Unfortunately we were not given a Divine Rank for every single god, not even all human gods (gods revered by humans); though most of the popular ones did. This is why you won't see all gods from the Faerunian Pantheon on these 2 videos, we will however talk about the gods left out on Part 2 of this video and when we cover all gods in their own separate videos...we will make sure to have those as well. Also keep in mind that these rankings are for 3rd edition, and a lot has happened in the story within 3rd and 5th edition (what i believe is around 150 or so years in the story). Some gods have gone up or down in power, some dead gods have resurrected, etc. When we cover the gods in detail we will talk about those things. We are not planning on covering demigods, except for some extreme scenarios (by extreme i mean the extremely cool ones :D like Jergal and maybe the Red Knight) Also please consider helping us out with the Raid Shadow Legends Campaign! It really helps the channel out. Thanks to these sponsors we are getting, we are planning on upping a lot of the quality on these videos. Very soon enough i am hoping of having professionally made art for all the thumbnails on the channel. I have already started paying some of the art contributors for the channel (who previously just helped out to see their art showcased on the videos) and more. Thank you all for being here and being awesome.
I think you should alternate between a video on Gods and monsters because you really like doing those videos and I don't want to see you get burnt out on videos you don't want to do. Keep up the good work man!
Ah Sêlune, I really love her as a deity. It is nice to have a deity in DnD that regularly communicates with the common folk and even takes in lycanthropes who choose to be good.
Hehehehe, I was thinking throughout the video _" Eilistrae is also everybodys Waifu "_ lololol. Seems like she is not the only babe Goddess out there but her domain of Freedom really makes me think she truly might be the best Goddess out there. But apparently Selune is big rival Waifu energy.
Clerics donating giving massive amounts of gold for her to say their name, or simps praying to her each time they want their favourite streamer to notice their 5800$ donation?
Illmater, the closest thing to Jesus you’ll find in D&D’s canon lore. Straight to the point that his holy symbol was what he was kill upon (it used to be a torture Rack and then WotC decided “nope… too dark for a good god”)
Funny how some Gods names are twists on what their dominion circles around. _" Ilmater "_ is all about ill matter in need of healing. And a Helm is headgear that provides protection, just like the God Helm does.
The problem with having god-power based on worshipers is that realistically, gods of harvest, fertility and fortune and health would always be the most powerful. The most numerous of humans (or any species really) will always be peasants, and this is what they care about. A war-god may indeed be high in power, but their power would wane during peace time. A goddess of harvest and fertility (think Freja) would always be the undisputed, defacto lead deity in any settings. But in DND we regularly see the powerful gods to be deities that control time, space etc. Even in reality, where we find pantheons where the lead deity controls some lofty concept (like Norse with Odinn, Greek with Zeus etc) They are venerated for sure, but when it came down to it. the peasants actually PRAYED to, and actually worshipped the harvest ones. The common man doesn't even know what space IS. Time for him is the day to day struggle and making ends meet so he can feed his family.
I do fully agree with you there, but I believe the idea of your domains in of itself give power as well. Plus the idea of someone giving more than a prayer, like sacrifices for instance.
Reminds me of how the most prayed to Hellenistic deity was Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth, because that gave her a portfolio over things like house fires and your home's heating. But because she doesn't cover some lofty concept or have a melodramatic story, she's completely ignored by modern people. Since most people don't worship any of the Hellenistic deities, they just focus on the ones that draw their attention. Meanwhile, the people who actually prayed to them tended to pray based on things that were important to them. Like their house not catching fire.
Two things count towards a gods power... The number of followers, and their devotion/fervour/zealotry. If the relationship between been fervour and the amount it fuels a god (god-fuel) was non-linear then it could easily overcome sheer numbers. (Now watch as I misuse the words exponential and logarithmic... But you'll get what I mean...) If there are 10 stages of worship (1 being a peasant praying for a good harvest and 10 being a 20th level cleric and literal avatar of the god) then it depends on how much god fuel the deity gets from each level. If it's 1-1 linear then you get Fervour = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 God fuel = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 And a 20th level cleric is worth as much as 10 farmers If the god fuel grows exponentially compared to the fervour then it's... Fervour = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 God Fuel = 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256, 512 And a 20th level cleric is worth as much as 512 farmers If it's logarithmic then you have Fervour = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 God fuel = 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000, 10,000,000, 100,000,000, 1,000,000,0000 And now your cleric is pumping out a billion dei-watts of Jesus juice. A super devout cleric being worth a billion peasants seems a bit ridiculous, but even if it was 500 peasants then agriculture gods would still have the numbers... But you see what I'm getting at, somewhere in the middle lies your answer, allowing zealous religious orders like Paladins to provide more power to their deities than the common masses.
Isn’t it also based on the actual strength of the portfolio? For example say a god of a specific kind of weapon would be weaker than a god of weapons in general, as long as They have around the same Number of worshippers.
@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 There is generally a power boost when operating within ones area, but I’m not aware of it scaling with specificity (i.e. Nen from Hunter x Hunter) so a god of war is likely to beat a god of scribes in a fight between them, but a god of swords isn’t necessarily going to be stronger than a god of weapons so long as they are of the same rank.
I feel bad for Selune. She seems so nice and she deserves her old status back I think. Also, just wondering who’s the god(ess) is tides? Would it be Selune or Umberlee?
Obviously Selune. The Moon ( _or any celestial body in general_ ) is influencing the water on a nearby celestial body with its gravity. At least more as the water is doing it the other way around.
Honestly based on just how specific domains seem to have the ability to be. The goddess of the tides could easily be her own thing. Some random no name demi god who has that domain because no one else wants it.
I never got how she won the war against her sister without ending up with any kind of benefit from winning that war. Like they both just have the same power level until netheril collapses?
In Toril specifically, yes. In the greater D&D mythos though, absolutely not. For instance, greyhawk dragons do not have the religious civil war that Faerun's dragons did, and so revere deities freely, including bahamut and Tiamat. Bahamut (as Paladine) and Tiamat (as Takhisis) are also the two primary gods of Krynn. A case could be made that the Sovereign Host and Dark Six of Eberron also tie to Tiamat and Bahamut; especially as worshipepd by the dragons of Argonessen. Also fun fact; while metallic dragons have little issue revering Bahamut, Chromatic dragons are fairly reluctant to offer prayer to Tiamat; because doing so would make her aware of their treasure hordes. However, Tiamat also has more non-dragon followers than Bahamut. So they probably balance out that way... Unless you want to include Golarion and Earth; both of which *technically* exist in the WotC D&D universe. In Golarion, Bahamut is revered under the name of Apsu. Tiamat also exists but (weirdly) scorns any worship from Golarion (their offspring Dahak takes the "evil dragon stuff" prayers in Golarion.) On earth, a deity named Apsu was revered by the babylonains, and a semidivine being known as Bahamut is found in mythology; Tiamat also existed but never was worshipped, instead she was killed as part of the Sumerian creation myth. SO, with the way deities work in D&D? Kurtulmak is stronger than Tiamat or Bahamut *specifically in Toril* (though would probably present himself as a lower rank to either of htem, because of the kind of being Kurtulmak is) but both Tiamat and Bahamut are much stronger outside Realmspace; with Bahamut probably having hte upper hand, if only by a margin.
