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LWhitehead1
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Posted - 07 Feb 2023 :  04:12:21  Show Profile Send LWhitehead1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Hi I need to know about Pantheons Deities that exist through the multiverse since in 5th version there is a multiverse now.

For example Critical Role World Exandria has some from official D&D sources, so for my homebrew setting and if get popular enough it will get official.

So I need to know if can officially use the Demihumans Deities in my setting.

LW

Karthak
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Posted - 07 Feb 2023 :  04:40:38  Show Profile Send Karthak a Private Message  Reply with Quote
There's a partial list of existing pantheons and deities in the back of the Player's Handbook.

Unless you're publishing your setting you can use any deities that you like, and if you are publishing your setting, change the name and history of the deity to better fit your world and you should be fine, just like Critical Role did with their first book which just used titles to dance around the actual names and of their deities which was basically the 4e pantheons and worked them into the backstory of the world.

Other than Demihuman Deities for 2e, there's not a good general purpose book for covering deities that are present across the multiverse.

I'd recommend using the various d&d wikis to assemble a lineup of gods you find interesting, there's the Forgotten Realms wiki, Mistipedia covers Ravenloft, Greyhawk Online, Eberron Wiki, those cover most of the d&d settings gods.
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Asharak
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Posted - 07 Feb 2023 :  13:14:32  Show Profile Send Asharak a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Planescape: On Hallowed Ground

"Soyez réalistes : demandez l'impossible"

Sorry for my English... it's not my native tongue.
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LWhitehead1
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Posted - 08 Feb 2023 :  23:23:37  Show Profile Send LWhitehead1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well my goal is getting officially published and requnization like Exandria, as I know Asmodeus is the only official deity that are present in the multiverse. I've got a Caliphate that might use the Pantheon feature in Al-Qadim since that setting is shelved for a time there land is mention in sword coast about the Sha'ir are also mention for D&D 5th quite different there original AD&D 2nd version.

LW
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 09 Feb 2023 :  03:03:00  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LWhitehead1

Well my goal is getting officially published and requnization like Exandria, as I know Asmodeus is the only official deity that are present in the multiverse. I've got a Caliphate that might use the Pantheon feature in Al-Qadim since that setting is shelved for a time there land is mention in sword coast about the Sha'ir are also mention for D&D 5th quite different there original AD&D 2nd version.

LW



You've got a very long road ahead of you, to accomplish those goals, and there's a whole lot of people that want the same thing. You're going to need to do some extensive research -- much more than just asking questions here -- and a hell of a lot of writing, just to even get some notice. Once you get that notice, you're going to have to keep doing the research and the writing to build on it.

We're a bunch of Realms junkies, here. We're not exactly experts on making homebrew settings become popular.

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LWhitehead1
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Posted - 09 Feb 2023 :  18:18:04  Show Profile Send LWhitehead1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Don't I know it, and the Realms does have wonderful selection of Demi Human Deities, which is one way to attract interest.

LW
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 09 Feb 2023 :  18:57:02  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LWhitehead1

Don't I know it, and the Realms does have wonderful selection of Demi Human Deities, which is one way to attract interest.

LW



It'll attract interest, but from a smaller subset of the overall gaming populace.

Exandria didn't become what it is now by tapping an existing audience of Exandria fans.

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LWhitehead1
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Posted - 10 Feb 2023 :  17:12:27  Show Profile Send LWhitehead1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I know that but I think that the idea of using AD&D 2nd for rules and character creation might but I got to tap into something.

LW
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 10 Feb 2023 :  23:21:41  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LWhitehead1

I know that but I think that the idea of using AD&D 2nd for rules and character creation might but I got to tap into something.

LW



You're looking to tap into an audience that grows smaller every day. I liked 2E and still think in mainly 2E terms myself, but it's been dead for more than 20 years.

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LWhitehead1
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Posted - 11 Feb 2023 :  05:15:43  Show Profile Send LWhitehead1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ok then I would have to create original Arabian Deities for my homebrew world setting, like featured in Al-Qadim also the Lawgiver is the closest to the faith of Islam in D&D and Fantasy.

LW
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer

USA
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Posted - 12 Feb 2023 :  18:11:26  Show Profile Send TomCosta a Private Message  Reply with Quote
In addition to the Al-Qadim deities, there is the concept of the Adama from the Shining South (see 2E and 3E supplements of the same name). I'd argue the Adama is the closest thing the Realms has to the monotheistic god of Jews/Christians/Muslims, though it is still quite different.
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LWhitehead1
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Posted - 13 Feb 2023 :  22:55:46  Show Profile Send LWhitehead1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well I need Arab like Deities for the Caliphate of the world of Werra in Eastern Continent of Winnan, which is a Euraisa like landmass. The Caliphate is based on Abbasid Caliphate, but in the Late middle ages to middle Renaissance.

LW
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Delnyn
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USA
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Posted - 24 Apr 2023 :  23:15:03  Show Profile Send Delnyn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LWhitehead1

Well I need Arab like Deities for the Caliphate of the world of Werra in Eastern Continent of Winnan, which is a Euraisa like landmass. The Caliphate is based on Abbasid Caliphate, but in the Late middle ages to middle Renaissance.

LW


Would you consider Moorish Spain?
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Ayrik
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Posted - 25 Apr 2023 :  05:50:19  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
<ahem> ... Spelljammer and Planescape lore ...

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