@TheEdVerse Quick question: what exactly is a "divine spark" and how can people acquire one? I've read about Finder getting one from a dead god. Is there any other way?
— Valentino Conti (@ValetheHowl) February 5, 2020
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A “divine spark” is a bard’s poetic phrase for the ineffable essence of divinity, that ‘special something’ that deities have and mortals lack. Finder gained divinity by absorbing the spark escaping from the dead god Moander 2)
Some sages believe that there’s only a certain amount of divine energy in the multiverse, so for a mortal or god to gain divine power, another deity must die or be destroyed or lose power, but mortals understand divine matters…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 5, 2020
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…but dimly, so this may be incorrect. Gods can grant (bestow) a divine spark, to make mortals immortal or raise them into godhood (usually a devoted worshipper elevated to divine ally or subservient deity), but this is rare. 4)
There are legends that the bodies of dead gods exist in the multiverse, and that divine sparks can be wrested from them by those who know how, and can find the dead gods, but some sages warn these tales are trap-trickery, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 5, 2020
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…spread by fiends who want to lure mortals, to gain their souls. There are also tales about divine sparks waiting as rewards for mortals who do certain things that further the Cosmic All, or help to right the Divine Balance, 6)
…but these may or may not be true. And lastly, Elminster says some ruins and forests and other locales may glow with the divine spark of gods destroyed there, long ago…just waiting for those who know how to harvest them.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 5, 2020
