@TheEdVerse I'm guessing votive and sacrificial offerings at divine altars are something that was glossed over in official Realmslore. Anything you can share? Do material offerings vanish to show the diety has accepted it?
— AdamDravian (@AdamDravian) December 18, 2020
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They were, and are. As was the use of drops of the caster’s blood as material components.
Offerings are put on an altar in a temple. On the road, they can be placed in a consecrated bowl, or on any surface or in any depression that’s had a symbol of the deity… 2)
…traced on/in it with the offerer's fingertip (preferably traced in blood, tears, spittle, or fire-ashes). Sometimes they vanish as the god takes them (in a temple, often due to a spell covertly cast by priests, to impress the devout, but on rare occasions, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 18, 2020
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…genuinely), sometimes they are consumed by fire (spellsent by priests or the deity or a servitor of the deity, or formally and openly applied to end the ritual/prayer), and sometimes reverently taken up for temple use or distribution to the poor or needy, or… 4)
…even, if it's edible, used as a "god-blessed" medicine for the ailing, stricken, or wounded.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 18, 2020