@@TheRusty The Krynn gods are not multisphere dieties. Krynn is cut off in that sense, gods of Krynn has no power elsewhere, and foreign gods have no power there.
Loving these videos it’s just what I needed while a take time to prep my world for a future campaign and get details of this world set in stone. MrRhexx you never fail me and for this reason I will always spend support!
Damn, I feel bad for Selune, she seems really awesome and she's so close yet so far from the greater tier. Everyone pray to Selune to help her rank up.
Eilistraee is obviously underranked cause most Mortals are probably distrustful of the Drow Pantheon due to Drow society being shitty itself. She is such a Babe for not forsaking them.
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly In one of my (Pathfinder Campaign) I've made Eilistraee follower (not even cleric) and my party attacked her and just kiled her just for being drow... I was REALLY considering TPK that day.And something obvious, like Tiamath on her "casual flight" to get some snack.
Man, Im listening to all your videos everyday since I discovered your channel like 3 weeks ago. I play them when I try to sleep, it helps me ignore the voices in my head and lets my imagination go wild. Thank you for doing this
I was surprised that Tharizdun was not mentioned then I remembered that his current predicament means he probably was not given a divine rank in any book. On the other hand, looking forward to Ghaunadaur in the next video (if he was given a divine rank, which I would not be surprised if he was not). Oh yeah and Ilmater's now my favorite "normal" god (the not-normal favorite one would be Ghaunadaur)
Ilmater sounds like a nice guy but his domain is so pervertedly twisted. If I resign myself to respecting and praying to Ilmater its like I acknowledge that there will never be a world without people suffering like whipped victims. Like I have given up all hope and become a masochist to the conviction of suffering soon to close in on me.
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly I think you are taking Ilmater domain quite wrong, I see it more as I know there is pain and suffering and I have the conviction that I can end suffering on others by taking the pain on me
@@catalin2766 Believing this concept is necessary is like giving up after all. Some wishes are twisted by nature! No one can be a Hero, if he does not also wish for Injustice and peril to be present in his world. But the ultimate world, a paradise, a heaven - the ideal thing that everyone should at least always try to pursue, can never be reached with that. Well - Faeryn is not a heavenly world. Its just a material plane. Like Earth. With flaws and primitive rule of the fittest. Still - a Deity only waiting for people to be miserable... thats like waiting for Helm to fail as well, kinda. Expecting the negative like an inevitable fate can never be a good thing. Guess Ilmater being there is better than nothing but his need of being there in itself is very demonic. ;)
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly Ilmater's teachings are weird. They think that there is a limited amount of suffering in the world. By taking this pain upon himself (and his followers) they are saving others of it.
Praise be to the gods that I get a new video from you on this day. Perfect for my coffee and smoke. I’ve recently started dming, and your content is definitely something I look at to help me along with other videos.
Im blown away by how illogical the system is. I know most dragons don't venerate them, but there's enough cultists of tiamat and paladins of bahamut in the current year to up them a bit, also I'm surprised extraplanar stuff doesn't affect ranks. Their Abeir and greyhawk statuses alone should give them a boost to the next status in toril. Also with their weird special permission to defy Ao's rule and walk the plane without losing immortality. Also also, goddamn Kurtlemak more powerful than Tiamat!?!?? That's crazy.
I know you say that 20-30 minute videos are long, but I really enjoy videos in that range if there is enough lore to warrant the length. I'm sure its probably a lot of work on your end, but I just wanted to let you know I appreciate all these lore videos. Makes a lot of things clearer for those of use who haven't played older editions.
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 And then here comes Vecna, who becomes a lich AND a god. Because fuck the rules, Vecna spits in their general direction.
That was a great video mr. Rexx I started playing Dungeons and Dragons back in the 80s I've always been more of a fan of second edition and first edition than the others but I've also always been a fan of the Forgotten Realms no matter what and the moon goddess whose name I cannot spell cuz I don't have any my game books handy as I'm a truck driver is always one of my most favorite deities I love the design of her Temple in waterdeep date
I missed your videos, not that you havent been posting. Ive just been away, your videos are probably my favorite D&D content out there. Thank you for all that you do!
Shaundakul used to be a demigod back in 2e so he is actually in the ascendancy. He’s been mostly active around Myth Dranor and actively been recruiting adventurers which caused him to gain a relative high strength due to the high fervour of those followers.
yeah it's funny, but it makes so much sense, there are like, a billion kobolds and all of them workship Kortulmak, while there way fewer dragons and almost none of them workship any god, and when they do, its not necessary Tiamat
I am still watching all the videos and ever since you started talking more about deities I've been hoping you would talk about Kelemvor, the god of death and the dead. Being one of, if not the most recent god added in the pantheons. He is completly diferent from what you would imagine from a god of death and I think this is just amazing. @MrRhexx, if you by any chance end up reading this, please talk about him, even if you just mention him in the next part it would mean a lot to me. Also, can still confirm all videos are great, good job.
I just recently made a drow that was born on the surface, and my character ha been having dreams from Eilistraee. So I decided to go look her up to get more info and stumbled on your videos. Awesome to hear she's your favorite, and after learning more and more about her, I think I'm going to try to become a champion of her though my character is a male. Her goals are beautiful and in many ways reflect a true cause in our world today. To be a light to salvation for the damned, and those that feel their world does not need to be this way, especially for the drow that have never known a different way of life or that there even could be.
Another tidbit about Azuth, god of spellcasting, back in 2nd edition, while playing in Forgotten Realms, I was alerted to the simularities between the god Azuth, and the gold dragon Nexus; including Azuth is (obviously) the god of spell casting and the dragon Nexus [according to the Realms Guide to Dragons] is thought of as the original dragon that developed dragon magic, which in turn was adapted by humanoids to form their magics; Furthermore the worship of Azuth had been started 600 years previously [in the timeline back in 2 ed], and the dragon Nexus [again, according to RGD] had only started dabbling in the affairs of mortals 600 years ago; Azuth was originaly a mortal that Mystara had elevated to being a god, and the most popular assumtion was that he used to be human, it is supposed that once he was the Magister of the age, but I think there are subtle hints that Azuth was once the gold dragon Nexus, and at times still holds the form.
I love this video. I read about the d n d gods over abc over ads a kid. I loved the rich lore and back stories. Dreamed of playing a character to the point of overthrowing or merging with their chosen god.
