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{{Short description|2002 tabletop role-playing game supplement}}
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| author =[[Eric L. Boyd|Boyd, Eric L.]] and [[Erik Mona|Mona, Erik]]
| illustrator =[[Glen Angus|Angus, Glen]] et al.
| cover_artist =Brom
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'''''Faiths and Pantheons''''' is a
==Contents==
''Faiths and Pantheons'' also features the power levels and exact abilities of the various major deities of [[Faerûn]] (those with divine rank 15+), as of 3rd Edition, and has descriptions of the dogmas and churches of all of the intermediate deities, lesser deities, and demigods named in the setting's core rulebook. It even features the names of various monster deities and others unmentioned in the core book, with descriptions of some, as well as 20 [[Prestige class (Dungeons & Dragons)|prestige class]]es for [[player character]]s and [[non-player character]]s alike.
==Publication history==
This book was written by [[Eric L. Boyd]] and [[Erik Mona]] and published in May 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wizards.com/catalog/product.asp?88643 |title=WotC Product Library: Faiths & Pantheons |publisher=wizards.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604063441/http://www.wizards.com/catalog/product.asp?88643 |archive-date=June 4, 2002 }}</ref> Cover art is by [[Gerald Brom|Brom]], with interior art by [[Glen Angus]], [[Carlo Arellano]], Brom, [[Dennis Calero]], [[Michael Dubisch]], [[Wayne England]], [[Mark Evans (artist)|Mark Evans]], [[Scott Fischer (artist)|Scott Fischer]], [[Lars Grant-West]], [[Michael Kaluta|Michael W. Kaluta]], [[Vince Locke]], [[Todd Lockwood]], [[Raven Mimura]], [[Puddnhead]], [[Corey Macourek]], [[Stephanie Pui-Mun Law]], [[Wayne Reynolds]], [[Mike Sass]], [[Mark Smylie]], [[Arnie Swekel]], [[Ben Templesmith]], [[Kev Walker]], [[Matt Wilson (artist)|Matt Wilson]], [[Renick Woods]], and [[Sam Wood (artist)|Sam Wood]].
Erik Mona commented on the book's design: "The new design ethic was to focus on building the Realms into an interesting campaign setting for players and DMs, above and beyond an adherence to old material so far out of date a modern-day graduate student could have been in grade school when it first went out of print. So I did my best to infuse deities like Deneir, Selune, and even poor little Cyrrollalee with interesting, occasionally challenging ideas that they hadn't been exposed to in the long history of the Realms. When ground has been covered eleven times before, it's really tempting to just parrot older material, changing the exact wording but not worrying too much about updating the gears that make that material work. For ''Faiths and Pantheons'', I tried to tear some of these gods (particularly some of the lamer ones) to their core concepts and build up from there. That's not to say they're so different as to be unrecognizable--they're the same deities, but some of them have new, hopefully interesting aspects to their characters and motivations that haven't been revealed until now."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20020510a| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228212211/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ps/20020510a| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 28, 2005| title=Product Spotlight: Faiths and Pantheons | date=May 10, 2002| publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]| access-date=August 10, 2013| last=Ryan| first=Michael}}</ref>
==Reviews==
''Faiths and Pantheons'' received generally positive reviews. Online magazine ''[[Fictional Reality]]'' considered the interior artwork to stand out, and found both the mechanics and setting information useful, although concluded that it was "not a required book" for play.<ref name=Fictional /> Reviewing a 2007 German edition, ''Anduin'' also praised the book's layout and setting information; the translated edition was considered especially beneficial to German players, because [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition|2nd edition]] books with similar content (such as ''[[Faiths & Avatars]]'' and ''[[Demihuman Deities]]'') were only released in English. However, the detailed mechanical stat blocks for major deities were viewed as largely unsuccessful.<ref name=Schulze />
==References==
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<ref name=Fictional>{{cite magazine |title=D20 Product Review: Faiths and Pantheons |magazine=Fictional Reality |issue=9 |date=September 2002 |url=http://www.fictionalreality.org/archives/issues/fr09.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813123040/http://www.fictionalreality.org/archives/issues/fr09.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-13 |url-status=usurped |page=20}}</ref>
<ref name=Schulze>{{cite magazine |last=Schulze |first=I. |title=Götter und Kulte |magazine=Anduin |language=de |issue=95 |date=May 2008 |pages=100–101}}</ref>
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030118234337/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/fracc/886430000 ''Faiths & Pantheons''] from Wizards of the Coast
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