Fandom: Dungeons and Dragons, Eberron, Forgotten Realms
The four with the most votes will move to the next round
Ao (Forgotten Realms)
Lolth (Forgotten Realms)
Luminous Being (Forgotten Realms)
Selûne (Forgotten Realms)
Tiamat (Forgotten Realms)
The Traveler (Eberron)
Dol Arrah (Eberron)
The Becoming God (Eberron)
Cyric (Forgotten Realms)
Voting ended onDec 17, 2024
Note: This poll refers only to the characters' versions in Dungeons and Dragons, Forgotten Realms or Eberron.
Characters' info under the cut
Ao (wiki)
Domains: Overgod and Watcher of the Multiverse
Propaganda:
Overgod of the D&D multiverse, being vastly over all the setting's gods except for the literal Dungeon Master
Lolth (wiki)
Domains: spiders, drow, trickery, war
Propaganda:
Spider lady spider lady spider lady spider lady
Luminous Being (wiki)
Domain: All of D&D
Propaganda:
They are the supreme being of all D&D, and while open to interpretation, they are implied to be a stand in for the Dungeon Master, the person who runs the D&D campaigns in real life
Selûne (wiki)
Domains:goddess of light, guidance, and specifically The Moon. The asteroids that follow the moon are her tears.
Propaganda:
Selûne is so cool, actually! If you've played BG3 you know she becomes Shadowheart's much kinder Goddess and gave birth to a baddie like Dame Aylin; but she's done so much more! She created the sun at personal cost to herself, and gave the world enough heat for life. When Ao sent all the gods to faerûn to live as mortals, Selûne didn't even notice because she had already been doing that of her own choice! Iconic!
Tiamat (wiki)
Domains: Evil Dragons, Greed Dragons, Trickery
The Traveler (wiki)
Domains: chaos, deception, evolution, invention, and transformation.
Propaganda:
okay so beyond being a chaos god, the traveller is also the reason changelings exist in Eberron! and well. dnd changelings my beloved (seriously, look up the in universe origin myths, they rock). it's also gender (tm) (to quote the wiki: even its gender is unknown—the Traveler is referred to as "it", not "he" or "she", but sometimes "he" and "she" have been used, even interchangeably). It's also just. a weirdo compared to the other gods of the setting. It's just kinda there and also maybe created the world?? 10/10 fictional deity. especially by tumblr standards. look me in the eyes and tell me it wouldn't be a punk.
Dol Arrah (wiki1, wiki2)
Domains: The Sun, things worth fighting for, justice, diplomacy and self-sacrifice
Propganda:
The quintessential God of Paladins, the Warrior Sun stands for the decision to draw your sword- or not. Wise, just and true, she is the voice that urges restraint in the face of provocation and the clarion call to fight for what is right. Diplomacy and strategy are part of her domain - she stands as much for those who seek to avoid unnecessary warfare or to claim victory without the need to strike a blow - but the image of her that comes first to mind is a knight in armour, shining with the light of the Sun.
So are you a magic robot built for war who's looking for purpose now that you've got human rights? Are you dissatisfied with the abstract, insubstantial gods of organics? Are you plagued by visions of divine schematics and a holy machine? Great news! You can help build the Becoming God! He doesn't yet exist, but once all his followers have built his chassis, he will rise up from the wastes and lead his people to their glorious destiny.
Cyric (wiki)
Domains: Lies and deception
Propaganda:
Cool backstory. Kind of maybe too much to explain but maybe I'll explain it in asks later if he gets in.
The problem with darkness is that it excludes hope. The gift of hope is that it dispels darkness. By clearing out darkness with the lightness of hope we shift from one illusion to another. The illusion of hope is far more pleasant than the illusion of darkness. When feelings of darkness begin to lift, the ideas that come with the new perspective look like hope. Hope may not be the source of light that chases away darkness, but more like what is revealed when things stop looking so bleak.
The source of the light that has the power to dispel darkness is our own luminous nature. That is not something that some people have and others don’t. It is something at the heart of being human...read more
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