What happened to your video "The Best Goddess in Dungeons and Dragons"? I see it is "no longer available due to a copyright claim by Charlotte Sandmael". Do you plan to edit and reupload it? EDIT: Woo! It's back up!
yoo rhexx i never played dnd before but only your videos made me love the game and made me try it out but i just love your passion for telling the stories love you man
Glad you went over Gond. I was looking for more information on him and get a better feel for the context of him. My reason is a recent character I put together. I made them an artificer but also decided to multi class them into a knowledge cleric. This was a god recommend for knowledge and fit the first tool proficiency I chose which was smith’s tools. I figured a follower of this god would be encouraged to pursue and understand crafts, particularly what an artificer brings to the table of a party. Of course, my artificer doesn’t stop there, how could they, more tool proficiency the better. Anyway, thanks for the lore!
One of my favorite characters I ever played was a Blood Hunter who worshipped Ilmater. In my DM's setting the Blood Hunters as an organization was more akin to the Inquisition from Warhammer 40k, a shadowy organization with a ton of power, and who were willing to sacrifice as many people as it took to get the job done. He eventually left the Order after a particularly bad mission and started to take up Oath of Redemption Paladin (He came into this campaign as a backup character after a previous character I had been playing died to peer pressure and the deck of many things, so we were about 8th level at the time) And at that point he became an adventurer, his entire paladin oath driving him to be compassionate, to be the shield of those suffering, and to always at least offer the same chance at redemption he had received to any evildoer he fought. A big part of his faith to Ilmater was based around trying to actually help people, but also as a plea to help take away the pain of the guilt for the things he, and his comrades had done in the name of the Blood Hunters.
Wait, selune answer to all requests? You mean that If my character is diying in the wild under the moonlight I say a quick pray and she save me? Maybe resurrect me? How much are adventurer more powerful than what we think?
I assume there is a difference between "answers you" and "does exactly what you asked for," otherwise she'd probably be rank 20 for sure. So if you're bleeding out and pray for her help maybe the answer will just be something like "ok, I'm going to magically calm you and numb your pain, so this whole death thing isn't as horrible for you" rather than just making you immune to all mortal threats forever.
@@TheSquareOnes or maybe something on the line of "you die but you can reincarnate into a spirit guardian that defend the adventurers that pass near where you die". One of the things that I really don't like is that there are no rule for the players to use npc magic, those spell like abilities that grant, for example, some monsters liar action. I think it would be really good if they created a rulement for like a wizard to consult an arcanaloth to create a custom spell or for a paladin to pray to a God to have momentarily powers, like in the Greek mythos where a lot of heros would save themselves just by asking a god
@@tatocraftv there is rules for lair action they are epic boons And npc Magic has too Generaly true dwemors(mine favorite is neja's toadstool) and quest spells(shooting stars and given momenterly by gods)
Makes me sad my boy Pelor got was essentially removed from this edition. He's not mentioned in the book at all. He used to be a faerun god as well. There was a temple to him in waterdeep in the Nat19 campaign. No explanation is given, they just stop mentioning the sun god :( Still in Greyhawk though. That's something I guess.
The best reason to follow a lesser ranked deity - they have fewer people asking them for things, so are more likely to hear your prayers. It is a balance - greater gods have these awesome abilities, but almost always ignore you.
Simply put: Her own people do not worship her. An overwhelmingly high number of her followers are Humans and other humanoid races. As for Bahumet, he doesn't ask for direct worship so his followers are all very casual amd don't offer much devotion.
18:27 i misheard "there is like a brazilian couple of kobolds" As a Brazilian, I must say that it was funny to imagine a couple of Kobolds getting married, taking cheesy pictures that only cause others shame lol. And comparing it to some couples I know, who are having their 5th child before the age of 30... noticing some parallels between the two. P.S: and I'd be a Kobold that Kurtulmak wouldn't be proud of... I'm more of a halfling weeaboo lol Nice video, by the way!!
A video about the dimigods would be nice. I have always enjoyed using them in my campaigns because they are the ones most actively seeking new worshippers, and some of them have very interesting portfolios
the creation of the world might be extremely interesting idea for a video, from the great serpents fighting to angels and Selune fighting Shar. just myths and stories about creation
Then there's Wee Jas, the greater diety that gave herself a demotion to intermediate goddess just to share some of the "excess" power with a select few. She's a law/death/magic goddess; she likes to delegate, make deals and enforce death as a part of nature.
A bit outdated i think. since the third edition ranking was done a lot has happened. Lot of the gods have died and come back and some gods have gotten upgrade and downgrades and some dead gods are even back i think. Also hahahaha Kurtulmak being more powerful than Tiamat. that's hilarious Irony. Yeah Kobolds are weak but at least they worship you and there is alot of em.
Shaundakul is often overlooked, but according to Ed Greenwood, he saved many magic users during the Spell Plague. He also has had stepped on the toes of many deities, and got away with it. I think that even in the 2 Edition Pantheon book, it mentions that he killed a god or two during the Time of Troubles. He also has a unique worshiper alignment strip, going through all the Chaos Alignments (CG, CN, CE). He was a one time (possibly on an off again) lover of Selune. An interesting fact, his temple in Myth Dranor has a permanent avatar (of a sort) of his, yet not counting against the number of avatars he can control at a time. His favorite weapon for himself and clerics use Bows and Great swords. They get some Ranger abilities, and every so often, he shakes up his following, and turns them into mist forms, and they wind walk the day away, to be relocated in new locations. Honestly, he deserves some attention in 5th Edition, especially after Ed Greenwood's tweet about what happened to him. His history is very interesting.
Didn't know Selune was such a strong goddess. My homebrew world has Selune as a chief patron throughout the entire planet with 3 moons, which I figured would make her more powerful in this world
You'd think that these gods would do more to sell themselves Like I would hire a marketing team and I'd be granting blessings like mad. They get how things work, so it's not like they don't know to do things that way.
To be fair, isn't that what clerics and priests are? Door to door god vendors? Of course if more gods were as generous as Selune is, it would definitely help out their cause. It would be intersting to explore why more gods don't grant blessings as freely. Perhaps generosity draws the ire of opposing gods and puts your faithfull in more danger, so that while a god might help you, perhaps some followers of evil gods make it their job to "Punish" those who cry for help.
Torm is a Greater god though, and has been since the spell-plague and the death of Tyr. Not sure if I missed something, this is 5e right? Not 3rd? Cause Torm is stronger than both Bahamut and the revived Helm. Also Selune is still a Greater Deity as far as I know? What book is this from?
@@transient_moonlight I think he's still greater though, even with the return of Helm and Tyr for the last 100 years Torm had the followers who would have maybe followed the others, doubt a bunch of people just jumped ship to these returned gods though some definitely did. Torm is still the current leader of the Triumvirate with Bahamut and Illmater I believe, don't think that changed. Torm night weaken a bit since now he'll have to share potential new followers with his returned allies but he's still the strongest of them I believe. And also I've never been aware of Selune being weaker than a Greater God. It's partly what keeps Shar in check, and she is definitely a greater God.
