Updated Deity Entries

[EdTheKet]

Hello everyone,

The last few weeks, several volunteers have helped in creating summaries of the new deity texts.

These summaries will be around 2 pages long, so approximately 56 pages of new deity information will be put on LORE in the near future.

We do, however, have far more, this is less than a third of the information that will be in "Layonara: The Pantheon". We're not clear on when this will be released yet, but with our recent endeavors of a version online and the policy refactoring we thought it a good idea to also release part of the new lore.

We'll update you as we go along and the information is put on LORE.

A few words of caution:
- some dogmas have had an overhaul so will look a bit different, some will be broader in scope, others will have a narrower scope.
- some deity texts that are in the current Pantheon book (2006 version) have been completely re-written as their initial authors did not allow us to use the texts. This also means some sects or parts of some churches will no longer exist, and will in fact never have existed.
All of these however, should find a new home inside the new church organization. I'll take questions on these once they've been released.

Note that no new entries have been posted yet, we'll let you know when we start and how we progress so that you don't click through LORE needlessly!
Once they're there, I will be taking questions on the new entries in the "Ask a Gamemaster" forums.

Last but not least, some words of thanks:
Thanks to all the writers for writing the new deity texts!
Thanks to rowana, Dezza, ycleption, Minerva for the summarizing.
Thanks go to OneST8 and orth for setting up the Trac system to manage this.
Thanks in advance to our LORE volunteers to put it all on LORE in the desired format!

Thank you for reading this, let me know if you have questions,

Ed

[Xiaobeibi]

Will existing clerics be allowed changes if need be or will they be grandfathered in?

[Dorganath]

If you mean domain changes, they're typically grandfathered.

[EdTheKet]

Newsflash:

We will now also be expanding on the temples to each deity on separate pages.

Thanks to milty for helping out.

[EdTheKet]

All deity temples have now been added to LORE (thanks milty and of course thanks to all writers)

In the near future, we'll be expanding the Hierarchy as well as the Elections & Organization sections.

[EdTheKet]

Credit where credit's due!

Credits

Az’atta, Aragen, Katia, Kithairien by Rowana
Aeridin by Pankoki and EdTheKet
Baraeon Ca’Duz by EdTheKet and Honora
Beryl, Branderback, Dorand, Goran, Grand, Grannoch, Pyrtechon and Toran by Honora
Corath by Honora and Aragon
Deliar, Prunilla by Pankoki
Folian S’pae by EdTheKet and Pankoki
Ilsare, Lucinda by Honora and Pankoki
Mist by Honora and Minerva
Rofirein by Dezza
Shindaleria, Xeen by Minerva
Shadon by Schmack
Sulterio by Lucius
Vierdri’ira by EdTheKet
Vorax by Honora and Aryn Ravenlocke

Constellations
ZeroVega: Aeridin, Az’atta, Aragen, Baraeon Ca’duz, Beryl, Branderback, Folian S’pae ,Goran, Grand (w/ Honora), Grannoch, Katia, Kithairien (w/ Rowana), Mist, Prunilla, Pyrtechon, Rofirein (w/ Dezza), Shadon, Shindaleria, Sulterio, Toran, Vierdri’ira, Vorax (w/ Honora), Xeen.

All other constellations were written by the deity authors.

Thanks so much all!

[EdTheKet]

*Ding!*
Next round!

We'll now be putting the rest of the deity texts on LORE.

Each deity will have the following child-pages that you can get to from the deity's main page.
- Clery Attire
- Hierarchy (which also covers Elections & Organization)
- Sects
- Temples
- Prayers and Holy Days
- Constellation
- Allies and Enemies
- NWN/D&D Alignments, Domains and Notes.

Some will also have
- Reliquary
- Myths

I will be taking questions in the appropriate threads in the "Ask a Gamemaster" section of this forum.

Thanks to milty for his time to put them up there.