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-Gods work similarly to other roguelike games, each giving themed '''bonuses''' and '''penalties'''.  While some penalties are more trivial to avoid or withstand than others, every god has the ability to substantially improve a dungeon run given proper planning.  When you play with gods, however, you play with fire - it is up to the player to wield it against the enemy rather than against herself in the form of harsh and avoidable punishments.
+Gods work similarly to other roguelike games, each giving themed '''bonuses''' and '''penalties'''.  While some penalties are more trivial to avoid or withstand than others, every god has the ability to substantially improve a dungeon run given proper planning.  When you play with gods, however, you play with fire — it is up to the player to wield it against the enemy rather than against herself in the form of harsh and avoidable punishments.
 All classes except for {{c|Goatperson}} begin without a religion, and must visit an altar to join a religion (except for {{c|Vampire}}, who cannot join a religion). Each dungeon has up to three altars, each assigned to a randomly-selected god among those unlocked. Stepping on the altar will display a brief flavor text description and the option to begin worship if you have not selected a god yet.  It is also possible to change religions mid-run through the (religious) Conversion mechanic (explained below), allowing the player to take boons from multiple gods while avoiding penalties.
-Relatively new players can experiment with gods in a punishment-free setting using a {{c|Paladin}}, once unlocked.  Intermediate-to-advanced practice with gods can had by using the challenging {{c|Goatperson}} class, whose mandatory polytheism forces the player away from comfort picks and instead teaches them how to plan actions around religious conversions.
+Relatively new players can experiment with gods in a punishment-free setting using a {{c|Paladin}}, once unlocked.  Intermediate-to-advanced practice with gods can be had by using the challenging {{c|Goatperson}} class, whose mandatory polytheism forces the player away from comfort picks and instead teaches them how to plan actions around religious conversions.
 Some lesser divinities can infrequently be encountered in subdungeons.  These only differ from other subdungeons thematically, as they do not otherwise function as a god in the same broad mechanical sense as the 9 major deities.
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 ==Choose your Deity==
-*{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance, and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free {{s|PISORF}} on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. You can also get {{s|ENDISWAL}} from him for {{Piety|35}}, or can pick one up if it spawns - or you can prep {{i|Bear Mace}} to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting {{boon|Stone Skin}} and/or {{boon|Stone Heart}} will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistances, and if you're going to spam {{boon|Stone Skin}}, you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
+*{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance, and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free {{s|PISORF}} on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. You can also get {{s|ENDISWAL}} from him for {{Piety|35}}, or can pick one up if it spawns — or you can prep {{i|Bear Mace}} to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting {{boon|Stone Skin}} and/or {{boon|Stone Heart}} will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistances, and if you're going to spam {{boon|Stone Skin}}, you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
-*{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you {{t|Life steal}}, {{t|Sanguine}}, or even a full heal via {{boon|Blood Swell}}. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing, like {{s|HALPMEH}} or {{s|CYDSTEPP}} - it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he likes you converting those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Deity for {{r|Halfling}} if you want quick piety with him (great for a Halfling {{badge|Feeling Parched}}). The other reason he's useful is for if {{boon|Blood Shield}}, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not taking up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and {{r|Dwarf}} can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
+*{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you {{t|Life steal}}, {{t|Sanguine}}, or even a full heal via {{boon|Blood Swell}}. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing, like {{s|HALPMEH}} or {{s|CYDSTEPP}} — it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he likes you converting those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Deity for {{r|Halfling}} if you want quick piety with him (great for a Halfling {{badge|Feeling Parched}}). The other reason he's useful is for if {{boon|Blood Shield}}, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not taking up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and {{r|Dwarf}} can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
-*{{g|The Earthmother}}: A very useful deity whatever your plan is, and a great source of piety. Her free {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph will both give you piety and help you level up faster, and {{boon|Vine Form}} will let you get more out of the XP bonus by letting you fight higher level enemies with less effort. {{boon|Plantation}} allows you to get {{Piety|100}} extremely easily, and also allow for seemingly endless spam of {{boon|Clearance}}, which can be an equivalent to having several {{i|Keg of Mana}}. It can also be used to convert to another deity. {{boon|Entanglement}} is multi purpose - bonus experience on every monster, protection from enemy first strike and retaliation, and it's cheap to spam just to put plants on the map. The Earthmother's altar is an easy desecration target, since a single {{i|Burn Salve}} negates her punishment.
+*{{g|The Earthmother}}: A very useful deity whatever your plan is, and a great source of piety. Her free {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph will both give you piety and help you level up faster, and {{boon|Vine Form}} will let you get more out of the XP bonus by letting you fight higher level enemies with less effort. {{boon|Plantation}} allows you to get {{Piety|100}} extremely easily, and also allow for seemingly endless spam of {{boon|Clearance}}, which can be an equivalent to having several {{i|Keg of Mana}}. It can also be used to convert to another deity. {{boon|Entanglement}} is multi purpose — bonus experience on every monster, protection from enemy first strike and retaliation, and it's cheap to spam just to put plants on the map. The Earthmother's altar is an easy desecration target, since a single {{i|Burn Salve}} negates her punishment.