Great video, but I miss some fairly important gods of the Realms: Auril, Beshaba, Lovitar, Leira and Talona off the top of my head. All lesser gods I think, though Leira is supposed to have been murdered by Cyric at some point.. but with the goddess of illusion you newer know for sure hehe. Bhaal deserved a mention as he was god of death (but not the Dead) before those upstarts Cyric and Kelemvor, and a pretty iconic Faerunian intermediate power.
Umburlee, We were doing a pirate campaign in Saltmarsh and I made a deal with her. I'd do her a favor or two and she gave me a single wish. Me being a Tortle Pirate captain. I chose to become a Dragon Turtle at will. Only used it once but it was fun having that power up my sleeve.
So you just need to get a few hundred people to worship you to become a demi-god? Seems very doable for any conqueror-type. Also, how do you *get* a portfolio to start with?
@@martinburaldi5845 powerful people can find means of ascending to godhood but they cannot become gods by worship alone. And besides in a fantasy setting like d&d with actual gods it's very likely they'd take offense and cause any number of misfortunes to befall you.. Plus the common masses would probably still continue to worship already established God's rather than a man claiming to be a god yet not having any abilities associated with them like blessing people or bestowing powers onto clerics capable of healing and bringing back the dead.. Although as a DM you could make whatever ruling you believe appropriate and say in your world that people can become God's through worship alone.
So am Overdeity would be something like Primus right? Where they rule over an entire plane, with hands in other planes as well (quite literally in Primus’ case lol)
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Unfortunately we were not given a Divine Rank for every single god, not even all human gods (gods revered by humans); though most of the popular ones did. This is why you won't see all gods from the Faerunian Pantheon on these 2 videos, we will however talk about the gods left out on Part 2 of this video and when we cover all gods in their own separate videos...we will make sure to have those as well.
Also keep in mind that these rankings are for 3rd edition, and a lot has happened in the story within 3rd and 5th edition (what i believe is around 150 or so years in the story). Some gods have gone up or down in power, some dead gods have resurrected, etc. When we cover the gods in detail we will talk about those things. We are not planning on covering demigods, except for some extreme scenarios (by extreme i mean the extremely cool ones :D like Jergal and maybe the Red Knight)
Also please consider helping us out with the Raid Shadow Legends Campaign! It really helps the channel out. Thanks to these sponsors we are getting, we are planning on upping a lot of the quality on these videos. Very soon enough i am hoping of having professionally made art for all the thumbnails on the channel. I have already started paying some of the art contributors for the channel (who previously just helped out to see their art showcased on the videos) and more.
Thank you all for being here and being awesome.
I expect that there wilbe no gods from Mulharandion pantheon. But I think that they woud be considered human gods.
Don't forget about those of the Realms of the Far place outside the planespace.
the "best goddess in dungeons and dragons" video was taken down due to copyright, any ideas when it will be reuploaded?
I think you should alternate between a video on Gods and monsters because you really like doing those videos and I don't want to see you get burnt out on videos you don't want to do. Keep up the good work man!
*when your favorite goddess the Frostmaiden isn’t given a divine rank* :(
Ah Sêlune, I really love her as a deity. It is nice to have a deity in DnD that regularly communicates with the common folk and even takes in lycanthropes who choose to be good.
*_" I too was a Sailor once just like you. Until I took a Ship to the Umberlee. "_* - Sailor of Whiterun
"Sailor of Whiterun?" WHAT PORT?!?! XD
@@konahrikdov6901
The Meme port. ^^
If Eilistraee were to claim the domain of simps, she'd be unstoppable
She's quite the simp herself, I think she could do it.
Hehehehe, I was thinking throughout the video
_" Eilistrae is also everybodys Waifu "_ lololol.
Seems like she is not the only babe Goddess out there but her domain of Freedom really makes me think she truly might be the best Goddess out there.
But apparently Selune is big rival Waifu energy.
@@matthewalvarojr.2634 you don't say
Who does she simp for?
Clerics donating giving massive amounts of gold for her to say their name, or simps praying to her each time they want their favourite streamer to notice their 5800$ donation?
I mean, she'd still have to compete with the Raven Queen. And I say this as a character who's second-best alt is part Hexblade.
I’m so used to raid being just a joke so I was surprised it was a real ad
For real I was expecting that to be a joke.
Chapters:
Time - Deity (rank)
6:57 - Uthgar (6)
7:31 - Shaundakul (6)
7:46 - Waukeen (7)
8:45 - Eilistrae (7)
9:13 - Torm (8)
10:07 - Tiamat & Bahamut (10)
10:46 - Malar (10)
11:12 - Mask (10)
11:53 - Azuth (10)
12:43 - Helm (11)
13:55 - Umberlee (12)
14:46 - Gond (12)
15:23 - Ilmater (13)
16:07 - Mielikki (13)
16:53 - Tymora (14)
18:07 - Kurtulmak (15)
18:37 - Lolth (15)
19:17 - Selune (15)
You are a.. godsend 😏
@@The_Babe nice.
@@The_Babe haha
"Divine Starvation" I don't know why but this is incredibly funny.
Least its better than "Divine Constipation"
your profile picture is very inspiring...
You have seen the yellow sign
*Divine Sandstorm*
*Divine Diarrhea*
Illmater, the closest thing to Jesus you’ll find in D&D’s canon lore. Straight to the point that his holy symbol was what he was kill upon (it used to be a torture Rack and then WotC decided “nope… too dark for a good god”)
So WotC basically tought Jesus was too dark for a good god? No wonder they don't like us...
@@RodrigoTakehara meant more of a too dark holy symbol.
Funny how some Gods names are twists on what their dominion circles around.
_" Ilmater "_ is all about ill matter in need of healing.
And a Helm is headgear that provides protection, just like the God Helm does.
Too dark of a holy symbol for a good god?
Glances at Christianity, then glances away
@@thetwizard9290 exactly.
So long as I'm doing homework, Illmatter will never die.
Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha
*sigh*
The problem with having god-power based on worshipers is that realistically, gods of harvest, fertility and fortune and health would always be the most powerful.
The most numerous of humans (or any species really) will always be peasants, and this is what they care about. A war-god may indeed be high in power, but their power would wane during peace time. A goddess of harvest and fertility (think Freja) would always be the undisputed, defacto lead deity in any settings.
But in DND we regularly see the powerful gods to be deities that control time, space etc.
Even in reality, where we find pantheons where the lead deity controls some lofty concept (like Norse with Odinn, Greek with Zeus etc) They are venerated for sure, but when it came down to it. the peasants actually PRAYED to, and actually worshipped the harvest ones.
The common man doesn't even know what space IS. Time for him is the day to day struggle and making ends meet so he can feed his family.
I do fully agree with you there, but I believe the idea of your domains in of itself give power as well. Plus the idea of someone giving more than a prayer, like sacrifices for instance.
