Ten Thousand Gods
The Temple of Ten Thousand Gods is an oddity among the enlightened faiths. While its members recognize the established gods such as Kor and Najm, they also recognize any deity, believing all gods to be aspects of the same divine power. In other words, the many deities, known and forgotten, are but different faces of the same divinity.
Some moralists declare that the Temple of the Ten Thousand Gods is no more than a philosophy, and not a true religion. But priests of the Ten Thousand gain spells in the same fashion as other priests of their class or kit. Someone, or something, must be listening to their prayers.
Major Mosque
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Divine Domains
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Tenets of Faith
Principles: The gods are aspects of a greater holy power. Men and women, elves, half-elves, dwarves, and other creatures - all these mortal beings mirror the diversity of that divine power. All are touched by the same holy radiance. Accept your brothers and sisters. Think well of them and treat them kindly, for they, like you, are divine.
The Faith: Followers of the Ten Thousand tend to be quick-witted, cunning, and pragmatic (the faith has the largest number of pragmatist priests of any church). They are often humorous to the point of being sarcastic, and sly to the point of deviousness. It is sometimes hard to discern whether they are telling the truth or whether they are merely toying with someone.
Members of this popular faith tend to be wanderers, curious by nature. While kahins frequent the wilderness, priests of the Ten Thousand usually travel from town to town. As a result, there are few organized mosques for the Ten Thousand. (Those which do exist are, of course, open mosques.) Rather than locating a mosque of the Ten Thousand, it's a small matter for the faithful to worship at another recognized mosque, or to accept the hospitality of a more organized religion.
Priests of the Ten Thousand are essentially "jacks of all trades" (or all gods). They can debate theology with priests of Kor as easily as they can advise priests of Selan, for priests of the Ten Thousand worship both gods and more. Priests who venerate a single god treat members of the Ten Thousand as an interesting diversion in secular life. Some outsiders believe such a broad-minded cleric can bring new light to their own faiths by crossing over the lines between religions. Others view priests of the Ten Thousand as a chattering group of agitators and headache-makers who seek to ridicule the existent gods. In the Pantheist League, followers of the Ten Thousand are outlawed. While these "outlaws" frequently visit the cities of the Pantheon, they are almost impossible to catch, since they freely worship the Pantheon gods. "Outlaws" who are wise simply blend in with the Pantheist crowd.
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