We think we’ve all rolled up a cleric at just one occasion or another and just picked a god that matched the domain you would like, there’s no shame in it. But D&D gods have tons of history, iconography, and lusciously crafted flavor that you simply can sculpt your entire persona around. D&D deities are available all shapes, sizes, and temperaments, building off a history dating back all the thanks to the start of D&D.
With the prevalence of homebrew pantheons and every one the various worlds you would possibly find yourself in, this dnd gods list is in no way comprehensive. Instead, the subsequent list of dnd deities encompasses all the Forgotten Realms deities, or a minimum of the present forgotten realms deities, since the pantheon has shifted from edition to edition. We’re also including a touch cliff note section, just to offer you a far better overview of what each deity is all about.
5e deities
Pantheons
| Pantheon Name | Summary | Author |
|---|---|---|
| The court of the Sun King | The Gods of Apiron. | Wildmage |
| Elemental Wolves | Wolves that control the basic building blocks of nature and emotion. | Dingobabee |
Deities
| Deity | Portfolio | Alignment | Suggested | Plane | Symbol | Pantheon | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domains | |||||||
| Void Termina | Chaos, Destruction | Chaotic Evil | War, Arcana | All | A heart with horns and bat-like wings | None | Thenoobles |
| The Wanderer | Travel, Commerce, Hospitality | Neutral Good | Travel | A use-worn sandal. | Universal | Rlyehable | |
| The Mana | Death, Magic, Enlightenment, Virtue | Lawful Good | Life, Death, Virtue | An intricate tattoo | Max7238 | ||
| The Destroyer | of Cataclysmic Destruction | Chaotic Evil | Death, Grave | Demiplane of the Forgotten | A circle with an arch at its center, shattered with the edges being more scattered than the center. | Pantheon of the Forgotten | Ghostie |
| Sun King | Sun, Retribution, Teukros-Royalty, Law, Tekran-Fire, Revenge | Lawful Good (Teukros) Lawful Neutral (Tekran) | Light | Court of the Sun King | Golden crown displaying a Sun disc (Teukros), A Burning Orb with a open maw (Tekran) | Court of the Sun King | |
| Sha'er | Of the nights, the roguish and the unsightly | Chaotic Neutral | Trickery, Death, Grave | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | A black velvet mask tinged in hues of red with iridescent purple lines inscribed at a slant downwards and inwards passing through either eye hole and meeting at the bottom jaw. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
| Sekolah | Sahuagin, Battle | Lawful Evil | War, Death | Nine Hells | White shark | Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Sahuagin | Rlyehable |
| Sehanine Moonbow | Dreams, death, travel | Chaotic Good | Grave, Knowledge, Light | Full moon under a moonbow | Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
| Lu Tunaki | The Hunt | Chaotic Neutral | Nature, Grave, War | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | A misty skull with an arrow slammed down into its temple from above with rays casting from the shaft of the arrow. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
| Jakoths the PC User | Video Games, Hardware and Software | Chaotic Neutral | City, Arcana, Trickery, War | Demiplane of the Forgotten | A skull with a gaming controller plugged into the skull. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
| Hanali Celanil | Love, beauty, and the arts | Chaotic Good | Life | Golden heart | Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
| Duke Braken | Dimensional Chivalry | Neutral Good | War, Order, Knowledge | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | A stubborn ram in front of a sword stabbed into the ground. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
| Asien | The Slaughter | Chaotic Evil | Grave, Death | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | A horizontally split skull with a beating heart nestled through the gap. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
| Anoikh | Reincarnation and the Order of Life | Lawful Neutral | Life, Grave, Death | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | An upside down ankh with three crosses intersecting at the loops end, near the end of the shaft and inbetween the two. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
| Angharradh | Wisdom, growth, protection | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Life, War | Three interlocking circles | Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
| Aerdrie Faenya | Air, rain, fertility, birth | Chaotic Good | Life, Tempest, Trickery | Arborea, Ysgard | Bird silhouetted against a cloud | Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
| Aberro | the Wandering Giver of Life | Chaotic Neutral | Life, Trickery | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | A cross splitting a grinning mask, with curved mischievous eyes. Gleaming with elegant rays. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie |
In addition to the most pantheon, there are several deities that act as patron gods for specific races, either acting as their progenitors or their guardians. It’s not impossible to worship these deities as a member of a special race, but most of their worshipers belong to the race they claim patronage over. you’ll get to construct a substantial backstory to elucidate why your character has such a spiritual affiliation.
Earlier editions of D&D have given actual stat blocks and skills to deities, but a minimum of currently they’re still in an amorphous weight class simply labeled “stronger than you”. Gods in 5e aren’t unkillable, but throughout most of the lore, gods are typically only killed by other gods or occasionally demon lords. There isn’t any kind of “magic bullet” established within the lore either, gods died through regular old combat, though at a mythical scale. If your adventure seems to be leading up to a fight against a deity, expect for there to be some extenuating circumstances or a McGuffin of deity slaying, because otherwise, any deity should be ready to wipe the ground with even level 20 adventurers.
Now that you simply have lore, there are only a couple of little details you’ll get to nail down for your players to figure with: Name, Alignment, Domains, and Symbol.
The Name you ought to have already got, but if you’re listing it out for your players, you’ll want their full title.
The Alignment is vital thematically so your players can quickly get a thought of your deity’s disposition. It’s not nearly as important because it was in earlier editions, but still, confirm to incorporate an alignment for your deity.
Finally, each deity should have a logo, this will be anything really, but simpler is simpler to recollect. A green flaming eye for instance is simpler to figure with and remember than 9 emerald eyes surrounded by rainbow flames with a leaping two-headed liger. you’ll also make your god’s symbol a selected sort of weapon, which adds flavor for clerics and paladins wielding the favored weapon of their god. Once you’ve got all that put together, you ought to be able to introduce your new deity to your players for your next campaign!