 *{{g|Glowing Guardian}}: A powerful deity for every class except {{c|Bloodmage}} and {{c|Assassin}}, or {{i|Trisword}}/{{i|Alchemist Scroll}} builds. Worship him as early as possible to get the most piety out of him. {{boon|Absolution}} is deceptively powerful, allowing you to gain a ton of max HP, although it costs 1/5 of an item slot and some potential XP. {{boon|Enlightenment}} can be used to your advantage, providing a nice bonus to everything, plus a complete curse wipe. Unfortunately, he hates potions, and converting in and out of him isn't a great option. Also, he gives piety for converting things and leveling, and {{r|Goblin}}s convert things for leveling, so they make ideal GG worshipers.
 *{{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: He rewards almost anything you do, but sometimes he will inflict a random small punishment instead until you get {{boon|Petition}} from him. In return for this bit of inconvenience, he provides very cheap stat boosts. Grab {{boon|Petition}} to end his punishments as soon as possible, and burn a potion or whatever to get to LV2 and enjoy the great boosts, quality refills, and also the handy {{s|WEYTWUT}} which lets you explore any map easily. Desecrating him is somewhat risky. A desecration can either severely reduce your total health, mana, and damage, or just give you free piety. Desecrate only when desperate, or feel lucky. Also a great god for a {{r|Goblin}}, as they can take all his punishments at LV1 and just convert something to get rid of most of them, and they can get a lot of mileage out of his stat boosts, and you can get great mileage out of {{r|Halfling}}s and {{r|Gnome}}s as well.
-*{{g|Mystera Annur}}: Mystera works well for most {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} spellcaster builds (even when your character isn't one, because worshiping Mystera turns anyone into one). {{boon|Magic}} is a free mana point, and another one each time you can afford it. {{boon|Refreshment}} provides roughly 5-6 Mana Potions worth of mana, so saving glyphs for mana replenishment is often crucial for getting the most out of her. {{boon|Mystic Balance}} allows for 5 MP fireballs and 8 MP CYDSTEPPs, although it fares poorly with other cheaper glyphs. {{boon|Flames}} bump your effective caster level at levels 4 and 8 for dedicated casters and {{boon|Weakening}} can fully negate one of the few obstacles to fireball spam if used a bunch. Don't worship her if the dungeon is full of magical monsters or mana burners unless you know what you're doing; in most other cases, she's supremely easy to play and powerful. Also - don't desecrate her unless you know you have a way around her punishment.
+*{{g|Mystera Annur}}: Mystera works well for most {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} spellcaster builds (even when your character isn't one, because worshiping Mystera turns anyone into one). {{boon|Magic}} is a free mana point, and another one each time you can afford it. {{boon|Refreshment}} provides roughly 5-6 Mana Potions worth of mana, so saving glyphs for mana replenishment is often crucial for getting the most out of her. {{boon|Mystic Balance}} allows for 5 MP fireballs and 8 MP CYDSTEPPs, although it fares poorly with other cheaper glyphs. {{boon|Flames}} bump your effective caster level at levels 4 and 8 for dedicated casters and {{boon|Weakening}} can fully negate one of the few obstacles to fireball spam if used a bunch. Don't worship her if the dungeon is full of magical monsters or mana burners unless you know what you're doing; in most other cases, she's supremely easy to play and powerful. Also, don't desecrate her unless you know you have a way around her punishment.
 *{{g|The Pactmaker}}: Works differently than other deities and can be worshipped at the same time as another deity. The Pactmaker offers 5 pacts which decrease your piety, but give you god effects when certain things happen. If you cannot pay the piety because you have no other god, nothing happens. If you have a god, but can't pay the piety, you do not invoke the god's punishment. You can also use {{boon|Consensus}} for an instant piety boost or for converting out of another deity. Works well with "piety farms" like {{g|The Earthmother}} and {{g|Taurog}}, as well as the {{i|Stone Sigil}}. Always keep in mind that you can't take the powerful {{boon|Consensus}} if you take another pact before, but you can still take another pact if you take Consensus first.
 *{{g|Taurog}}: Taurog is a good source of piety, and benefits classes that beg for physical damage, especially the {{c|Berserker}} and the {{c|Monk}}. However, the mana penalty can be crippling and his boons will fill your inventory and prevent you from purchasing other items from shops. With Taurog, you can either worship him full-time and abuse {{boon|Unstoppable Fury}} or grab a few of his items and convert out of him before the MP penalty cripples you. He rewards converting glyphs, so front-loaded guys like {{r|Orc}}, or the melee-happy {{r|Halfling}} make good {{badge|Warmonger}} melee-only builds with him because they can dump all their glyphs to get a lot of his stuff in their inventory early. He's also good for melee types going {{badge|Miser}} as he doesn't leave too much room for other items anyway.
-*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab {{boon|Dodging}} and maybe a hit of {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank, the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. His prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of {{boon|Reflexes}} gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits, save some low level monsters. {{boon|Poison}} isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the {{i|Crystal Ball}}. Just don't prep him with {{s|CYDSTEPP}} users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps, he can give you a lot of piety for dodging plant hits.
+*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That said, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab {{boon|Dodging}} and maybe a hit of {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} then get out, he's great — the more hits you can tank, the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. His prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types — and {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of {{boon|Reflexes}} gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits, save some low level monsters. {{boon|Poison}} isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the {{i|Crystal Ball}}. Just don't prep him with {{s|CYDSTEPP}} users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps, he can give you a lot of piety for dodging plant hits.
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 * The metal spider, in the [[Metal Spider Temple]], who will reward you if you abandon some life.
-* The mighty lost Lekon, who likes you to kill goats
+* The mighty lost Lekon, who likes you to kill goats.
