what are the effects of a cleric's deity?

[Bobby Fabulous]

do they change anything besides dialogue options? are there specific spells that you can only get if you have a specific god?
sorry if this is a stupid question, i haven't played real dnd before

[Glyph]

Nothing, save for some dialogue sometimes. In 5e a cleric's powers are derived from what domain they pick which is wholly separate from what deity they follow.

[Bobby Fabulous]

Originally posted by Glyph:

Nothing, save for some dialogue sometimes. In 5e a cleric's powers are derived from what domain they pick which is wholly separate from what deity they follow.

thanks!

[Settings]

Only even makes a huge difference for some deities in dialogue like Kelemvor or Lolth

[sleeper]

its weird cause in Lore you get your power from your deity. There is a recent case of many drow giving up on Loth and lost their cleric powers if they where clerics. There where some exceptions of heretics still having their power but Loth is a chaotic deity and likes to mess with the rules.

[Moonbane]

Shadowheart have special reactions to the player being a cleric of Shar/Selune.
Also, Clerics of Shar is imune to the shadow curse in act 2.

[Bobby Fabulous]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Shadowheart have special reactions to the player being a cleric of Shar/Selune.
Also, Clerics of Shar is imune to the shadow curse in act 2.

i'm pretty sure that shar isn't in the list of deities for cleric
not 100% confident tho

[White Rider]

Originally posted by Pizza Tony:

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Shadowheart have special reactions to the player being a cleric of Shar/Selune.
Also, Clerics of Shar is imune to the shadow curse in act 2.

i'm pretty sure that shar isn't in the list of deities for cleric
not 100% confident tho

Shar isn't in the list. It was in EA though and there are mods to add it back into the list which does give you a bunch of dialogue especially with Shadowheart.

But yeah, it's not in the base game

[Hex]

5e completely ruined gods and the importance of faith in Forgotten Realms so none of it matter in any way.

[Settings]

Originally posted by Moonbane:

Shadowheart have special reactions to the player being a cleric of Shar/Selune.
Also, Clerics of Shar is imune to the shadow curse in act 2.

They cut Shar as a deity after EA, I think maybe it had some reactivity issues with the Act 2 stuff that was so heavily focused on Shar/Selune.

[Forlorn]

Originally posted by Glyph:

Nothing, save for some dialogue sometimes. In 5e a cleric's powers are derived from what domain they pick which is wholly separate from what deity they follow.

This isn't true. Clerics definitely get access to certain spells and abilities depending on the deity they worship.

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by White Rider:

Originally posted by Pizza Tony:

i'm pretty sure that shar isn't in the list of deities for cleric
not 100% confident tho

Shar isn't in the list. It was in EA though and there are mods to add it back into the list which does give you a bunch of dialogue especially with Shadowheart.

But yeah, it's not in the base game

That explains it.

[Glyph]

Originally posted by Forlorn:

This isn't true. Clerics definitely get access to certain spells and abilities depending on the deity they worship.

They don't. Unless you have an example? 5e clerics get all of their power from their domain. Shadowheart certainly doesn't. All of her spells and channel divinity powers are derived from her Trickery domain.

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by Forlorn:

Originally posted by Glyph:

Nothing, save for some dialogue sometimes. In 5e a cleric's powers are derived from what domain they pick which is wholly separate from what deity they follow.

This isn't true. Clerics definitely get access to certain spells and abilities depending on the deity they worship.

Not entirely correct, deities is fluff in bg3. Its domains that gives you the spells.

Normally domains is locked to specific gods, but in bg3 they are uncoupled from the god choices so you can have non canonical selections. Like a life cleric worshipping Gruumsh.

[Forlorn]

What about the end game call on divinity super power? Doesn't that depend on God?

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by Forlorn:

What about the end game call on divinity super power? Doesn't that depend on God?

Forgotten Realms gods have a portfolio of domains attributed to them. So if you want to worship Lathander, the cannonically right choice is to pick life or light as the domain to follow. Domains is the god's sphere of influence, where they have power. Divine Intervention is just a generic cleric power granted to you by your god.