maybi bother you with two questions? 😉
We know humans in Faerûn worship all the gods, even though some people may favor some deities over others.
However, is it be possible for some, like half-elves, to worship both elven and human gods? 1/2 Also, how common are temples dedicated to all (human) gods of Faerûn as opposed to temples dedicated to individual deities?
Thanks in advance! 2/2
— Ricardo Williams (@rwgs76) March 28, 2020
1)
It is very possible, and even popular, to venerate both human and elven gods regardless of the race of the worshipper. Quite a few halflings, gnomes, and humans pick an elf ‘patron’ deity to worship as well as ‘their own’ gods 2)
All-faiths temples (like The Plinth in Waterdeep) are rare, but all-faiths SHRINES are found in many, many way-hamlets, villages, and market towns (i.e. places too small to have an array of temples specific to a deity each).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2020
3)
Some shrines are little more than an altar with a weather-roof overhead, lacking any attending clergy and kept clean and tidy by local devout “just plain folk” (lay worshippers). Others are more natural, consisting of an… 4)
…open-air spot associated with some deed, miracle, or manifestation of a particular deity, where folk go to pray and leave offerings (often this is a spring, a pond, or a distinctive tree or rock). A few are substantial stone…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2020
5)
…buildings, maintained, cleaned, and guarded by priests—but not sanctified as ground holy to just one deity, and not dedicated to just one deity, but open for all to worship any or many deities.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 28, 2020