Being an enumeration of the known gods of this world…

There are literally thousands of gods in the world and not even the oldest and wisest sages claim to know the names and natures all of them. Most temples and churches in the world are dedicated not to a single deity, but are rather filled with shrines to many gods—typically any and all that the builders of the edifice had knowledge of, and often with space set aside for as-yet-unknown gods. There are gods representing every minute aspect of life. There may be both a god of persimmon trees and a god of rotting persimmon fruit, gods of men who lust after elven maids, and gods of men who lust after elven males. No portfolio is too petty or too specific for there to be a god to oversee it.

Most common people are Pantheists. They tend to be highly spiritual and superstitious, praying often. They do not have patron deities, but rather pray to whatever god or gods might have power over the present situation. If they do not know what god rules their current predicament, they will go with the generic and pray to them all. Sometimes a particularly charismatic priest will convince a small village to devote the majority of their worship to a single deity. In these rare cases, the god in question may gain sufficient power to have more than one priest (sometimes as many as three or even four).

Clerics, Druids, Inquisitors, and similar classes always worship their own single, specific god. Indeed, no god grants spells to more than a single faithful servant (none is so powerful as to do more). These priestly characters may be of any alignment, and may choose any domains they wish—even alignment domains opposed to their own (there may be a god of good men who have evil thoughts for example). Those that gain proficiency with a “deity’s weapon of choice” may choose any single martial weapon of their choice. Players are encouraged to make up the details of their chosen god.

Regardless of deity or domain, no character can cast the Raise Dead spell, nor any similar spell with a casting time of 1 minute or greater that would restore life to a dead character (see Life, Death, and What Comes After).

The one exception to this general pantheism is Dormin, the god of the giants. Dormin is the only god of any significant power (by traditional D&D standards), and is the only god able to grant his priests the ability to raise the dead—and, indeed, the only god powerful enough to have more than one divine spellcaster in their service. Dormin’s faithful are monotheistic, seeing all other gods and their priests as beneath them (which is true). Similarly all other priests (and the vast majority of the common folk) view Dormin as the ultimate source of Evil, and his followers as the worst kind of heretics.

Divine spellcasters in Dormin’s service may be of any non-Chaotic alignment, treat the Dragon Pistol as their favored weapon, and have access to the Curse, Darkness, Isolation, Light, Resurrection, and Souls domains, and the Banishment, Heresy, Possession, and True Death inquisitions.

One cannot possibly list all of the petty gods of the world. The All-Embracing church recognizes the gods of Egypt, the gods and deified emperors of Rome, the gods of the Germanic peoples, the gods of Mycenaea, the god of Abraham, the gods of the Indians, the gods of the Hindus, the gods of the Australian aborigines, various Saints, the gods of the various Fey races, the gods of various Realms lost and forgotten, and thousands of others.

If you are feeling un-creative and still want to make your own god this handy random generator can help. Or this one or this one.

Here are but a few of the known gods.

Deity Name	Portfolio	Domains	Deity’s Priest
Dormin	Giants, Dark Magic, Resurrection	Curse, Darkness, Isolation, Light, Resurrection, Souls	Multiplicitous
Besmara	Piracy	Greed, Oceans	Sandara Quinn
Polmomnu	Moonplum Trees	Agriculture, Moon	Father William
Vorn	Civic ironworks rusted by rain	Cold Iron, Decay
Tittivilla	Breeding of horned animals	Lust, Fur
Saint Siavacia	Humans who wish to become snakes	Cannibalism, Scalykind
Gnowee	Women who search for lost children	Sun, Travel	Jessica Duncaster
Enki	Written inscriptions in metal or clay	Artifice, Earth	currently none
“Chris”	Renaming of people or ships	Innuendo, Prophecy	Chandra Goodwin
Anuket	The lower cataracts of the Nile	Rivers, Catastrophe
Babi	Undead virility	Undead, Monkey
Kui	Dirt under huts	Home, Earth
Baphomet	Men with the heads of ruminants	Strength, Fur
Vesta	Sacred/Temple Prostitution1	Divine, Lust
Tittivilus	Typographical errors	Language, Entropy
Leanan Sidhe	Inspiration	Artifice, Imagination
Amphitrite	Salt water	Oceans, Song
Resgatelento	Slow and gradual rehabilitation of criminals	Judgement, Redemption, Reformation, Sin2
Fishguts	Piscine entrails	Cannibalism, Flotsam	Adrien Tolbert
Demogorgon	Carnivorous Apes	Monkey, Demon
???	Prince of Demons3	Demon, Resurrection	Ukug ‘Rummy’ Rummm

¹ Not to be confused with everyday prostitutes who do not work in temples.

² Resgatelento’s current prophet is a Tovenaar and thus has access to more domains than most clerics.

³ While the title “Prince of Demons” is often bandied about by religious and planar scholars, no one knows who this being is. The Prince is said to be the original author of the Demonologia Sexualis and to rule over the deepest layers of the realm of the dead, converting deceased souls into unspeakable monstrosities. It is said that his chosen prophet can bring these dead spirits bodily into the world, overriding even Dormin’s monopoly on the powers of resurrection — though at terrible cost.