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Except for the most devoted, worshipers on Orizon worship the pantheon on the whole rather than a specific god. The polytheistic faithful call upon various gods for aid for specific tasks or needs, hoping for aid under its auspices. Some people do have a specific god that they personally hold up, considering them to be their patrons, though they do still give devotion to the other gods when they feel the situation calls for it.

Few temples are constructed to honor specific gods. Instead, most religious sites are constructed to house numerous small shrines, one for each of the gods. Though there are still some locations where a single specific god is worshiped exclusively. Some places like these are sacred to that god and were specifically indicated as sites to place a temple. Others are significant to the god's faithful, and they will construct memorials, like a place where a god manifested or a powerful cleric performed a miracle in that god’s name. These sacred sites are locations of pilgrimage and some people will travel miles to reach out to touch whatever of the divine presence remains there.

Priests of the various churches and their acolytes are expected to be at least familiar with the honors, stories, and rituals of each of the gods, though they may focus on specific gods as their patrons. Clerics and Paladins are also expected to be familiar with the pantheon as a whole, but their focus on a specific deity for their devotion grants them unique favors. Clerics may also be called to act in opposition to some plan of their god’s rival deities.

Occasionally a god will reach out to a specific person directly, offering them guidance or power if they sense something special about the person, or sending them on a quest to aid in the god’s aims. Typically these are their clerics, but they can also reach out to adventurers and heroes.