The Best Gods In Dungeons & Dragons
Whether you're picking a patron or campaigning to end a heavenly reign, the best D&D gods offer a wide range of alignments and domains to choose from. Warlocks and clerics can pick their patron deity from the Dungeons & Dragons pantheon, and whether you chose Tyr or Shar will depend on if you want war and justice or revenge.
Of course, there are many more D&D gods than just the deities you see named the most often. Not counting the expanded pantheon that includes fantasy-historical pantheons like Norse and Roman gods and the deities shared by the nonhuman races in the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk, the D&D Pantheon and the gods of the Forgotten Realms offer rich possibilities for storytelling (and power).
From Auril to Waukeen, the best D&D gods can be just the thing to give more depth to your character when adventuring across the Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Ravinica, and beyond. Vote up the best deities to offer your patronage when building or leveling up a character.
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Helm
God of Protection
Alignment: LN
Domain: Life, Light
Symbol: Staring eye on upright left gauntlet
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Mystra
Goddess of Magic
Alignment: NG
Domain: Knowledge
Symbol: Circle of seven stars, or nine stars encircling a flowing red mist, or a single star
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Selune
Goddess of the Moon
Alignment: CG
Domain: Knowledge, Life
Symbol: Pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars
God of Birth and Renewal
Alignment: NG
Domain: Life, Light
Symbol: Road traveling into a sunrise
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Tyr
God of Justice.
Alignment: LG
Domain: War
Symbol: Balanced scales resting on a warhammer
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Tymora
Goddess of Good Fortune.
Alignment: CG
Domain: Trickery
Symbol: Face-up coin
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Silvanus
God of Wild Nature
Alignment: N
Domain: Nature
Symbol: Oak leaf
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Sune
Goddess of Love and Beauty
Alignment: CG
Domain: Life, Light
Symbol: Face of a beautiful red-haired woman
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Mask
God of Thieves
Alignment: CN
Domain: Trickery
Symbol: Black mask
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Ilmater
God of Endurance
Alignment: LG
Domain: Life
Symbol: Hands bound at the wrist with red cord
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Auril
Goddess of winter.
Alignment: NE
Domains: Nature, Tempest
Symbol: Six-pointed snowflake
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Deneir
God of Writing
Alignment: NG
Domain: Knowledge
Symbol: Lit candle above an open eye
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Leira
Goddess of Illusion
Alignment: CN
Domain: Trickery
Symbol: Point-down triangle containing a swirl of mist
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Kelemvor
God of the Dead
Alignment: LN
Domain: Death
Symbol: Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales
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Chauntea
Goddess of Agriculture
Alignment: NG
Domain: Life
Symbol: Sheaf of grain or a blooming rose over grain
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Savras
God of Divination and Fate
Alignment: LN
Domain: Knowledge
Symbol: Crystal ball containing many kinds of eyes
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Torm
God of Courage and Self-Sacrifice
Alignment: LG
Domain: War
Symbol: White right gauntlet
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Waukeen
Goddess of Trade.
Alignment: N
Domain: Knowledge, Trickery
Symbol: Upright coin with Waukeen’s profile facing left
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Mielikki
Goddess of Forests
Alignment: NG
Domain: Nature
Symbol: Unicorn’s head
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Bhaal
God of Murder
Alignment: NE
Domain: Death
Symbol: Skull surrounded by a ring of blood droplets
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Shar
Goddess of Darkness and Loss
Alignment: NE
Domain: Death, Trickery
Symbol: Black disk encircled with a border
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Lliira
Goddess of Joy
Alignment: CG
Domain: Life
Symbol: Triangle of three six-pointed stars
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Umberlee
Goddess of the Sea.
Alignment: CE
Domain: Tempest
Symbol: Wave curling left and right
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Oghma
God of Knowledge
Alignment: N
Domain: Knowledge
Symbol: Blank scroll
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Eldath
Goddess of Peace
Alignment: NG
Domain: Life, Nature
Symbol: Waterfall plunging into still pool