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 ==Choose your Deity==
-*{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free {{s|PISORF}} on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. You can also get {{s|ENDISWAL}} from him for {{Piety|35}}, or can pick one up if it spawns - or you can prep {{i|Bear Mace}} to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting {{boon|Stone Skin}} and/or {{boon|Stone Heart}} will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistances, and if you're going to spam {{boon|Stone Skin}} you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
+*{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance, and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free {{s|PISORF}} on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. You can also get {{s|ENDISWAL}} from him for {{Piety|35}}, or can pick one up if it spawns - or you can prep {{i|Bear Mace}} to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting {{boon|Stone Skin}} and/or {{boon|Stone Heart}} will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistances, and if you're going to spam {{boon|Stone Skin}}, you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
-*{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you {{t|Life steal}}, {{t|Sanguine}} or even a full heal via {{boon|Blood Swell}}. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing like {{s|HALPMEH}} or {{s|CYDSTEPP}} - it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he like you converting those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Deity for {{r|Halfling}} if you want quick piety with him (great for a Halfling {{badge|Feeling Parched}}). The other reason he's useful is for if {{boon|Blood Shield}}, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not takink up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and {{r|Dwarf}} can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
+*{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you {{t|Life steal}}, {{t|Sanguine}}, or even a full heal via {{boon|Blood Swell}}. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing, like {{s|HALPMEH}} or {{s|CYDSTEPP}} - it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he likes you converting those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Deity for {{r|Halfling}} if you want quick piety with him (great for a Halfling {{badge|Feeling Parched}}). The other reason he's useful is for if {{boon|Blood Shield}}, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not taking up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and {{r|Dwarf}} can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
-*{{g|The Earthmother}}: A very useful deity whatever your plan is, and a great source of piety. Her free {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph will both give you piety and help you level up faster, and {{boon|Vine Form}} will let you get more out of the XP bonus by letting you fight higher level enemies with less effort. {{boon|Plantation}} allows you to get {{Piety|100}} extremely easily, and also allow for seemingly enless spam of {{boon|Clearance}} which can be an equivalent to having several {{i|Keg of Mana}}. It can also be used to convert to another deity. {{boon|Entanglement}} is multi purpose - bonus experience on every monster, protection from enemy first strike and retaliation and it's cheap to spam just to put plants on the map. The Earthmother's altar is an easy desecration target, since a single {{i|Burn Salve}} negates her punishment.
+*{{g|The Earthmother}}: A very useful deity whatever your plan is, and a great source of piety. Her free {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph will both give you piety and help you level up faster, and {{boon|Vine Form}} will let you get more out of the XP bonus by letting you fight higher level enemies with less effort. {{boon|Plantation}} allows you to get {{Piety|100}} extremely easily, and also allow for seemingly endless spam of {{boon|Clearance}}, which can be an equivalent to having several {{i|Keg of Mana}}. It can also be used to convert to another deity. {{boon|Entanglement}} is multi purpose - bonus experience on every monster, protection from enemy first strike and retaliation, and it's cheap to spam just to put plants on the map. The Earthmother's altar is an easy desecration target, since a single {{i|Burn Salve}} negates her punishment.
-*{{g|Glowing Guardian}}: A powerful deity for every class except {{c|Bloodmage}} and {{c|Assassin}}, or {{i|Trisword}}/{{i|Alchemist Scroll}} builds. Worship him as early as possible to get the most piety out of him. {{boon|Absolution}} is deceptively powerful, allowing gain a ton of max HP, although it costs 1/5 of an item slot and some potential XP. {{boon|Enlightenment}} can be used to your advantage, providing a nice bonus to everything, plus a complete curse wipe. Unfortunately he hates potions, and converting in and out of him isn't a great option. Also, he gives piety for converting things and leveling, and {{r|Goblin}}s convert things for leveling, they make ideal GG worshipers.
+*{{g|Glowing Guardian}}: A powerful deity for every class except {{c|Bloodmage}} and {{c|Assassin}}, or {{i|Trisword}}/{{i|Alchemist Scroll}} builds. Worship him as early as possible to get the most piety out of him. {{boon|Absolution}} is deceptively powerful, allowing you to gain a ton of max HP, although it costs 1/5 of an item slot and some potential XP. {{boon|Enlightenment}} can be used to your advantage, providing a nice bonus to everything, plus a complete curse wipe. Unfortunately, he hates potions, and converting in and out of him isn't a great option. Also, he gives piety for converting things and leveling, and {{r|Goblin}}s convert things for leveling, so they make ideal GG worshipers.
-*{{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: He rewards almost anything you do, but sometimes he will inflict a random small punishment instead until you get {{boon|Petition}} from him. In return for this bit of inconvenience he provides very cheap stat boosts. Grab {{boon|Petition}} to end his punishments as soon as possible, and burn a potion or whatever to get to LV2 and enjoy the great boosts, quality refills and also the handy {{s|WEYTWUT}} which lets you explore any map easily. Desecrating him is somewhat risky. A desecration can either severely reduce your total health, mana and damage, or just give you free piety. Desecrate only when desperate, or feel lucky. Also a great god for a {{r|Goblin}} as they can take all his punishments at LV1 and just covnert something to get rid of most of them, and they can get a lot of mileage out of his stat boosts, and you can get grat mileage out of {{r|Halfling}}s and {{r|Gnome}}s as well.
