Faiths & Avatars
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umfassende Informationen zu den Religionen und Göttern der FR
What makes a god a god? How are divine powers created¸ and how do they die? How powerful is a greater diety compared to a lesser deity? These questions and many more are answered for the FORGOTTEN REALMS campaign setting within Faiths & Avatars.
Detailed in this 192-page core supplement are the most prominent religions and deities of the Realms. Each divine power is covered in depth by an entry that includes information about the deitys appearance¸ personality¸ worshipers¸ portfolio¸ aliases¸ domain name¸ superior¸ allies¸ foes¸ symbol¸ woshipers alignments¸ avatar¸ manifestations¸ church¸ and specialty priests. The information on each relgion includes its core dogma¸ day-to-day activites of priests¸ holy days and important ceremonies¸ major centers of worship¸ affiliated orders¸ and the priestly vestaments and adventuring garb of members of the clergy. Finally¸ each entry contains spells specific to each of the relgions - some new¸ some long unavailable or hard to find¸ and some updated to conform with the current AD&D game rules.
Faiths & Avatars includes:
* All the greaters¸ intermediate¸ and lesser deities of the Faerûnian pantheon.
* The honored dead¸ including Bane¸ Bhaal¸ Moander¸ Myrkul¸ and Leira¸ among others.
* Expanded and clarified specialty priest classes and specific spells for all relgions with priesthoods.
* Color illustrations of priests from every faith in ceremonial dress.
* Four additional general priest classes now official to the FORGOTTEN REALMS campaign setting: crusaders¸ monks¸ mystics¸ and shamans.