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To manifest in Realmspace, a deity has to be worshipped there: mortals who dwell somewhere in Realmspace have to pray to, or dedicate deeds and services and offerings to, the god by name. If it’s only a handful of mortals, an already-resident deity will likely...
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@TheEdVerse how do interloper deities get a foothold in the realms? Like, if someone got really religious about hygiene would the Greek Goddess Hygieia appear in the realm? Would she be a full blown god or would she have to start at a cult level and work her way up?
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..“answer” the veneration in the guise of the worshipped deity at first, but once there’s an active “congregation” led by someone who is a cleric/priest/holy person, and that cult performs sacrifices (usually beasts, but laying down one’s own life, even...
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..unintentionally, counts), the deity in their “elsewhere” will become aware of the worship.
They then choose to pay attention, or not. Typically they steal into the dreams of one mortal and listen and watch. The moment they start to act, guiding their mortal...
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..worshippers and aiding them with magic or “signs and portents,” they’re in: they become an interloper deity that’s in the Realms.
However, many never become more than a name sages know and an entity a small local cult follows. Yes, they begin as...
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..near-nobodies, no matter what their power or status is elsewhere, their power growing with their influence, as more and more mortals of the Realms hear of them and decide to make offerings to them or perform prayers.
Demigods usually manifest as images or...
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..voices to guide, and communicate eloquently only in the dreams of faithful. As they gain power, they can confer more powerful spells, and “send them” into the world as cast magic, out of their altars or out of chosen mortals (such as a priest or cult leader).
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