+*{{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: He rewards almost anything you do, but sometimes he will inflict a random small punishment instead until you get {{boon|Petition}} from him. In return for this bit of inconvenience, he provides very cheap stat boosts. Grab {{boon|Petition}} to end his punishments as soon as possible, and burn a potion or whatever to get to LV2 and enjoy the great boosts, quality refills, and also the handy {{s|WEYTWUT}} which lets you explore any map easily. Desecrating him is somewhat risky. A desecration can either severely reduce your total health, mana, and damage, or just give you free piety. Desecrate only when desperate, or feel lucky. Also a great god for a {{r|Goblin}}, as they can take all his punishments at LV1 and just convert something to get rid of most of them, and they can get a lot of mileage out of his stat boosts, and you can get great mileage out of {{r|Halfling}}s and {{r|Gnome}}s as well.
-*{{g|Mystera Annur}}: Mystera works well for most {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} spellcaster builds (even when your character isn't one because worshiping Mystera turns anyone into one). {{boon|Magic}} is a free mana point, and another one each time you can afford it. {{boon|Refreshment}} provides roughly 5-6 Mana Potions worth of mana, so saving glyphs for mana replenishment is often crucial for getting the most out of her. {{boon|Mystic Balance}} allows for 5 MP fireballs and 8 MP CYDSTEPPs, although it fares poorly with other cheaper glyphs. {{boon|Flames}} bump your effective caster level at levels 4 and 8 for dedicated casters and {{boon|Weakening}} can fully negate one of the few obstacles to fireball spam if used a bunch. Don't worship her if the dungeon is full of magical monsters or mana burners unless you know what you're doing, in most other cases she's supremely easy to play and powerful. Also - don't desecrate her unless you know you have a way around her punishment.
+*{{g|Mystera Annur}}: Mystera works well for most {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} spellcaster builds (even when your character isn't one, because worshiping Mystera turns anyone into one). {{boon|Magic}} is a free mana point, and another one each time you can afford it. {{boon|Refreshment}} provides roughly 5-6 Mana Potions worth of mana, so saving glyphs for mana replenishment is often crucial for getting the most out of her. {{boon|Mystic Balance}} allows for 5 MP fireballs and 8 MP CYDSTEPPs, although it fares poorly with other cheaper glyphs. {{boon|Flames}} bump your effective caster level at levels 4 and 8 for dedicated casters and {{boon|Weakening}} can fully negate one of the few obstacles to fireball spam if used a bunch. Don't worship her if the dungeon is full of magical monsters or mana burners unless you know what you're doing; in most other cases, she's supremely easy to play and powerful. Also - don't desecrate her unless you know you have a way around her punishment.
-*{{g|The Pactmaker}}: Works differently than other deities and can be worshipped at the same time as another deity. The Pactmaker offers 5 pacts which decrease your piety, but give you god effects when certain things happen. If you cannot pay the piety because you have no other god, nothing happens. If you have a god, but can't pay the piety, you do not invoke the gods punishment. You can also use {{boon|Consensus}} for an instant piety boost or for converting out of another deity. Works well with "piety farms" like {{g|The Earthmother}} and {{g|Taurog}}, as well as the {{i|Stone Sigil}}. Always keep in mind that you can't take the powerful {{boon|Consensus}} if you take another pact before, but you can still take another pact if you take Consensus first.
+*{{g|The Pactmaker}}: Works differently than other deities and can be worshipped at the same time as another deity. The Pactmaker offers 5 pacts which decrease your piety, but give you god effects when certain things happen. If you cannot pay the piety because you have no other god, nothing happens. If you have a god, but can't pay the piety, you do not invoke the god's punishment. You can also use {{boon|Consensus}} for an instant piety boost or for converting out of another deity. Works well with "piety farms" like {{g|The Earthmother}} and {{g|Taurog}}, as well as the {{i|Stone Sigil}}. Always keep in mind that you can't take the powerful {{boon|Consensus}} if you take another pact before, but you can still take another pact if you take Consensus first.
-*{{g|Taurog}}: Taurog is a good source of piety, and benefits classes that beg for physical damage, especially the {{c|Berserker}} and the {{c|Monk}}. However, the mana penalty can be crippling and his boons will fill your inventory and prevent you from purchasing other items from shops. With Taurog, you can either worship him full-time and abuse {{boon|Unstoppable Fury}} or grab a few of his items and convert out of him before the MP penalty cripples you. He rewards converting glyphs, so front-loaded guys like {{r|Orc}}, or the melee happy {{r|Halfling}} make good {{badge|Warmonger}} melee-only builds with him because they can dump all their glyphs to get a lot of his stuff in their inventory early. He's also good for mele types going {{badge|Miser}} as he doesn't leave too much room for other items anyway.
+*{{g|Taurog}}: Taurog is a good source of piety, and benefits classes that beg for physical damage, especially the {{c|Berserker}} and the {{c|Monk}}. However, the mana penalty can be crippling and his boons will fill your inventory and prevent you from purchasing other items from shops. With Taurog, you can either worship him full-time and abuse {{boon|Unstoppable Fury}} or grab a few of his items and convert out of him before the MP penalty cripples you. He rewards converting glyphs, so front-loaded guys like {{r|Orc}}, or the melee-happy {{r|Halfling}} make good {{badge|Warmonger}} melee-only builds with him because they can dump all their glyphs to get a lot of his stuff in their inventory early. He's also good for melee types going {{badge|Miser}} as he doesn't leave too much room for other items anyway.
