This template has a table of all the deity quotes (including Vlaakith) in the game extracted directly from the game files so the only required parameter is the name of the deity. On the deity pages themselves, you can use {{PAGENAME}} as the parameter to this template. For the image, it uses <deity> Icon.png which exist for the player-selectable deities.
Alternatively, the quote and image can be overridden with the parameters quote and image. The option image = none may be preferred for deities without dedicated icons.
Examples
Deity example.
Markup
{{Quote deity|Selune}}
Renders as
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The Lady of Silver presides over the moon, stars, and navigation. Her power over the heavens is constantly challenged by her sister Shar, who seeks to plunge the world into eternal shadow.
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— In-game deity description
Disable attribution text.
Markup
{{Quote deity|Shar|noattribution=1}}
Renders as
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As the greater deity of darkness, Shar is feared for her power over the night, secrets, and loss. She is locked in eternal conflict with her twin sister Selûne, goddess of the moon.
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Markup
{{Quote deity|Tyr|image=Tyr Statue.webp}}
Renders as
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The Blind God rules over law and justice, encouraging valiant acts from his followers and relentlessly pursuing oathbreakers.
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— In-game deity description
Deity example with a specified portrait.
Markup
{{Quote deity|Helm|image=none}}
Renders as
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The Watcher is an eternal sentry among the gods, representing guardians across the planes. After more than a century of fading worship, Helm's power was restored with the Second Sundering.
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— In-game deity description
No image.
Markup
{{Quote deity
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
| image = Vlaakith-thumbnail.png
| height = 80
}}
Renders as
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
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— In-game deity description
Exhaustive list
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The Lady of Silver presides over the moon, stars, and navigation. Her power over the heavens is constantly challenged by her sister Shar, who seeks to plunge the world into eternal shadow.
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— In-game deity description
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As the greater deity of darkness, Shar is feared for her power over the night, secrets, and loss. She is locked in eternal conflict with her twin sister Selûne, goddess of the moon.
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— In-game deity description
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Tempus is the Lord of Battles, overseeing war and its soldiers. He is the embodiment of honourable combat, and condemns needless bloodlust.
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— In-game deity description
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The Blind God rules over law and justice, encouraging valiant acts from his followers and relentlessly pursuing oathbreakers.
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— In-game deity description
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The Watcher is an eternal sentry among the gods, representing guardians across the planes. After more than a century of fading worship, Helm's power was restored with the Second Sundering.
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— In-game deity description
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The Crying God protects the oppressed and persecuted. His clergy is sworn to alleviate suffering, even if that means taking on that pain personally.
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— In-game deity description
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As the mother of all magic, Mystra oversees the Weave and spreads arcane knowledge to mortal spellcasters. Her clerics preserve ancient lore and protect bastions of magical energy.
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— In-game deity description
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Oghma is the god of inspiration and invention, sharing knowledge with the world through his bards and clerics. Unlike many other deities, Oghma accepts all moral alignments into his clergy.
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— In-game deity description
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Fair but distant, Kelemvor guides the dead to their appropriate plane in the afterlife. His clergy provides last rites across Faerûn, but also destroy undead that have escaped Kelemvor's judgement.
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— In-game deity description
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The All-Hammer is a dwarven god worshipped by smiths, artisans, and miners alike. He and Laduguer are constantly at odds.
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— In-game deity description
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Creator of the elves, Corellon Larethian oversees the elven pantheon as a whole, providing blessings to those who study art, magic, and nature.
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— In-game deity description
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The Watchful Protector is the king of gnomish gods - a deity of humour, gem-cutting, protection, and trickery.
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— In-game deity description
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As the mother of the halfling pantheon, Yondalla is known for her kindness and open mind, encouraging her followers to protect the home, hearth, and nature.
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— In-game deity description
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The much-reviled matriarch of the drow pantheon, Lolth holds sway over spiders, the Underdark, and the wicked creatures of the Demonweb Pits. Her primary goal is to corrupt all drow, transforming them into heartless cultists.
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— In-game deity description
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The Exile is the tyrannical patron of the duergar. His clerics are the unquestioned rulers of duergar society, enforcing cold and callous behaviour among his worshippers.
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— In-game deity description
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The Lich Queen is the sole respected leader of the githyanki. She encourages their worship and unquestioning devotion, essentially acting as a deity.
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— In-game deity description
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Eilistraee is the goddess of good-aligned drow, beauty, song, and freedom. The Dark Maiden desires balance between all races, and struggles against her mother Lolth's corrupt aims.
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— In-game deity description
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The Morninglord is the god of the dawn and spring, of birth and beginnings. He is invoked to christen both new ventures and new life. His followers embrace growth and renewal, and despise the undead.
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— In-game deity description
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Talos represents the uncaring and destructive force of nature. His followers see life as a set of random effects in a sea of chaos, and take what they can - for who can say when Talos will strike next?
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— In-game deity description
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Mielikki is the goddess of forests and the creatures that live within them. She is a remote and spiritual deity, often spoken of in but the quietest of forests.
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— In-game deity description
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The Angel of the Seven Heavens is the dragon god of justice. His ideals of mercy and just authority keep him locked in an inexorable rivalry with his sister, Tiamat.
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— In-game deity description
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The One-Eye is the orcs' patron deity - a god of war, conquest, and victory at all costs. He has held an ancient and immutable grudge against the elven pantheon since Corellon Larethian took his eye.
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— In-game deity description
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Tiamat the Many-Mawed is a roiling mass of avarice and hate currently trapped within the Nine Hells. The dragon god of greed eternally plots her escape, as do her many fanatics in world of Toril.
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— In-game deity description
Template data
Display a deity quote
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Deity
1
The name of a deity. When used on a deity page, you can use {{PAGENAME}} for this parameter. There are description quotes for every player-selectable deity in the game
String
required
Quote override
quote
Use this parameter to specify a custom quote instead of a predefined one.
String
optional
Image override
image
Use this parameter to specify a custom icon instead of a predefined one. There are only deity icons corresponding to the player-selectable deities so you will need to specify an icon for other deities. Typically this will be a portrait image.
Example
Portrait Owlbear.png
File
suggested
Disable attribution
noattribution
Disable the "In-game deity description" attribution text.
Boolean
optional
Author override
author
Replace the "In-game deity description" attribution text.
String
optional
Image position override
image-position
Override the image position from its default position on the right.
Suggested values
rightleft
Default
right
String
optional
Image height override
height
Override the image height from its default of 100px.
Default
100
Number
optional
Link override
link
Override where clicking the image links to.
Page name
optional
Disable link
nolink
Entirely remove the link. This is the same as setting "link=". For use with cut backgrounds that don't have dedicated pages.