God comparison
List of gods
- Ashenzari, god of cursed divinations.
- Beogh, god of the orcs.
- Cheibriados, the slow god.
- Elyvilon, the healing god.
- Fedhas Madash, a god of plants.
- Jiyva, god of slimes.
- Kikubaaqudgha, an evil demon-god of necromantic magic.
- Lugonu, god of the Abyss.
- Makhleb, god of chaos and violence.
- Nemelex Xobeh, the trickster god.
- Okawaru, god of battle.
- Sif Muna, god of magic and mystical secrets.
- The Shining One, a good god of honourable crusade against evil.
- Trog, god of violence and anger.
- Vehumet, god of destructive magic.
- Xom, god of true chaos.
- Yredelemnul, an evil god of death.
- Zin, a good god of law and purity.
Ability comparison
| God | Piety - (0) | Piety * (30) | Piety ** (50) | Piety *** (75) | Piety **** (100) | Piety ***** (120) | Piety ****** (130) |
| Ashenzari | Sacrifice scrolls of remove curse
Prevent curses Detection abilities |
Identify Armor | Identify Amulet/Rings
Skill Boost |
See invisible | Scrying (vision through walls) | Transfer Knowledge (XP) among skills | |
| Beogh | Chance of lethal damage being prevented | Bonus for using orcish gear | Smite-targeted damage | Convert orcish followers
Bless orcish followers |
Recall orcish followers
Orcish reinforcements if no followers |
Walk on water | |
| Cheibriados | Give a piece of gear the ponderousness brand | Slows metabolism
Grants stat bonuses for wearing ponderous gear |
Slow everything adjacent to you | Damage all in LOS faster than you | Move to nowhere and let time pass | ||
| Elyvilon | Destroy weapons/ammunition you're standing on
Chance of lethal damage being prevented |
Lesser self-healing
Lesser healing of monsters, can pacify Prevent lethal damage by praying |
Remove status afflictions | Greater self-healing
Greater healing of monsters |
Restore stats, rotten HP | Max HP/MP increased by Invocation skill | |
| Fedhas Madash | Plants are friendly
Walk through plants Shoot through plants Decompose bodies, cause fungus to grow |
Use fruit to turn plant into friendly ally | Dry water with sunlight | Grow plants from fruit | Summon giant spores from corpses | Circle of water around you | |
| Jiyva | Slime and eye monsters neutral
Occasionally shielded from corrosion |
Summon a neutral jelly to devour items | Sometimes protected from corrosion | Pray to halt devouring slimes | Turn enemies to slimes
Often protected from corrosion |
Remove a random bad mutation | Hits that deal >25% max HP spawn jellies
Almost always shielded from corrosion Gifts of random mutation Stat shuffling |
| Kikubaaqudgha | Create corpses near you | Chance to avoid Necromancy miscasts | Chance to avoid being diseased when casting Haunt
Protection from Torment |
Invoke Torment | HP bonus for Death's Door
Receive Necronomicon or permanent Pain branded weapon | ||
| Lugonu | Depart the Abyss | Blink yourself and monsters around you, cause damage | Fire beam of banishment | Corrupt current level | Open gate to Abyss | Better blinking in Abyss
Easier Abyssal rune (Piety >160) Receive distortion brand on weapon | |
| Makhleb | Gain HP from killing | Cast a random low-level beam | Summon an average-strength demon | Cast a random high-level beam | Summon a random-high-level demon | ||
| Nemelex Xobeh | Improved cards | Draw from a deck in your inventory | Look at the first two cards of a deck | Choose a card from the first three in a deck | Mark four cards in a deck | Order the first five cards in a deck | |
| Okawaru | Gain effect of a potion of might | (Piety 81) Receive ammunition as a gift | Gain effect of a potion of speed | Receive weapons and armor as gifts | |||
| Sif Muna | Recover MP at will | Forget spells at will (Selective Amnesia) | Protection from miscast effects | (Piety 160) Receive spellbooks as gifts | |||
| The Shining One | Chance of lethal damage being prevented
Negative energy protection |
Gain HP/MP from slaying evil monsters
Surrounded by halo |
Create divine shield | Fire beam of holy energy | Summon friendly Angel or Daeva | Protection from abjurations
Bless allies (Piety >160) Receive holy wrath brand on weapon | |
| Trog | Turn spellbooks into clouds of flame
Protection from abjurations Extended berserk from killing Protection from exhaustion after berserking |
Berserk | Activate ability to regain health and increase magic resistance | (Piety 81) Receive ammunition as a gift | Summon a berserking ally | Receive weapons as gifts | |
| Vehumet | Gain MP from killing | Reduced chance of miscasting conjuration spells
Increased range of conjuration spells Reduced MP cost of conjuration spells |
Protection from hostile summons | (Piety 160) Receive conjuration and summoning spellbooks as gifts | |||
| Xom | Special, see Xom#Acts | ||||||
| Yredelemnul | Animate a corpse or skeleton | Reflect damage while praying
Recall undead allies |
Animate all corpses in sight
Receive undead servants as gifts |
Drain life from all living beings in sight | Curse a living being to become your slave when killed | ||
| Zin | Chance of protecion from lethal damage
Chance of protection from mutation Chance of protection from illness, rotting, miasma |
Cause random status effects on enemies
Pray while Starving for sustenance |
Cure negative status/restore abilities
OR Temporary +3 bonus to all stats |
Create temporary tomb around enemy | Create sanctuary of protection
Cure all mutations |