-*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab {{boon|Dodging}} and maybe a hit of {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. This prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of {{boon|Reflexes}} gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits - save some low level monsters. {{boon|Poison}} isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the {{i|Crystal Ball}}. Just don't prep him with {{s|CYDSTEPP}} users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps he can give you a lot of piety for dodging plant hits.
+*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab {{boon|Dodging}} and maybe a hit of {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank, the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. His prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of {{boon|Reflexes}} gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits, save some low level monsters. {{boon|Poison}} isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the {{i|Crystal Ball}}. Just don't prep him with {{s|CYDSTEPP}} users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps, he can give you a lot of piety for dodging plant hits.
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 Piety is the spiritual equivalent of [[gold]].  You start with 0 Piety, and can never have less than 0.  You can never have more than 100 Piety saved up, so any gains beyond this are wasted.
-The number of altars in a standard dungeon depends on your kingdom.  Initially, no altars will spawn. Occasionally, the player will find a subdungeon with a particular challenge; this challenge, when conquered, will convert the player to the god they just discovered (even if they were already worshipping another one) and allow this god's altars to spawn in any dungeon. Altars will spawn based on the amount of gods you've unlocked. If you have 1-3, one god will spawn. 4-8 two gods will spawn. If you unlock your ninth god, you will have all three altars spawn.
+The number of altars in a standard dungeon depends on your kingdom.  Initially, no altars will spawn. Occasionally, the player will find a subdungeon with a particular challenge; this challenge, when conquered, will convert the player to the god they just discovered (even if they were already worshipping another one) and allow this god's altars to spawn in any dungeon. Altars will spawn based on the amount of gods you've unlocked. If you have 1-3 gods, one altar will spawn. With 4-8 gods, two altars will spawn. If you unlock your ninth god, you will have all three altars spawn.
 Each altar has a 3x3 square of sparkles centred on it, coloured-coded according to the deity of the altar.  You should learn the colours, as these give advance notice of which deity is present.  Each sparkle disappears when stepped on, giving +1 piety (regardless of your current religious status).
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 If you are currently following a god, you can desecrate the altar of any other god (except for the Pactmaker's altar, which can never be desecrated).  Doing so gains 30 piety (-10 for each subsequent desecration) and three indulgences, but you will suffer a punishment from the god whose altar you smashed, and the smashed altar will become unusable.  The punishments vary from irrelevant to disastrous depending on the god and your overall strategy.
-The principal way to gain piety is by performing actions your current god approves of.  If however you perform a disapproved action, your god will 'fine' you a certain amount of piety.  If you have indulgences, he/she will take off one of those in preference to fining you in piety, so it's a good idea to time your desecrations so that the indulgences allow you to avoid heavy fines.  If you do not have any indulgences, nor enough piety to pay the fine, you will suffer your god's punishment (the {{c|Paladin}} is exempt from this).
+The principal way to gain piety is by performing actions your current god approves of.  If you perform a disapproved action, however, your god will 'fine' you a certain amount of piety.  If you have indulgences, he/she will take off one of those in preference to fining you in piety, so it's a good idea to time your desecrations so that the indulgences allow you to avoid heavy fines.  If you do not have any indulgences, nor enough piety to pay the fine, you will suffer your god's punishment (the {{c|Paladin}} is exempt from this).
 The Pactmaker uses Piety a little differently from the other gods.  Whenever you perform the action associated with your Pact, the Pactmaker will try to take away the necessary Piety and give you the associated benefit.  If you cannot afford the Piety cost, the Pactmaker won't deduct any piety and won't give you the benefit, but there is no punishment and the Pact remains active.
-You must return to your god's altar in order to request boons from them.  On some maps you will need to be careful about getting cut off from the altar.
+You must return to your god's altar in order to request boons from them.  On some maps, you will need to be careful about getting cut off from the altar.
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 Gods work similarly to other roguelike games, each giving themed '''bonuses''' and '''penalties'''.  While some penalties are more trivial to avoid or withstand than others, every god has the ability to substantially improve a dungeon run given proper planning.  When you play with gods, however, you play with fire - it is up to the player to wield it against the enemy rather than against herself in the form of harsh and avoidable punishments.
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 Some lesser divinities can infrequently be encountered in subdungeons.  These only differ from other subdungeons thematically, as they do not otherwise function as a god in the same broad mechanical sense as the 9 major deities.
 == Piety and Altars ==
 Piety is the spiritual equivalent of [[gold]].  You start with 0 Piety, and can never have less than 0.  You can never have more than 100 Piety saved up, so any gains beyond this are wasted.
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 == Initial worship and conversion ==
 You can only follow one god at a time, and at the start, you are not following any god.  (Note: The Pactmaker cannot be followed, but you can take one of its Pacts regardless of whether or not you are following a god.)
