Gods and the Piety System in Mythic Odysseys of Theros | D&D Beyond

Gods play an important role in Theros and your devotion to them can earn you great rewards. Todd Kenreck talks to Adam Lee and James Wyatt about how the Piety System works and how dungeon masters can use the gods to create adventures and stories in the Mythic Odysseys of Theros.

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[samtheactualkenku]

Fun fact: there are only two gods who are aware of the fact that they were made by mortals, Heliod who is angered by this fact, and Kruphix the oldest god in the pantheon who is complacent with this fact. I'd have included Xenagos, but he is dead and part of the Nyx starfield

[jgr]

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this is the most important piece of advice on D&D religiosity. even in the FR it's not about converting someone else to your own god, it's about recognizing how a certain pantheon works, a Cleric of Selune doesn't have to convert a follower of Corellon Larenthian, because they're both members of the same pantheon!!!

[AbyssalDrake]

I am endlessly fascinated by this setting and cannot wait to run a game in it and one day, maybe, play in it. (I'm the primary DM of, like, three groups.)

[vigilantezra]

I absolutely love this book and I hope they release one for Norse mythology and other mythologies as well

[Buddy]

I'm excited to see more about Theros.

[maggintons]

Its wierd how technically the real Greek mythos exists in D&D multiverse and now Theros does as well..

[Bluecho]

"[Heliod] is Lawful Good."
"Someone who is fanatically devoted to Heliod is not necessarily out there saying, 'You cannot worship Iroas, you must worship Heliod'."

It's weird that he said these things, given that the MtG lore tells us the exact opposite. Heliod murdered a champion of his for becoming too powerful, out of jealousy and fear of his own position. And Heliod subsequently instigated a war among his followers against the followers of every other god, in order to starve them of worship.

[Alowishius]

That god at 1:20 and in the thumbnail gives me some mad B Dave Walters vibes, and that man would make a /mean/ god in a campaign. The undisputed Baron of the Pantheon.

[RawrJrRoar]

Mortal worships Keranos
Keranos zaps mortals with lightnings

[WeTalkDD]

This explanation helped a lot. Thank you

[wilhelmscream]

I might be wrong but across the editions hasn't there been a LOT of canonical history about the Gods themselves and their interactions ? But i guess the equivalent is still much more immediate on Theros.

[trentbjorkman]

Terry Pratchet was right in Small Gods

[maggintons]

So in this universe are you more likely to have cultists making cults dedicated to themselves, to give themselves divine power?

[mattmurray]

What happens if someone for fearun or grey hawk, comes to theros? Do all the gods show up and demand belief? Are the characters over whelmed with a sense of faith?

[sammcfarlane]

So this is basically a DND version of Clash of the Titans

[feylights]

How about the afterlife in Theros? Do souls go to their gods, or do they go to a place like Hades?

[shaunwhitfield]

"gods are dependent on the belief of mortals." Could be worked into a 5e adaptation of Planescape. (Honestly, whenever a new book comes out, I think about what I can use in Planescape)

[draxthemsklonst]

I get that Nyx is the starfield.

Is it feasible that Nyx is the "Ao of Theros?"

[DeadAnimalOnMyDesk]

This relationship between the deities and the mortals sounds a lot like capitalism to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[whitelanternomega]

So Titan's were more powerful than Gods?