Deity

Deities, also known as gods, are powerful, divine beings. Little is known about them for certain, but it is known that every deity has within them a divine spark that is the source of their powers. While the origins of most deities are unknown, there are a very small number of deities who are known to have come by their divine sparks in modern times, through various means: Kiaransalee was a mortal raised to godhood by Lolth by splitting her divine spark, while Boccob granted his divine spark to Ioun at the moment of his apparent death. So far, Vecna is the only known instance of a mortal becoming a deity seemingly under his own power, but as he is the god of secrets it is unlikely the knowledge of how he accomplished this feat will ever be spread.

Though the divine spark makes the bearer functionally immortal, it is possible - though extraordinarily difficult, and perhaps impossible without being a god oneself - to kill a deity. This was never evidenced more clearly than in the Deity War, in which Nerull and those allied with him killed a large number of deities in order that the Reaper of Souls might harvest their divine sparks. It is unknown what happened to the sparks Nerull had collected when he was finally destroyed, but most scholars believe that they likely dissipated back into universe (the more optimistic ones believe that they will one day be used in the creation of new deities to replace those who fell, often citing the Raven Queen as a theoretical example).

List of deities

Name	Title	Portfolio	Domains	Alignment
Bahamut	God of good dragons	Good dragons, justice, wisdom	Life, War	Lawful Good
Bane	God of tyranny	Conquest, war	War	Lawful Evil
Corellon Larethian	God of elves	Arts and crafts, elves, magic, music, poetry, war	Light, War	Chaotic Good
Ehlonna	Goddess of the woodlands	Fertility, flora and fauna, forests, woodlands	Life, Nature	Neutral Good
Evening Glory	Goddess of eternal love	Love, beauty, undeath	Death	Neutral
Fharlanghn	God of horizons and travel	Distance, horizons, roads, travel	Knowledge, Nature	Neutral Good
Garl Glitterold	God of gnomes	Gnomes, humor, illusion, jewelrymaking, wit	Trickery	Neutral Good
Gruumsh	God of orcs	Conquest, orcs, storms, strength, survival, territory	Tempest, War	Chaotic Evil
Ioun	Goddess of magic	Knowledge, magic, skill, prophecy	Knowledge	Neutral
Kiaransalee	Goddess of undead drow	Undeath, vengeance	Death	Chaotic Evil
Kord	God of storms and battle	Athletics, battle, courage, sport, storms	Tempest, War	Chaotic Good
Kurtulmak	God of kobolds	Kobolds, mining, trapmaking, war	Trickery, War	Lawful Evil
Lolth	Goddess of drow and spiders	Darkness, drow, spiders	Trickery	Chaotic Evil
Moradin	God of dwarves	Creation, dwarves, engineering, smithing	Knowledge	Lawful Good
Nalindra	Goddess of the blazing sun	Fire, magic, sun, vengeance	Knowledge, Light	Neutral
Obad-hai	God of nature	Beasts, freedom, hunting, nature, woodlands	Nature	Neutral
Pelor	God of the sun	Healing, light, strength, sun	Life, Light	Neutral Good
The Raven Queen	Goddess of death	Death, fate, winter	Death	Neutral
Saint Cuthbert	God of zeal	Common sense, discipline, honesty, retribution, truth, wisdom, zeal	Knowledge	Lawful Neutral
Sehanine Moonbow	Goddess of the fey	Autumn, love, moon	Knowledge	Neutral Good
Tiamat	Goddess of evil dragons	Conquest, evil dragons, greed	Trickery, War	Lawful Evil
Vecna	God of secrets	Intrigue, magic, secrets, undeath	Knowledge	Neutral Evil
Yondalla	Goddess of halflings	Fertility, halflings, hearth	Life	Lawful Good

List of deceased deities

Name	Title	Portfolio	Domains	Alignment
Boccob	God of magic	Arcane knowledge, balance, foresight, magic	Knowledge	Neutral
Elishar	God of light	Good, light, prophecy, sun	Knowledge, Light	Neutral Good
Heironeous	God of justice	Chivalry, daring, honor, justice, valor, war	War	Lawful Good
Hextor	God of discord	Conflict, discord, fitness, massacres, tyranny, war	War	Lawful Evil
Nerull	God of death	Darkness, death, murder	Death	Neutral Evil
Wee Jas	Goddess of death and magic	Death, law, magic, vanity	Death, Knowledge	Lawful Neutral