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 == Main Gods ==
 {{:The Pactmaker|tpl=MetaGodSummary}}
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 ==Choose your Deity==
 *{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free {{s|PISORF}} on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. You can also get {{s|ENDISWAL}} from him for {{Piety|35}}, or can pick one up if it spawns - or you can prep {{i|Bear Mace}} to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting {{boon|Stone Skin}} and/or {{boon|Stone Heart}} will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistances, and if you're going to spam {{boon|Stone Skin}} you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
 *{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you {{t|Life steal}}, {{t|Sanguine}} or even a full heal via {{boon|Blood Swell}}. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing like {{s|HALPMEH}} or {{s|CYDSTEPP}} - it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he like you converting those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Deity for {{r|Halfling}} if you want quick piety with him (great for a Halfling {{badge|Feeling Parched}}). The other reason he's useful is for if {{boon|Blood Shield}}, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not takink up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and {{r|Dwarf}} can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
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 *{{g|Taurog}}: Taurog is a good source of piety, and benefits classes that beg for physical damage, especially the {{c|Berserker}} and the {{c|Monk}}. However, the mana penalty can be crippling and his boons will fill your inventory and prevent you from purchasing other items from shops. With Taurog, you can either worship him full-time and abuse {{boon|Unstoppable Fury}} or grab a few of his items and convert out of him before the MP penalty cripples you. He rewards converting glyphs, so front-loaded guys like {{r|Orc}}, or the melee happy {{r|Halfling}} make good {{badge|Warmonger}} melee-only builds with him because they can dump all their glyphs to get a lot of his stuff in their inventory early. He's also good for mele types going {{badge|Miser}} as he doesn't leave too much room for other items anyway.
 *{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab {{boon|Dodging}} and maybe a hit of {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. This prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and {{boon|Tikki's Edge}} stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of {{boon|Reflexes}} gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits - save some low level monsters. {{boon|Poison}} isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the {{i|Crystal Ball}}. Just don't prep him with {{s|CYDSTEPP}} users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps he can give you a lot of piety for dodging plant hits.
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 *{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you {{t|Life steal}}, {{t|Sanguine}} or even a full heal via {{boon|Blood Swell}}. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing like {{s|HALPMEH}} or {{s|CYDSTEPP}} - it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he like you converting those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Deity for {{r|Halfling}} if you want quick piety with him (great for a Halfling {{badge|Feeling Parched}}). The other reason he's useful is for if {{boon|Blood Shield}}, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not takink up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and {{r|Dwarf}} can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
 *{{g|The Earthmother}}: A very useful deity whatever your plan is, and a great source of piety. Her free {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph will both give you piety and help you level up faster, and {{boon|Vine Form}} will let you get more out of the XP bonus by letting you fight higher level enemies with less effort. {{boon|Plantation}} allows you to get {{Piety|100}} extremely easily, and also allow for seemingly enless spam of {{boon|Clearance}} which can be an equivalent to having several {{i|Keg of Mana}}. It can also be used to convert to another deity. {{boon|Entanglement}} is multi purpose - bonus experience on every monster, protection from enemy first strike and retaliation and it's cheap to spam just to put plants on the map. The Earthmother's altar is an easy desecration target, since a single {{i|Burn Salve}} negates her punishment.
-*{{g|Glowing Guardian}}: A powerful deity for every class except {{c|Bloodmage}} and {{c|Assassin}}, or {{i|Tri-Sword}}/{{i|Alchemist Scroll}} builds. Worship him as early as possible to get the most piety out of him. {{boon|Absolution}} is deceptively powerful, allowing gain a ton of max HP, although it costs 1/5 of an item slot and some potential XP. {{boon|Enlightenment}} can be used to your advantage, providing a nice bonus to everything, plus a complete curse wipe. Unfortunately he hates potions, and converting in and out of him isn't a great option. Also, he gives piety for converting things and leveling, and {{r|Goblin}}s convert things for leveling, they make ideal GG worshipers.
+*{{g|Glowing Guardian}}: A powerful deity for every class except {{c|Bloodmage}} and {{c|Assassin}}, or {{i|Trisword}}/{{i|Alchemist Scroll}} builds. Worship him as early as possible to get the most piety out of him. {{boon|Absolution}} is deceptively powerful, allowing gain a ton of max HP, although it costs 1/5 of an item slot and some potential XP. {{boon|Enlightenment}} can be used to your advantage, providing a nice bonus to everything, plus a complete curse wipe. Unfortunately he hates potions, and converting in and out of him isn't a great option. Also, he gives piety for converting things and leveling, and {{r|Goblin}}s convert things for leveling, they make ideal GG worshipers.
 *{{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: He rewards almost anything you do, but sometimes he will inflict a random small punishment instead until you get {{boon|Petition}} from him. In return for this bit of inconvenience he provides very cheap stat boosts. Grab {{boon|Petition}} to end his punishments as soon as possible, and burn a potion or whatever to get to LV2 and enjoy the great boosts, quality refills and also the handy {{s|WEYTWUT}} which lets you explore any map easily. Desecrating him is somewhat risky. A desecration can either severely reduce your total health, mana and damage, or just give you free piety. Desecrate only when desperate, or feel lucky. Also a great god for a {{r|Goblin}} as they can take all his punishments at LV1 and just covnert something to get rid of most of them, and they can get a lot of mileage out of his stat boosts, and you can get grat mileage out of {{r|Halfling}}s and {{r|Gnome}}s as well.
 *{{g|Mystera Annur}}: Mystera works well for most {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}} spellcaster builds (even when your character isn't one because worshiping Mystera turns anyone into one). {{boon|Magic}} is a free mana point, and another one each time you can afford it. {{boon|Refreshment}} provides roughly 5-6 Mana Potions worth of mana, so saving glyphs for mana replenishment is often crucial for getting the most out of her. {{boon|Mystic Balance}} allows for 5 MP fireballs and 8 MP CYDSTEPPs, although it fares poorly with other cheaper glyphs. {{boon|Flames}} bump your effective caster level at levels 4 and 8 for dedicated casters and {{boon|Weakening}} can fully negate one of the few obstacles to fireball spam if used a bunch. Don't worship her if the dungeon is full of magical monsters or mana burners unless you know what you're doing, in most other cases she's supremely easy to play and powerful. Also - don't desecrate her unless you know you have a way around her punishment.

