim (the dragon-turtle), strife, mood-swings, bane of sailors

Greyhawk

To make things more complicated, the gods that appear in the Flanaess originated from a number of ethnic groups appearing in the setting. The Oerdian, Baklunish, Flan and Suloise peoples all have their own gods, some of them overlapping. Some gods are revered by multiple groups and have no direct origin, while others are worshipped in only one region. Below are listed a number of these deities.

Greater Deities

• Beory, the Oerth Mother.
• Boccob, god of magic, arcane knowledge, balance and foresight.
• Incabulos, god of plague, famine, disease and disaster.
• Istus, goddess of of fate, destiny and the future.
• Nerull, god of death, darkness, murder and the underworld.
• Pelor, god of sun, light, strength and healing. More humans worship Pelor than any other deity.
• Rao, god of peace and reason.

Intermediate Deities

• Celestian, god of the stars, wanderers and space.
• Ehlonna, goddess of forests, woodlands, flora & fauna, and fertility.
• Erythnul, god of hate, envy, malice, panic, ugliness, and slaughter.
• Fharlanghn, god of horizons, distance, travel, and roads.
• Heironeous, god of chivalry, justice, honor, war, daring, and valor.
• Hextor, god of war, discord, massacres, conflict, fitness, and tyranny.
• Kord, god of athletics, sports, brawling, strength, and courage.
• Lendor, god of time, patience and study.
• Obad-Hai, god of nature, freedom, hunting, and beasts.
• Olidammara, god of music, revels, wine, rogues, humor, and tricks. Tends to fuck with the other gods for the hell of it.
• Pholtus, god of law, order, light, the sun and the moons.
• Procan, god of the seas, sea life and navigation.
• Ralishaz, god of chance, misfortune and insanity.
• Saint Cuthbert, god of common sense, wisdom, zeal, honesty, truth, and discipline. Needless to say, he's all but dead in the future.
• Tharizdun, god of entropy, insanity and darkness.
• Ulaa, goddess of mountains, mining and gemstones.
• Wee Jas, goddess of magic, death, vanity, and law.
• Zilchus, god of trade and money.

Lesser Deities

• Vecna god of secrets.
• Xan Yae

Demi-Gods

• Wastri
• Zagyg
• Zuoken

Racial

These deities appear in several campaign settings (including Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk) as part of their racial pantheons. Except when they're dead.

• Annam, god of giants.
• Bahamut, god of good dragons.
• Blibdoolpoolp, god of kuo-toas.
• Corellon Larethian, god of elves, magic, music, and arts.
• Garl Glittergold, god of gnomes, humor, and gemcutting. Fucked up Kurtulmak's shit.
• Gruumsh, god of orcs.
• Kurtulmak god of kobolds.
• Lolth, goddess of Drow and spiders.
• Moradin, god of dwarves.
• Tiamat, goddess of dragons.
• Yondalla, goddess of halflings.

Planescape

Too many gods to count, some less potent than a 20th level player character. You can use gods from any of the other campaign settings, even multiple settings. Planescape adventures are usually based in the city of Sigil which no god may enter, not even when Orcus was acting as the BBEG of the entire AD&D 2nd edition.

Pantheons that have been mentioned in Planescape include:

D&D

• Birthright
• Dragonlance
• Forgotten Realms
• Greyhawk

Real life

• Babylonian
• Celtic
• Chinese
• Egyptian
• Finnish
• Greek
• Indian
• Japanese
• Native American
• Norse
• Sumerian

We will not mention the Lady of Pain here because she is not a god. Asserting otherwise is a one-way ticket to getting all your flesh cheese-gratered off your bones.

Points of Light

The default setting for D&D 4E.

Gallery

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  Priests of Pholtus, Al’Akbar, Saint Cuthbert, Heironeous, and Hextor
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  Priests of Lendor, Istus, Boccob, Celestian, and Fharlaghn
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  Priests of Iuz, Nerull, Tharizdun, Vecna, and Wastri
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  Priests of Sehanine Moonbow, Mouqol, Rao, Zuoken, and Xan Yae
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  Priests of Kurell, Trithereon, Wenta, Ralishaz, and Kord