Reminds me of how the most prayed to Hellenistic deity was Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth, because that gave her a portfolio over things like house fires and your home's heating.
But because she doesn't cover some lofty concept or have a melodramatic story, she's completely ignored by modern people. Since most people don't worship any of the Hellenistic deities, they just focus on the ones that draw their attention. Meanwhile, the people who actually prayed to them tended to pray based on things that were important to them. Like their house not catching fire.
Two things count towards a gods power... The number of followers, and their devotion/fervour/zealotry. If the relationship between been fervour and the amount it fuels a god (god-fuel) was non-linear then it could easily overcome sheer numbers.
(Now watch as I misuse the words exponential and logarithmic... But you'll get what I mean...)
If there are 10 stages of worship (1 being a peasant praying for a good harvest and 10 being a 20th level cleric and literal avatar of the god) then it depends on how much god fuel the deity gets from each level.
If it's 1-1 linear then you get
Fervour = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
God fuel = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
And a 20th level cleric is worth as much as 10 farmers
If the god fuel grows exponentially compared to the fervour then it's...
Fervour = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
God Fuel = 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256, 512
And a 20th level cleric is worth as much as 512 farmers
If it's logarithmic then you have
Fervour = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
God fuel = 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000, 10,000,000, 100,000,000, 1,000,000,0000
And now your cleric is pumping out a billion dei-watts of Jesus juice.
A super devout cleric being worth a billion peasants seems a bit ridiculous, but even if it was 500 peasants then agriculture gods would still have the numbers...
But you see what I'm getting at, somewhere in the middle lies your answer, allowing zealous religious orders like Paladins to provide more power to their deities than the common masses.
Isn’t it also based on the actual strength of the portfolio? For example say a god of a specific kind of weapon would be weaker than a god of weapons in general, as long as They have around the same Number of worshippers.
@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 There is generally a power boost when operating within ones area, but I’m not aware of it scaling with specificity (i.e. Nen from Hunter x Hunter) so a god of war is likely to beat a god of scribes in a fight between them, but a god of swords isn’t necessarily going to be stronger than a god of weapons so long as they are of the same rank.
"I don't want any worshippers." - Divine Anorexia
Can you do some videos on dwarves and rune magic please oh and everyone else make comments like this so we convince him please and thank you
^^^^^
Rune magic yeah
Your prayer was heard
I support this proposal
I love rune magic
I feel bad for Selune. She seems so nice and she deserves her old status back I think.
Also, just wondering who’s the god(ess) is tides? Would it be Selune or Umberlee?
Obviously Selune.
The Moon ( _or any celestial body in general_ )
is influencing the water on a nearby celestial body with its gravity. At least more as the water is doing it the other way around.
Honestly based on just how specific domains seem to have the ability to be. The goddess of the tides could easily be her own thing. Some random no name demi god who has that domain because no one else wants it.
The ordinary tides that are predictable - Selune. Rogue wave - Umberlee.
The pattern of the tides would be Selune cause it's a moon thing. But tidal waves and rough waters would be the Sea Bitch, Umberlee.
I never got how she won the war against her sister without ending up with any kind of benefit from winning that war. Like they both just have the same power level until netheril collapses?
Nice word MrRhexx I was so excited for a video like that. Love so much your videos about divinity and such!
love your commentary
love you... Let's get married!
@@SPFLDAngler CONGRATULATIONS on your wedding
@@sabithasajan5564 thank you so much
Are you
Telling me
That in 3rd edition
KORTULMAK WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN TIAMAT???
Dragons don't pray, Kobolds yes
@@MangaSt dragons don't, but humans do
In Toril specifically, yes.
In the greater D&D mythos though, absolutely not.
For instance, greyhawk dragons do not have the religious civil war that Faerun's dragons did, and so revere deities freely, including bahamut and Tiamat.
Bahamut (as Paladine) and Tiamat (as Takhisis) are also the two primary gods of Krynn.
A case could be made that the Sovereign Host and Dark Six of Eberron also tie to Tiamat and Bahamut; especially as worshipepd by the dragons of Argonessen.
Also fun fact; while metallic dragons have little issue revering Bahamut, Chromatic dragons are fairly reluctant to offer prayer to Tiamat; because doing so would make her aware of their treasure hordes. However, Tiamat also has more non-dragon followers than Bahamut. So they probably balance out that way...
Unless you want to include Golarion and Earth; both of which *technically* exist in the WotC D&D universe. In Golarion, Bahamut is revered under the name of Apsu. Tiamat also exists but (weirdly) scorns any worship from Golarion (their offspring Dahak takes the "evil dragon stuff" prayers in Golarion.) On earth, a deity named Apsu was revered by the babylonains, and a semidivine being known as Bahamut is found in mythology; Tiamat also existed but never was worshipped, instead she was killed as part of the Sumerian creation myth.
SO, with the way deities work in D&D? Kurtulmak is stronger than Tiamat or Bahamut *specifically in Toril* (though would probably present himself as a lower rank to either of htem, because of the kind of being Kurtulmak is) but both Tiamat and Bahamut are much stronger outside Realmspace; with Bahamut probably having hte upper hand, if only by a margin.
@@TheRusty The Krynn gods are not multisphere dieties. Krynn is cut off in that sense, gods of Krynn has no power elsewhere, and foreign gods have no power there.
The Kobolds shall rise!!!
Loving these videos it’s just what I needed while a take time to prep my world for a future campaign and get details of this world set in stone. MrRhexx you never fail me and for this reason I will always spend support!
Damn, I feel bad for Selune, she seems really awesome and she's so close yet so far from the greater tier. Everyone pray to Selune to help her rank up.
She just needs the simp domain.
If you say "D&D deity" too many times it becomes nonsensical jibber jabber.
Try it.
Wow ur right
Your right!
Haha!
All words do that if you listen to yourself talk.
@@gogauze try paper
@@violet_nebulae Coke
Everyone sing and dance and whatever!!
We need to promote Eilistraee at least to Mid Tier :D
Eilistraee is obviously underranked cause most Mortals are probably distrustful of the Drow Pantheon due to Drow society being shitty itself.
She is such a Babe for not forsaking them.
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly In one of my (Pathfinder Campaign) I've made Eilistraee follower (not even cleric) and my party attacked her and just kiled her just for being drow... I was REALLY considering TPK that day.And something obvious, like Tiamath on her "casual flight" to get some snack.
Anyone know what happened to the Eilistraee video? I can't find it
@@iNightWind apparently art was used without permission, and it got a big old copyright strike.
@@Koroistro that sucks
Man, Im listening to all your videos everyday since I discovered your channel like 3 weeks ago. I play them when I try to sleep, it helps me ignore the voices in my head and lets my imagination go wild. Thank you for doing this
I was surprised that Tharizdun was not mentioned then I remembered that his current predicament means he probably was not given a divine rank in any book. On the other hand, looking forward to Ghaunadaur in the next video (if he was given a divine rank, which I would not be surprised if he was not).