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 ==Choose your Deity==
-(Been edited a bit since that warning for stuff that was quite a bit more inaccurate than than "not always top accuracy", now there's just more to be said about each god)
+*{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free {{s|PISORF}} on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. You can also get {{s|ENDISWAL}} from him for {{Piety|35}}, or can pick one up if it spawns - or you can prep {{i|Bear Mace}} to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting {{boon|Stone Skin}} and/or {{boon|Stone Heart}} will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistances, and if you're going to spam {{boon|Stone Skin}} you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
-*{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Binlor works as a source of knockback melee damage, temporary physical damage resistance and permanent magic damage resistance, and is quite easy to farm piety with. He grants a free PISORF on worship, which also makes him a popular "glyph magnet" as a preparation. If Pissorf is difficult to gain Piety with, You can get ENDISWAL from him for 35 piety, or can pick one up if it spawns - or you can prep Bear Mace to help farm his piety. Constantly requesting Stone Skin and/or Stone Heart will allow you to rack up a great amount of magic resistance. Binlor is also a good desecration target, as long as you don't care about your resistance, and if you're going to spam Stoneskins you don't mind his punishment even if you're worshiping him.
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-*{{g|Dracul}}: Dracul is a good selection for most melee classes, due to how much health refills he can bring to the table. He can grant you lifesteal (heals you when eating low level monsters), sanguine (turns blood on the floor into healing powerups) or even a stright up full heal via Blood Swell. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like you using other forms of healing like Halpmeh or Cydstep - it takes a bit of practice to combine him with folks who like to use those. He doesn't like you using healing potions, either, but he like you CONVERTING those, which paradoxically makes him a fine Halfling deity if you want quick piety with him (makes a "parched halfling a strategy). The other reason he's useful is for if Blood Shield boon, which stacks extremely well with other forms of damage resistance while not takink up an item slot, and he's a key player in resist stacking strategies. Both glass cannon builds and big health builds can make good use out of overhealing with his lifesteal, too, and Dwarves can get great mileage out of everything he provides.
-*{{g|The Earthmother}}: A very useful deity whatever your plan is, and a great source of piety. Her free IMAWAL glyph will both give you piety and help you level up faster, and her Vine Form boon will let you get more out of the Exp bonus by letting you fight higher level enemies with less effort. Her Plantation boon allows you to get 100 Piety extremely easily, and also allow for seemingly enless spam of her Clearance boon which can be an equivalent to having several kegs of mana potions. It can also be used to convert to another deity. Entanglement is multi purpose - bonus experience on every monster, protection from enemy first strike and retaliation and it's cheap to spam just to put plants on the map. The Earthmother's altar is an easy desecration target, since a single Burn Salve negates her punishment.
-*{{g|Glowing Guardian}}: A powerful deity for every class except Bloodmage and Assassin, or Tri-Sword/Alchemist's Scroll builds. Worship him as early as possible to get the most piety out of him. Absolution is deceptively powerful, allowing gain a ton of max HP, although it costs 1/5 of an item slot and some potential XP. Enlightenment can be used to your advantage, providing a nice bonus to everything, plus a complete curse wipe. Unfortunately he hates potions, and converting in and out of him isn't a great option. Also, he gives piety for converting things and leveling, and goblins convert things for leveling, they make ideal GG worshipers.
-*{{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: He rewards almost anything you do, but sometimes he will inflict a random small punishment instead untill you get the Petition boon from him. In return for this bit of inconvenience he provides very, VERY cheap stat boosts. Grab his Petition boon to end his punishments as soon as possible, and burn a potion or whatever to get to lvl2 and enjoy the great boosts, quality refills and also the handy Wheytwut glyph which lets you explore any map easily. Desecrating him is somewhat risky. A desecration can either severely reduce your total health, mana and damage, or just give you free piety. Desecrate only when desperate, or feel lucky. Also a great god for Goblins as they can take all his punishments at lvl 1 and just covnert something to get rid of most of them, and they can get a lot of mileage out of his stat boosts, and you can get grat mileage out of Halflings and Gnomes as well.
-*{{g|Mystera Annur}}: Mystera works well for most Burndayraz spellcaster builds (even when your character isn't one because worshiping Mystera turns anyone into one). Her magic boon is a free mana point, and another one each time you can afford it.  Refreshment provides roughly 5-6 Mana Potions worth of mana, so saving glyphs for mana replenishment is often crucial for getting the most out of her. Mystic Balance allows for 5 MP fireballs and 8 MP CYDSTEPPs, although it fares poorly with other cheaper glyphs. Flames bump your effective caster level at levels 4 and 8 for dedicated casters and Weakening can fully negate one of the few obstacles to fireball spam if used a bunch. Don't worship her if the dungeon is full of magical monsters or mana burners unless you know what you're doing, in most other cases she's supremely easy to play and powerful. Also - don't desecrate her unless youe know you have a way around her punishment.
