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.
| 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% | +20% | 00% | +05% | 00% | -05% | 00% | |
| Spellcasting: Healing | Amount | -20% | -10% | +10% | +15%? | 00% | +4/-8%** | -10% | -35% | +20% | -20% |
| Combat Damage | Hand-to-Hand | worse | worse | best | worst | same | same | same | same | worse | same |
| Melee Weapon | worst | worse | worse | better | better | better | worse | best | worse | best | |
| Rogue Damage | worse | better | worst | worst | worse | same | better | best | worst | worst* | |
| Psi (telekinetic) | worse | ?? | ?? | halved | ?? | ?? | best | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Missile Weapon | ?? | better | ?? | halved | ?? | best | ?? | ?? | ?? | better | |
| Spellcasting | best | worse | same | halved | 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 | same | better | same | better | better | same | better |
| Mana Points | same | better | same | 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 | 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". Kra also practically halves archery, kinetic and spell damages. Werredan effectively disables your ability to do rogue damage, for example, your surprise attack will do just normal damage instead of double (atheist) and will not land very often. Gorn seem to decrease normal rogue's rogue damage, and have no effect on shf's 'rogue' skills.
** My Roixa's lowmort cleric's cure light is 26hp, i.e. +4%, but heal is only 115hp (-8%), i.e. this is the oddest healing worship affect in our zoo.
This data was compiled from multiple sources that may or may not be accurate and/or up-to-date.
See also Devotion.