Oh yeah and Ilmater's now my favorite "normal" god (the not-normal favorite one would be Ghaunadaur)
Ilmater sounds like a nice guy but his domain is so pervertedly twisted.
If I resign myself to respecting and praying to Ilmater its like I acknowledge that there will never be a world without people suffering like whipped victims.
Like I have given up all hope and become a masochist to the conviction of suffering soon to close in on me.
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly I think you are taking Ilmater domain quite wrong, I see it more as I know there is pain and suffering and I have the conviction that I can end suffering on others by taking the pain on me
@@catalin2766
Believing this concept is necessary is like giving up after all.
Some wishes are twisted by nature!
No one can be a Hero, if he does not also wish for Injustice and peril to be present in his world.
But the ultimate world, a paradise, a heaven - the ideal thing that everyone should at least always try to pursue, can never be reached with that.
Well - Faeryn is not a heavenly world.
Its just a material plane. Like Earth.
With flaws and primitive rule of the fittest.
Still - a Deity only waiting for people to be miserable... thats like waiting for Helm to fail as well, kinda.
Expecting the negative like an inevitable fate can never be a good thing.
Guess Ilmater being there is better than nothing but his need of being there in itself is very demonic. ;)
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly Ilmater's teachings are weird. They think that there is a limited amount of suffering in the world. By taking this pain upon himself (and his followers) they are saving others of it.
I thought tharizdon was an oberyth?
So wait Tiamat’s servant is a higher divine rank than her? Oof...
That's what I was wondering
Son.
In 3rd edition, not 5th
It's the same with Bahamut and Torm as well.
Tiamat getting c°cked for being such a nasty Dragon Mistress?
Sounds like justice to me.
Praise be to the gods that I get a new video from you on this day. Perfect for my coffee and smoke. I’ve recently started dming, and your content is definitely something I look at to help me along with other videos.
Im blown away by how illogical the system is. I know most dragons don't venerate them, but there's enough cultists of tiamat and paladins of bahamut in the current year to up them a bit, also I'm surprised extraplanar stuff doesn't affect ranks. Their Abeir and greyhawk statuses alone should give them a boost to the next status in toril. Also with their weird special permission to defy Ao's rule and walk the plane without losing immortality. Also also, goddamn Kurtlemak more powerful than Tiamat!?!?? That's crazy.
@Red Matter which I'm saying is objectively stupid when some dieties have quirks that supercede the ranking rules.
I know you say that 20-30 minute videos are long, but I really enjoy videos in that range if there is enough lore to warrant the length. I'm sure its probably a lot of work on your end, but I just wanted to let you know I appreciate all these lore videos. Makes a lot of things clearer for those of use who haven't played older editions.
Silly question: in D&D if some nobody convinces 10,000 people he's a god and those people worship as a god would he then become a god?
In FR, you need an actual portfolio, which you can you can get through a variety of ways--none of which is easy. Ao also has to approve you.
@@transient_moonlight which is why Liches are a thing, a lot of Liches are failed apotheosis'
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 And then here comes Vecna, who becomes a lich AND a god. Because fuck the rules, Vecna spits in their general direction.
@@Ahamaga Vecna is not forgotten realms tho
@@Darknight4434 That's true. But I do believe the same rules should apply, or am I mistaken?
I mean, his body parts exist in dnd 5e.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SERIES ABOUT ALL THE GODS INDIVIDUALLY!!! You’re so awesome!!
Im in love, I needed this more than ever, cannot wait to watch this later
14:38 to the right it refers to Umberlee as The Bitch Queen a couple times and I find that way funnier than I should.
That was a great video mr. Rexx I started playing Dungeons and Dragons back in the 80s I've always been more of a fan of second edition and first edition than the others but I've also always been a fan of the Forgotten Realms no matter what and the moon goddess whose name I cannot spell cuz I don't have any my game books handy as I'm a truck driver is always one of my most favorite deities I love the design of her Temple in waterdeep date
I missed your videos, not that you havent been posting. Ive just been away, your videos are probably my favorite D&D content out there. Thank you for all that you do!
Shaundakul used to be a demigod back in 2e so he is actually in the ascendancy. He’s been mostly active around Myth Dranor and actively been recruiting adventurers which caused him to gain a relative high strength due to the high fervour of those followers.
I love this video and will be looking forward to the next. One thing I find most shocking is that Kurtulmak is more powerful than Tiamat or Bahamut.
yeah it's funny, but it makes so much sense, there are like, a billion kobolds and all of them workship Kortulmak, while there way fewer dragons and almost none of them workship any god, and when they do, its not necessary Tiamat
Ilmater is literally Jesus of the forgotten realms.
I am still watching all the videos and ever since you started talking more about deities I've been hoping you would talk about Kelemvor, the god of death and the dead. Being one of, if not the most recent god added in the pantheons. He is completly diferent from what you would imagine from a god of death and I think this is just amazing.
@MrRhexx, if you by any chance end up reading this, please talk about him, even if you just mention him in the next part it would mean a lot to me. Also, can still confirm all videos are great, good job.
3.5e :p
[sigh] i hear ya, let alone my man Velsharoon...
@@lorekeeper685 eh, Kelemvor became a god during the Time of Troubles which was the shifting of 2ed to 3ed.
Nice, back to my favorite topic. nice work MR, really enjoying the channel
I just recently made a drow that was born on the surface, and my character ha been having dreams from Eilistraee. So I decided to go look her up to get more info and stumbled on your videos. Awesome to hear she's your favorite, and after learning more and more about her, I think I'm going to try to become a champion of her though my character is a male. Her goals are beautiful and in many ways reflect a true cause in our world today. To be a light to salvation for the damned, and those that feel their world does not need to be this way, especially for the drow that have never known a different way of life or that there even could be.
Man, we really need to donate more to this dnd Mimir, so he does not have to get sponsored by such people anymore to be able to do his heroic job!
Love it Rhex! Keep up the amazing work brother! 💜
Another tidbit about Azuth, god of spellcasting, back in 2nd edition, while playing in Forgotten Realms, I was alerted to the simularities between the god Azuth, and the gold dragon Nexus; including Azuth is (obviously) the god of spell casting and the dragon Nexus [according to the Realms Guide to Dragons] is thought of as the original dragon that developed dragon magic, which in turn was adapted by humanoids to form their magics; Furthermore the worship of Azuth had been started 600 years previously [in the timeline back in 2 ed], and the dragon Nexus [again, according to RGD] had only started dabbling in the affairs of mortals 600 years ago; Azuth was originaly a mortal that Mystara had elevated to being a god, and the most popular assumtion was that he used to be human, it is supposed that once he was the Magister of the age, but I think there are subtle hints that Azuth was once the gold dragon Nexus, and at times still holds the form.
