Why would there be? Druids don't need to worship any god at all, and Clerics RAW only "need" a domain. Otherwise it will be up to your DM and setting. Eberron Clerics don't need to worship one deity; Forgotten Realms deities tend to be a little jealous, but as long as they are allied there is nothing too terrible about it. Have a good reason and few DMs would have an issue.
Clerics need a domain, not a patron deity. I think the way it works is that a Cleric PC choses a domain and then the DM and that player sit down together and find a deity that most fits what kind of Cleric in that Domain the player wants to be, if temple life is part of their backstory and the player wants to have a patron deity. If your character prays to multiple nature-based deities, you could always rule that different channel divinities are for the different deities.
There are no rules about it. Your character can worship and pray to whomever he wants so long as it works for your DM.
I think we as players fall into the trap of being "champions of so and so" meaning if we worship Elhonna then we can only worship her. That might be a throwback to old school D&D but it doesn't sit well with me. For one, we know that there are multiple Gods and Goddesses, we see the effects they have through the magics they grant their followers. Might there be champions devoted to a single God? Yes. Might a "good" cleric worship multiple good deities at different times or for different reasons? I say yes.
To use a real world example you can look at the Greek and Roman pantheons. Multiple Gods with sway over various facets of life. A blacksmith might primarily pray to Hephaestus but what about when he wishes to cross the sea? I bet he's pray to Poseidon. And if he and his family are caught in a terrible storm? Prayers to Zeus to calm his fury?
I wrote a blog post on a new and unfinished website about this very topic. Polytheism in D&D and the role-playing opportunity it represents. Check it out and let me know what you think, here or there.
My question was mainly for the Cleric side of things and the domains aspect of being a Polytheist, would I get to choose multiple domains if the character prays to multiple deities? or would I just choose multiple spells from one of the same domains the deities share?
The official rule says that you get to choose one domain according to your deity. Then, the way I see it, you can worship all the gods belonging to that domain.
As DM, you can modify the domain rule as you like. Mixing others domains for example.
The official rule says that you get to choose one domain according to your deity. Then, the way I see it, you can worship all the gods belonging to that domain.
As DM, you can modify the domain rule as you like. Mixing others domains for example.
Yes per the PHB a cleric gets just the one domain and then gains the features at the proscribed levels. So mechanically nothing changes for you but you could continue to worship all the deities that are associated with that Domain (Nature I'd guess based on your opening post).
Previous editions had clerics gain access to more domains after leveling up so it's not unheard of but so far in 5e this is what we have and I think it works very nicely.
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I'm looking to build a Wood Elf Druid/Cleric that is a Polytheist and prays to multiple Nature based deities, are there any special rules for this ?
Why would there be? Druids don't need to worship any god at all, and Clerics RAW only "need" a domain. Otherwise it will be up to your DM and setting. Eberron Clerics don't need to worship one deity; Forgotten Realms deities tend to be a little jealous, but as long as they are allied there is nothing too terrible about it. Have a good reason and few DMs would have an issue.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
A druid can worship a god.
From a mechanics point of view, there is no rule about religion, so I'd say yes you can.
Clerics need a domain, not a patron deity. I think the way it works is that a Cleric PC choses a domain and then the DM and that player sit down together and find a deity that most fits what kind of Cleric in that Domain the player wants to be, if temple life is part of their backstory and the player wants to have a patron deity. If your character prays to multiple nature-based deities, you could always rule that different channel divinities are for the different deities.
There are no rules about it. Your character can worship and pray to whomever he wants so long as it works for your DM.
I think we as players fall into the trap of being "champions of so and so" meaning if we worship Elhonna then we can only worship her. That might be a throwback to old school D&D but it doesn't sit well with me. For one, we know that there are multiple Gods and Goddesses, we see the effects they have through the magics they grant their followers. Might there be champions devoted to a single God? Yes. Might a "good" cleric worship multiple good deities at different times or for different reasons? I say yes.
To use a real world example you can look at the Greek and Roman pantheons. Multiple Gods with sway over various facets of life. A blacksmith might primarily pray to Hephaestus but what about when he wishes to cross the sea? I bet he's pray to Poseidon. And if he and his family are caught in a terrible storm? Prayers to Zeus to calm his fury?
I wrote a blog post on a new and unfinished website about this very topic. Polytheism in D&D and the role-playing opportunity it represents. Check it out and let me know what you think, here or there.
My question was mainly for the Cleric side of things and the domains aspect of being a Polytheist, would I get to choose multiple domains if the character prays to multiple deities? or would I just choose multiple spells from one of the same domains the deities share?
The official rule says that you get to choose one domain according to your deity. Then, the way I see it, you can worship all the gods belonging to that domain.
As DM, you can modify the domain rule as you like. Mixing others domains for example.