Faiths & Avatars
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| Author | Julia Martin and Eric L. Boyd |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wizards of the Coast |
Publication date | 26 March 1996 |
| Pages | 191 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7869-0384-9 |
| OCLC | 35362353 |
Faiths & Avatars is an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign expansion book.
Faiths & Avatars is a supplement which lists and details information about the gods of the Faerûnian pantheon, even those who have died.[1] The book provides 45 deity descriptions, and four new priest sub-classes. Each god has a description, game statistics, and a personal history, as well as its Avatar that the god uses as a manifestation in the mortal world in a form that characters would most likely encounter. The faiths section of each god details the structure of their church, religious dogma, daily activities, major worship centers, prominent religious orders, priest vestments, adventuring clothes, holy days and significant ceremonies.[1] The book presents specific spells available only to the followers of the individual gods, which match the nature and spheres of influence for each god.[1] The last ten pages of the book outline four priest sub-classes: crusaders, monks, mystic and shamans.[1]
This book contains an exhaustive list of all the Lesser through Greater human gods and their churches. The supplement provides numerous spells and special powers for clerics of each different faith. Faiths & Avatars details the clergy, the ethos, and important information to depict the Faerûnian pantheon in a campaign setting.
Publication history
The book was designed by Julia Martin with Eric L. Boyd,[2] and additional design by Ed Greenwood, L. Richard Baker III, and David Wise. Cover art is by Alan Pollack, with interior illustrations by Earl Geier and color plates by Victoria Lisi and Ned Dameron.
This book is first in a series of sourcebooks about the Faerûnian pantheon, followed by Powers & Pantheons and Demihuman Deities.