I love this video. I read about the d n d gods over abc over ads a kid. I loved the rich lore and back stories. Dreamed of playing a character to the point of overthrowing or merging with their chosen god.
Yayyyy a new Video! I love some good Lore on DnD Gods!
What happened to your video "The Best Goddess in Dungeons and Dragons"? I see it is "no longer available due to a copyright claim by Charlotte Sandmael". Do you plan to edit and reupload it?
EDIT: Woo! It's back up!
Whoever Charlotte Sandmael is.
Hope she gets a severe case of cough for that. Ill will for those acting in ill will.
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly wishing disease upon others? Heh
i think that this charlotte sandmael copyright claimed his vid be ause he used her eleztaee art and she didnt like it
It's back up
yoo rhexx i never played dnd before but only your videos made me love the game and made me try it out but i just love your passion for telling the stories love you man
I hope there will be video on Dead Gods of D&D.
Like Nerull and the Raven Queen?
That would be extremely confusing as they seem to not stay dead.
Glad you went over Gond. I was looking for more information on him and get a better feel for the context of him. My reason is a recent character I put together. I made them an artificer but also decided to multi class them into a knowledge cleric. This was a god recommend for knowledge and fit the first tool proficiency I chose which was smith’s tools. I figured a follower of this god would be encouraged to pursue and understand crafts, particularly what an artificer brings to the table of a party. Of course, my artificer doesn’t stop there, how could they, more tool proficiency the better. Anyway, thanks for the lore!
I've never played D&D and yet for some reason I keep watching your videos. Bravo.
One of my favorite characters I ever played was a Blood Hunter who worshipped Ilmater. In my DM's setting the Blood Hunters as an organization was more akin to the Inquisition from Warhammer 40k, a shadowy organization with a ton of power, and who were willing to sacrifice as many people as it took to get the job done. He eventually left the Order after a particularly bad mission and started to take up Oath of Redemption Paladin (He came into this campaign as a backup character after a previous character I had been playing died to peer pressure and the deck of many things, so we were about 8th level at the time) And at that point he became an adventurer, his entire paladin oath driving him to be compassionate, to be the shield of those suffering, and to always at least offer the same chance at redemption he had received to any evildoer he fought. A big part of his faith to Ilmater was based around trying to actually help people, but also as a plea to help take away the pain of the guilt for the things he, and his comrades had done in the name of the Blood Hunters.
Take a shot every time he says “my link” in the ad.
are we gonnha gloss over the friggin big JACKED cat-thing at 0:30?
What happened to the video of the drow goddess eilistraee daughter of Loth?
It came out
I was wondering the same thing! I really liked that one and it seems to have just disappeared
yeah was wondering the same
didnt finish watching it previously and now it had disappeared :(
Ooooohhhh that's what y'all mean
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You Are the one man carriing my games on his back... Trully a hero
Wait, selune answer to all requests? You mean that If my character is diying in the wild under the moonlight I say a quick pray and she save me? Maybe resurrect me? How much are adventurer more powerful than what we think?
I assume there is a difference between "answers you" and "does exactly what you asked for," otherwise she'd probably be rank 20 for sure. So if you're bleeding out and pray for her help maybe the answer will just be something like "ok, I'm going to magically calm you and numb your pain, so this whole death thing isn't as horrible for you" rather than just making you immune to all mortal threats forever.
@@TheSquareOnes or maybe something on the line of "you die but you can reincarnate into a spirit guardian that defend the adventurers that pass near where you die". One of the things that I really don't like is that there are no rule for the players to use npc magic, those spell like abilities that grant, for example, some monsters liar action. I think it would be really good if they created a rulement for like a wizard to consult an arcanaloth to create a custom spell or for a paladin to pray to a God to have momentarily powers, like in the Greek mythos where a lot of heros would save themselves just by asking a god
@@tatocraftv I think Mythic Odysseys of Theros has some mechanics for more interactive gods but I am not too sure
@@echocereal6255 no, it has some talents but they are bonded to characters, not exerrnal forces. I kinda dislike that book
@@tatocraftv there is rules for lair action they are epic boons
And npc
Magic has too Generaly true dwemors(mine favorite is neja's toadstool) and quest spells(shooting stars and given momenterly by gods)
Love how you care so little for the god of travel and portals that you use a picture of a caravan being trapped and attacked.
Makes me sad my boy Pelor got was essentially removed from this edition. He's not mentioned in the book at all. He used to be a faerun god as well. There was a temple to him in waterdeep in the Nat19 campaign.
No explanation is given, they just stop mentioning the sun god :(
Still in Greyhawk though. That's something I guess.
Faiths and pantheons has the faerun stuff which is more so an extention
Pelor may have been killed tho if it was so atrupt by the blind sun maybe?
Um, Pelor was never a Forgoten Realms deity, the sun god was Lathendar the morning lord, you're refering to a bit of homebrew.
My wife is playing a paladin of Selune, so now i know how to DM her better. Thank you! ^^
just don't give her anywhing she wants just because she is your wife, though... (do it because she workships selune)
@@RodrigoTakehara of course
Uh, I wish you could go into more details about every single one of these gods. They're all so interesting.
Man you are on al roll
I hope you know we apreciate you Rhexx
The best reason to follow a lesser ranked deity - they have fewer people asking them for things, so are more likely to hear your prayers. It is a balance - greater gods have these awesome abilities, but almost always ignore you.
It is curious that Kurtulmak is a higher rank than Tiamat, being his servant for a long time. I understand why, but it's curious nonetheless
Simply put: Her own people do not worship her. An overwhelmingly high number of her followers are Humans and other humanoid races.
As for Bahumet, he doesn't ask for direct worship so his followers are all very casual amd don't offer much devotion.
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This video was sponsored by the the raiding Shadowrealm... so its still lore friendly. =)
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I' glad there's finally a good deity video on this channel.
Mask: Possession is 9/10ths of the law.
Mask: And also the other 1/10th.
18:27 i misheard "there is like a brazilian couple of kobolds"
As a Brazilian, I must say that it was funny to imagine a couple of Kobolds getting married, taking cheesy pictures that only cause others shame lol. And comparing it to some couples I know, who are having their 5th child before the age of 30... noticing some parallels between the two.
P.S: and I'd be a Kobold that Kurtulmak wouldn't be proud of... I'm more of a halfling weeaboo lol
Nice video, by the way!!
A video about the dimigods would be nice. I have always enjoyed using them in my campaigns because they are the ones most actively seeking new worshippers, and some of them have very interesting portfolios
the creation of the world might be extremely interesting idea for a video, from the great serpents fighting to angels and Selune fighting Shar.
just myths and stories about creation
"Irregardless" user spotted D:
(Great video!)
Another good video, keep them coming MrRhexx
Mask is actually so cool and underrated. Definitely one of my favorite Dieties to play with
Then there's Wee Jas, the greater diety that gave herself a demotion to intermediate goddess just to share some of the "excess" power with a select few. She's a law/death/magic goddess; she likes to delegate, make deals and enforce death as a part of nature.