-*{{g|The Pactmaker}}: Works differently than other deities and can be worshipped at the same time as another deity. The Pactmaker offers 5 pacts which decrease your piety, but give you god effects when certain things happen. If you cannot pay the piety because you have no other god, nothing happens. If you have a god, but can't pay the piety, you do not invoke the gods punishment. You can also use Consensus for an instant piety boost or for converting out of another deity. Works well with "piety farms" like The Earthmother and Taurog, as well as the Stone Sigil. Always keep in mind that you can't take the powerful Consensus if you take another pact before, but you can still take another pact if you take Consensus first.
-*{{g|Taurog}}: Taurog is a good source of piety, and benefits classes that beg for physical damage, especially the Berserker and the Monk. However, the mana penalty can be crippling and his boons will fill your inventory and prevent you from purchasing other items from shops. With Taurog, you can either worship him full-time and abuse his Unstoppable Fury boon or grab a few of his items and convert out of him before the MP penalty cripples you. He rewards converting glyphs, so front-loaded guys like Orcs, or the melee happy Halflings make good "Warmonger" melee-only builds with him because they can dump all their glyphs to get a lot of his stuff in their inventory early. He's also good for mele types going "Miser" as he doesn't leave too much room for other items anyway.
-*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab his Dodging boon and maybe a hit of Tikki's edge then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. This prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and Tikki's Edge stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of Reflexes gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits - save some low level monsters. Poison isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the Crystal Ball. Just don't prep him with Cydstep users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps he can give you a lot of piety for dodgning plant hits (just don't try it with the plants that kill you :) )
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 == Piety and Altars ==
-Piety is the spiritual equivalent of gold.  You start with 0 Piety, and can never have less than 0.  You can never have more than 100 Piety saved up, so any gains beyond this are wasted.
+Piety is the spiritual equivalent of [[gold]].  You start with 0 Piety, and can never have less than 0.  You can never have more than 100 Piety saved up, so any gains beyond this are wasted.
 The number of altars in a standard dungeon depends on your kingdom.  Initially, no altars will spawn. Occasionally, the player will find a subdungeon with a particular challenge; this challenge, when conquered, will convert the player to the god they just discovered (even if they were already worshipping another one) and allow this god's altars to spawn in any dungeon. Altars will spawn based on the amount of gods you've unlocked. If you have 1-3, one god will spawn. 4-8 two gods will spawn. If you unlock your ninth god, you will have all three altars spawn.
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 '''Tribute''' (repeatable)
-* Cost: 15 Gold
+* Cost: 15 [[Gold]]
 * +10 Piety
 '''Tikki's Edge''' (repeatable)
 * Cost: 25 + 25n Piety
-* +1 to experience from all XP kills, +10 Gold
+* +1 to experience from all XP kills, +10 [[Gold]]
 '''Dodging'''
 * Cost: 25 Piety
-* +10% Dodge, +10 Gold
+* +10% Dodge, +10 [[Gold]]
 '''Poison'''
 * Cost: 15 + 10n Piety
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 *{{g|The Pactmaker}}: Works differently than other deities and can be worshipped at the same time as another deity. The Pactmaker offers 5 pacts which decrease your piety, but give you god effects when certain things happen. If you cannot pay the piety because you have no other god, nothing happens. If you have a god, but can't pay the piety, you do not invoke the gods punishment. You can also use Consensus for an instant piety boost or for converting out of another deity. Works well with "piety farms" like The Earthmother and Taurog, as well as the Stone Sigil. Always keep in mind that you can't take the powerful Consensus if you take another pact before, but you can still take another pact if you take Consensus first.
 *{{g|Taurog}}: Taurog is a good source of piety, and benefits classes that beg for physical damage, especially the Berserker and the Monk. However, the mana penalty can be crippling and his boons will fill your inventory and prevent you from purchasing other items from shops. With Taurog, you can either worship him full-time and abuse his Unstoppable Fury boon or grab a few of his items and convert out of him before the MP penalty cripples you. He rewards converting glyphs, so front-loaded guys like Orcs, or the melee happy Halflings make good "Warmonger" melee-only builds with him because they can dump all their glyphs to get a lot of his stuff in their inventory early. He's also good for mele types going "Miser" as he doesn't leave too much room for other items anyway.
-*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab his Dodging boon and maybe a hit of Tikki's edge then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. This prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and Tikki's Edge stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of Reflexes gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits - save some low level monsters. Poison isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you gold, so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the Crystal Ball. Just don't prep him with Cydstep users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps he can give you a lot of piety for dodgning plant hits (just don't try it with the plants that kill you :) )
+*{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Good choice as a later game deity, as he enjoys you slaying lower level monsters, but a big no for tanks. That is, if you can just hop in with a tank and grab his Dodging boon and maybe a hit of Tikki's edge then get out, he's great - the more hits you can tank the more potential dodges, you just have to get out of TT worship first. This prep penalty looks harsh, but just promotes optimal play on spellcasters and glass cannon types - and Tikki's Edge stacking is great with spellcasters while each hit of Reflexes gives you two powerful potions almost anyone can find a use for. When playing for a lot of Tikki's Edge benefits - save some low level monsters. Poison isn't particularly powerful outside of very specific builds, but the first shot basically pays for itself. A nice thing about Tikki Tooki is that his boons give you [[gold]], so you can afford buying powerful items or potions and abusing gold-consuming items like the Crystal Ball. Just don't prep him with Cydstep users whatever you do, he doesn't like that. On plant maps he can give you a lot of piety for dodgning plant hits (just don't try it with the plants that kill you :) )
 == Lesser divinities==