Worship

This is a big step in your life. Unlike the whimsical religions of other worlds, the choosing of a God or Goddess for devotion becomes permanent. The reason for this is that the gods take an active role once they have you within their flock and they will not release your soul once they have it. There are many perks and negatives to worshipping a god on Avatar. You will have to research, ask around, or take a guess as to whether or not a religion is something you really wish to do. Some Gods, like Bhyss, have only a few benefits (although attractive to some) and many small negatives. The addition of religion to your life, however, will create a more unique experience for you. The choice is yours.

You'll find with certain gods and goddesses that the effects of your spells are modified. For example, a cleric/priest who worships Tul-Sith can expect to heal 300hp with a single divinity, while others can expect less than that. The atheist rate on that is 250hp, so Tul-Sith offers a 20% increase in healing effectiveness.

Worship can also affect things like spell duration, ac provided by spells, and melee effectiveness. An example of this would be the Kra armor class bonus, or the Quixoltan duration bonus. Werredan is known to provide bonuses to XP as well.

Worship Effects Table

EFFECTS PER DEITY		Bhy	Dur	Grn	Kra	Qxl	Rxa	Shz	Tor	Tul	Wer
Group Leadership Capacity		-2	-1	0	+3	+4	-3	0	0	0	+2
Regeneration Rate	Hit Points	-10%	00%	-20%	-20%	-25%	00%	-20%	+05%	+20%	00%
	Mana Points	-10%	00%	-10%	-10%	-25%	00%	+05%	00%	+20%	00%
Spellcasting	Cost	-10%	00%	+05%	00%	+05%	00%	-05%	+10%	00%	+10%
	Lag	worse	worse	better	same	same	worst	better	same	better	same
Spellcasting: Buffing	Amount	-10%	+05%	+20%	+15%	-20%	-15%	-10%	+05%	+10%	00%
	Duration	00%	+05%	-10%	00%	+??%	00%	+05%	00%	-05%	00%
Spellcasting: Healing	Amount	-20%	-10%	+10%	+15%?	00%	00%	-10%	-35%	+20%	-20%
Combat Damage	Hand-to-Hand	??	??	best	??	??	??	??	??	??	??
	Melee Weapon	worst	worse	worse	better	better	better	worse	best	worse	best
	Missile Weapon	??	better	??	??	??	best	??	??	??	better
	Spellcasting	best	worse	same	??	better	worse	better	??	worse	worse
Combat Experience-Point Gains		00%	-??%	00%	00%	00%	-10%	00%	00%	-20%	+10%
Death Experience-Point Losses		-25%	+05%	+10%	+50%	+200%	+80%	00%	-05%	00%	00%
Levelup Gains	Hit Points	worse	same	worse	??	better	same	better	better	same	better
	Mana Points	same	better	same	??	better	same	better	worse	same	worse
	Practice Points*	-1	0	0	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0
Effective Int for Practicing		-0.5	+0.5	+2.5	-1.5	-2.5	0	-0.5	-1.5	0	-0.5
Prayer Responses (Average)		bad	??	good	??	??	good	mixed	bad	good	mixed
Sharpening		same	better	same	same	same	same	better	same	same	worse
Enchanting*		worse	better	same	worse	better	??	better	worse	worse	worse

*Practice gains here refers to lowmort practice gains; as hero practice gains equal lowmort practice gains halved then rounded down, they may or may not be affected by worship. Gods affect enchanting through their "presences"; a favorable divine presence will turn a "shimmer" into a "brill" while an unfavorable one will turn a "brill" into a "shimmer". This data was compiled from multiple sources that may or may not be accurate and/or up-to-date.

See also Devotion.