1.That seems like a continuity error. Goddess of magic with no limiter or handicap still can’t make gods or overturn their decrees unless she takes over their portfolio, which Ao wouldn’t allow anyway. So could even make it so magic doesn’t need a god to run it. Hmm. You seem to be understanding quite a different Realms than the one we see in print. In which many gods have seized or stolen the portfolios of others, or even slain other gods…and Ao did nothing.
No one really understands Ao, or what he'll allow or not.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020
2. The other ptime gods and portfolios are actually 100% necessary for existence itself whereas magic as it is known outside the clergy really isn't that necessary. I.E there can be gods with no wizards but no clerics without gods.
— The_Miasma (@ColeEpicSmile) February 29, 2020
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We don’t know that the gods are necessary for anything; they are ways of expressing existence. Magic permeates Toril; it’s everywhere and the fastest, most powerful way of harnessing the energies of the world. A goddess of magic can and has cut off other gods’ 2)
…access to magic in the past, and Ao did step in and stop that. Your last sentence is quite correct, but beside the point.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020
3. So it is slightly confusing for me that Mystra is a prime god, but the only one that really matters so her Chosen are “the big deal”. Seems kind of like Ao would or should maybe fix that instead of causing one Time of Trouble and then slacking off for another few millenia. Many mortals lament that the world isn't as they wish it to be, often when bills come due, yet the world seems not to hear or care.
We just don't know enough about Ao to know what he would do. When we say what he "should" do, we merely project our desires onto him.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 1, 2020
