Favourite Deity in Baldurs Gate (D&D in general)?

[KaiserVonNRW]

I want to know who is your favourite deity in the universe, and why.
I just recently got into the tabletop game and the sheer amount of deities is really interesting to me, so i want to ask people what they like most in a RP and non RP scenario.

[Darksaint]

Mystra,. second incarnation prior to Avatar Series,
Behind her, Jergal prior to his throne abdication to "the Three".

[Vixziค็็็็็n]

Does the Cat Lord count? lol

[JF]

I like the backstory around Eilistraee and her being the only good Drow deity standing up alone against the entire rest of Drow pantheon.

Plus she dances naked in the pale moonlight.

[Wokelander]

Vhaeraun, Mask, Malar, Tempus, Haela Brightaxe, [CHARNAME], in no particular order

[KaiserVonNRW]

Originally posted by JF:

I like the backstory around Eilistraee and her being the only good Drow deity standing up alone against the entire rest of Drow pantheon.

Plus she dances naked in the pale moonlight.

I just watched a lore video on her too. Makes me want to start a playthrough as a cleric of hers with dual class to bard

[KaiserVonNRW]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/darksaintproductions:

Mystra,. second incarnation prior to Avatar Series,
Behind her, Jergal prior to his throne abdication to "the Three".

Mystra seems to me like a logical choice for most Wizard/Mage players due to the obvious reason of her being the goddess of magic. Makes me wonder how a theoritical Paladin of Mystra would be played. Maybe a Paladin Wizard dual class.

[KaiserVonNRW]

Originally posted by Wokelander:

Vhaeraun, Mask, Malar, Tempus, Haela Brightaxe, [CHARNAME], in no particular order

A male Drow deity with the sheer point to rebel against her Matriarchy seems fun in the tabletop sense, if the campaign allows it to flourish in some ways it can be a lot of fun i assume.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Orcus porcus, puddin' n' pye
Kiss the Clerics and make them crye
When Paladins come self-righteous and glory
Raise the dead all rot and gore-ey

[Moonlight Knight]

Selune. I've always had a thing both for Chaotic Good as an alignment, and moon-worship, thematically.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Pale_Night

Pale Night was an obyrith demon lord of unimaginable age, often referred to as the Mother of Demons, to whom the tanar'ri appeared as mere children. An unknowable enigma shrouded in mystery, to peer beyond her veil was to witness an indescribable horror so great that it was rejected by reality itself.

[seandeven]

Dnd lore I like Oghma, Denier, Jergal, Gond the human gods of scribes. invention, thought and knowledge myself, the pantheon of the library.
of course Mystra but shes, overdone in stories.

That all said, Milil at the end party is my very favorite.

The god of song and poetry cast out by Cyric and swept up from the fugue plane by Withers. The wheel just keeps on turnin'

[swbrandt]

Originally posted by seandeven:

Dnd lore I like Oghma, Denier, Jergal, Gond the human gods of scribes. invention, thought and knowledge myself, the pantheon of the library.
of course Mystra but shes, overdone in stories.

That all said, Milil at the end party is my very favorite.

The god of song and poetry cast out by Cyric and swept up from the fugue plane by Withers. The wheel just keeps on turnin'

Yeah the bit with Milil was awesome! Especially if the PC passes the religion check and shows they know who he is.

My canon PC that I just finished Tactician with is a cleric of Tymora. Always had a soft spot for Lady Luck, and it seems particularly fitting with "The Odds are Cast Anew" as a theme in this game.

[seeker1]

I can understand why Gale got into a relationship with Mystra, what mortal turns down a goddess, but ... wow, I have never understood why she got into a relationship with him.

I know Faerun gods and goddesses do get involved with mortals, and Mystra was formerly mortal, but still... of all the mortals on Faerun she chose Gale?

[Grimple_Butterman]

God of the The Wild Hunt!

Malar, the lesser deity of hunting, stalking, bloodlust, and bestial savagery in the Faerûnian pantheon. The Beastlord was the epitome of the dark, bloody side of nature though in his more favorable aspects was worshiped by those who identified with the wild natures, grace and amorality of predators. Despite being revered as the hunger and hunting instinct of beasts among druid circles however, he despised The Balance of nature that druids and other nature deities sought to uphold.

[Blanch Warren]

None. The evil gods are blind, abstract forces of evil for evil's sake, and the good gods are boring. No one could ever actually be convinced to follow bane, let alone cyric, and most DND gods aren't memorable on the surface anyway.