Is that Rick, bird person and Squanchy at 27 seconds in?
Squanchy sure did some workouts
Are you ever gonna make some buldurs gate 3 lore videos? Maybe about how the illithid tadpoles work in detail
Pretty sure that's a video already
@@BennysGamingAttic if so can you link it?,i couldn't find it
@@spacegamer267 th-cam.com/video/_knGh2SOP4g/w-d-xo.html
If that doesn't work, try "MrRhexx Mind Flayer"
Hope your Elistraee vibeo gets back up soon!
what.... they receive a strike ?
I hate that the god of Kobolds is more powerful than both the dragon gods 🤣
A bit outdated i think. since the third edition ranking was done a lot has happened. Lot of the gods have died and come back and some gods have gotten upgrade and downgrades and some dead gods are even back i think.
Also hahahaha Kurtulmak being more powerful than Tiamat. that's hilarious Irony. Yeah Kobolds are weak but at least they worship you and there is alot of em.
will Kurtulmak win Tiamat in a duel ?
Shaundakul is often overlooked, but according to Ed Greenwood, he saved many magic users during the Spell Plague. He also has had stepped on the toes of many deities, and got away with it. I think that even in the 2 Edition Pantheon book, it mentions that he killed a god or two during the Time of Troubles.
He also has a unique worshiper alignment strip, going through all the Chaos Alignments (CG, CN, CE). He was a one time (possibly on an off again) lover of Selune.
An interesting fact, his temple in Myth Dranor has a permanent avatar (of a sort) of his, yet not counting against the number of avatars he can control at a time. His favorite weapon for himself and clerics use Bows and Great swords. They get some Ranger abilities, and every so often, he shakes up his following, and turns them into mist forms, and they wind walk the day away, to be relocated in new locations.
Honestly, he deserves some attention in 5th Edition, especially after Ed Greenwood's tweet about what happened to him. His history is very interesting.
Great vídeo, can't wait for the rest to come
Didn't know Selune was such a strong goddess. My homebrew world has Selune as a chief patron throughout the entire planet with 3 moons, which I figured would make her more powerful in this world
You just gave my campaign a plot twist.
Thank you.
The nightsong is no more !
Gotta love Selûne.Baldur's Gate 3 sold me on her. Seems like there are no negative to follow her.
Absolutely, BG3 really let Selune shine (get it?)
But I believe she is once again a greater deity as of 4th and 5th edition, so that's good news!
Thank you this gave me an idea for an adventure!
videos on every single god ?! I.AM.HAPPY!
You'd think that these gods would do more to sell themselves
Like I would hire a marketing team and I'd be granting blessings like mad. They get how things work, so it's not like they don't know to do things that way.
To be fair, isn't that what clerics and priests are? Door to door god vendors? Of course if more gods were as generous as Selune is, it would definitely help out their cause. It would be intersting to explore why more gods don't grant blessings as freely. Perhaps generosity draws the ire of opposing gods and puts your faithfull in more danger, so that while a god might help you, perhaps some followers of evil gods make it their job to "Punish" those who cry for help.
Torm is a Greater god though, and has been since the spell-plague and the death of Tyr. Not sure if I missed something, this is 5e right? Not 3rd? Cause Torm is stronger than both Bahamut and the revived Helm. Also Selune is still a Greater Deity as far as I know? What book is this from?
This info is almost 20 years out of date. it looks like 3e or 3.5 . Its interesting but a lot has changed.
Not sure if Torm is still greater in 5e. Tyr's back and has taken his portfolio back.
@@transient_moonlight I think he's still greater though, even with the return of Helm and Tyr for the last 100 years Torm had the followers who would have maybe followed the others, doubt a bunch of people just jumped ship to these returned gods though some definitely did. Torm is still the current leader of the Triumvirate with Bahamut and Illmater I believe, don't think that changed. Torm night weaken a bit since now he'll have to share potential new followers with his returned allies but he's still the strongest of them I believe. And also I've never been aware of Selune being weaker than a Greater God. It's partly what keeps Shar in check, and she is definitely a greater God.
Deities&demigods
What happened to your video about Eilistraee?
Why was it taken down all of a sudden?
Great video, but I miss some fairly important gods of the Realms: Auril, Beshaba, Lovitar, Leira and Talona off the top of my head. All lesser gods I think, though Leira is supposed to have been murdered by Cyric at some point.. but with the goddess of illusion you newer know for sure hehe. Bhaal deserved a mention as he was god of death (but not the Dead) before those upstarts Cyric and Kelemvor, and a pretty iconic Faerunian intermediate power.
Somewhere in the Wizards of The Coast office there is a spreadsheet with formulas to calculate the Divine Ranks of each god.
i needed this video. I don't really know the pantheon that well. I'd love an in depth guide on the pantheon.
Umburlee, We were doing a pirate campaign in Saltmarsh and I made a deal with her. I'd do her a favor or two and she gave me a single wish. Me being a Tortle Pirate captain. I chose to become a Dragon Turtle at will. Only used it once but it was fun having that power up my sleeve.
Love your videos! Ive watch for a long time and really hope to be a patron in the future. Also Flumph video plz
What happened to the video about the coolest goddess? I was keeping the tab open to watch it but apparently it's been taken down
Idk if you read the comments for ideas but doing a list of the biggest or most dangerous aquatic threats would be pretty interesting.
Can you do a "What they don't tell you about Tieflings" ???
So you just need to get a few hundred people to worship you to become a demi-god? Seems very doable for any conqueror-type. Also, how do you *get* a portfolio to start with?
Yeah kind of a vague description the definition of gods
Kill a god of course they have damage reduction and add their divine rank to ac
No, only people with a "Divine Spark" have the potential of ascending to become a demi god they are called pesuedo deity's
@@konahrikdov6901 That seems like just some bullshit talk someone said in order for people to give up on godhood, but makes sense.
@@martinburaldi5845 powerful people can find means of ascending to godhood but they cannot become gods by worship alone. And besides in a fantasy setting like d&d with actual gods it's very likely they'd take offense and cause any number of misfortunes to befall you.. Plus the common masses would probably still continue to worship already established God's rather than a man claiming to be a god yet not having any abilities associated with them like blessing people or bestowing powers onto clerics capable of healing and bringing back the dead.. Although as a DM you could make whatever ruling you believe appropriate and say in your world that people can become God's through worship alone.
Why don't you mention The dragon Lance God's?
So am Overdeity would be something like Primus right? Where they rule over an entire plane, with hands in other planes as well (quite literally in Primus’ case lol)
Asgorath(Io),Ao are overgods
Luminious entity is the dm
Primus,jestsreme,ahriman,lady of pain maybe? if not something else
You should a series on the various planes of existence. I feel like some planes get way more attention then others, but are as interesting.