Template:Deity/doc

This template creates an infobox for a deity in the Forgotten Realms multiverse. There are two ways to use this template: for single-edition info and for multiple-edition info. The single-edition parameters are all the usual ones while the multiple-edition parameters end in 5e, 4e, 3e etc. corresponding to the edition the info comes from. As a general rule, if you use any multiple-edition parameters then you should not use any single-edition ones. All parameters are optional except the name. See the Usage notes for more details.

General Parameters
These may be used for any deity from any edition.
 * image : Optional. An image associated with the deity.
 * caption : Optional. A description of the image.
 * name : Required. The deity's name.
 * title : Optional. Any titles the deity holds.
 * titles : 'Optional. Same as title. Specify only one or the other, not both. You can use a comma-separated list, but if you add citations it might look better to use  tags.
 * aspects : Optional. Deities believed to be separate entities but were later learned to actually be this deity, or aliases of this deity.
 * pantheon : Optional. Any pantheons this deity is a member of (Faerûnian pantheon, the Morndinsamman, etc.)
 * died : Optional. The year the deity died. Please link to a page from the Roll of Years or one of the Year of... names.

Single-Edition Parameters
Use these only if ALL your info is from one particular edition of D&D.
 * symbol : Optional. A brief description of the deity's (un)holy symbol.
 * power : Optional. Valid values include Dead power, Exarch, Demipower, Lesser deity, Intermediate deity, and Greater deity.
 * home : Optional. Where the deity dwells on the Material Plane, if they choose to do so. Please link to a map, if possible.
 * formerhomes : Optional. Where the deity has previously dwelt on the Material Plane, or where they dwelt as a mortal.
 * serves : Optional. Any deities that this deity is subservient to.
 * servedby : Optional. Any deities subservient to this one.
 * minions : deprecated Optional. Any deities subservient to this one. This is here for backward compatibility only.
 * dominion : Optional. The deity's home plane.
 * formerdominion : Optional. The plane(s) the deity has previously dwelt on.
 * realm : Optional. The name of the deity's divine realm on the planes.
 * sphere : Optional. The area of interest that the deity has influence over or embodies. This is a 4th edition descriptor, usually a one-word description; a summary of the deity's portfolio. See Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide 4.0, page 80, for example. This is called sphere for backward compatibility&mdash;not to be confused with spheres.
 * portfolio : Optional. Things, topics, ideas, or emotions which the deity has power over, is worshiped for, or is concerned about. This is a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd edition descriptor, usually a short list. For example, Sune's portfolio was "Beauty, love, passion". First edition in particular described deities as God or Goddess of something so just enter those somethings.
 * domains : Optional. The domains the deity has power over. This was the 3rd edition version of spheres. Spells with a similar theme or characteristic were grouped together in domains which reflected the deity's portfolio, alignment, or purview. Priests could pick two of them. Please link to the appropriate domain pages, if applicable.
 * spheres : Optional. The spheres of spells the deity granted to their specialty priests. Same as 'domains except for 2nd edition. Specialty priests got either major or minor access to each of these groups of spells. Please link to the appropriate sphere pages, if applicable.
 * alignment : Optional. The deity's alignment.
 * race : Optional. The race of the deity, if known.
 * gender : Optional. The usual gender of the deity.
 * class : Optional. The classes given for the deity or their avatar. If possible, use the template.
 * worshipers : Optional. The races or classes that worship this deity.
 * cleric alignments : Optional. The typical alignments of those who worship this deity. Use the alignment grid template.
 * holy days : Optional. Any holy days celebrated by the church of this deity.
 * favored weapon : Optional. The deity's favored weapon.
 * apotheosis : Optional. If the deity is known to have been a mortal before rising to divinity, include the year this occurred.
 * channel divinity : Optional. The spells granted solely by this deity.
 * source : Optional. The source of information for everything in the infobox. If different information comes from different sources, use in-text citations.

Optional parameters
In lieu of the class parameter, editors may use the following parameters. These are only to be used if a character is given different statistics in different versions of the game; if different statistics are published within the same edition, the stats in the most recently published source for that edition should be used. The parameters are: class1e, class2e, class3e, class35 (note that this is for 3.5 edition; a period cannot be used between the 3 and 5), class4e, and class5e. Use the Class table} template as the input for these parameters.

For the edition-specific sections, you may specify one or more references to appear in the subheading rather than in the Class table. The parameters are: refs1e, refs2e, refs3e, refs35, refs4e, and refs5e. Example:.