Deities of the Galaxy
This document covers the deities and faiths worshipped throughout the galaxy in the Starfinder 2E setting.
Core Deities
These are the primary deities worshipped across known space.
Abadar
The Master of the First Vault
- Area of Concern: Cities, law, merchants, wealth
- Edicts: Engage in commerce, work hard
- Anathema: Steal, undermine legitimate business
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Intelligence
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Domains: Cities, Earth, Travel, Wealth
- Favored Weapon: Crossbow
Source: Player Core
Besmara
The Pirate Queen
- Area of Concern: Piracy, sea monsters, strife
- Edicts: Sail the seas, steal from the wealthy, defy oppressive rulers
- Anathema: Betray shipmates, forsake piracy
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Constitution
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Domains: Destruction, Trickery, Water, Wealth
- Favored Weapon: Rapier
Source: Player Core
Damoritosh
The Conqueror
- Area of Concern: Conquest, duty, war
- Edicts: Achieve victory through strength, expand your territory
- Anathema: Show cowardice, flee from battle, disobey orders
- Devotee Benefits: Strength or Constitution
- Divine Font: Harm
- Domains: Confidence, Destruction, Might, Zeal
- Favored Weapon: Greataxe
Source: Player Core
The Devourer
The Star-Eater
- Area of Concern: Black holes, destruction, supernovas
- Edicts: Destroy all things, embrace entropy, annihilate creation
- Anathema: Create something, preserve things of value
- Devotee Benefits: Constitution or Charisma
- Divine Font: Harm
- Divine Sanctification: Must choose unholy
- Domains: Destruction, Nightmares, Nothingness, Void
- Favored Weapon: Heavy Crossbow
Source: Player Core
Eloritu
The Hidden Truth
- Area of Concern: History, magic, secrets
- Edicts: Seek hidden knowledge, preserve secrets, study magic
- Anathema: Reveal secrets carelessly, destroy knowledge
- Devotee Benefits: Intelligence or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Domains: Knowledge, Magic, Secrecy, Truth
- Favored Weapon: Staff
Source: Player Core
Hylax
The Forever Queen
- Area of Concern: Diplomacy, first contact, friendship, peace
- Edicts: Seek peaceful solutions, build alliances, welcome strangers
- Anathema: Start wars, betray allies, refuse to negotiate
- Devotee Benefits: Charisma or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Change, Creation, Family, Protection
- Favored Weapon: Longsword
Source: Player Core
Ibra
The Inscrutable
- Area of Concern: Celestial bodies, the cosmos, mysteries of the universe
- Edicts: Explore the cosmos, seek understanding of celestial phenomena
- Anathema: Ignore cosmic mysteries, destroy celestial wonders
- Devotee Benefits: Intelligence or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Domains: Knowledge, Nothingness, Star, Void
- Favored Weapon: Staff
Source: Player Core
Lambatuin
The Ascended
- Area of Concern: Exploration, discovery, self-improvement
- Edicts: Explore new frontiers, better yourself, share discoveries
- Anathema: Remain stagnant, hoard knowledge selfishly
- Devotee Benefits: Constitution or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Change, Knowledge, Travel, Vigil
- Favored Weapon: Staff
Source: Player Core
Lao Shu Po
Grandmother Rat
- Area of Concern: Assassins, rats, spies, thieves
- Edicts: Take what you need, strike from the shadows
- Anathema: Show mercy to enemies, work openly
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Charisma
- Divine Font: Harm
- Domains: Darkness, Luck, Secrecy, Trickery
- Favored Weapon: Dagger
Source: Player Core
Lissala
The Sihedron Scion
- Area of Concern: Duty, fate, obedience, reward of service
- Edicts: Serve faithfully, follow orders, accept your place
- Anathema: Question authority, defy superiors
- Devotee Benefits: Strength or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Domains: Fate, Knowledge, Magic, Perfection
- Favored Weapon: Whip
Source: Player Core
Meyel
The Lightbringer
- Area of Concern: Artists, light, performers
- Edicts: Create art, perform, spread beauty
- Anathema: Destroy art, suppress creativity
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Charisma
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Creation, Fire, Passion, Sun
- Favored Weapon: Starknife
Source: Player Core
The Newborn
The Emergent Divine
- Area of Concern: Birth, potential, new beginnings
- Edicts: Embrace new beginnings, nurture potential
- Anathema: Stifle growth, prevent new life
- Devotee Benefits: Constitution or Charisma
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Creation, Family, Healing, Protection
- Favored Weapon: Light Mace
Source: Player Core
Oras
The Machine God
- Area of Concern: Adaptation, evolution, natural selection
- Edicts: Adapt to survive, embrace change, evolve
- Anathema: Resist necessary change, cling to obsolete ways
- Devotee Benefits: Constitution or Intelligence
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Domains: Change, Creation, Knowledge, Perfection
- Favored Weapon: Fist
Source: Player Core
Pharasma
The Lady of Graves
- Area of Concern: Birth, death, fate, prophecy
- Edicts: Guide souls, destroy undead, respect the cycle of life
- Anathema: Create undead, interfere with death, cheat fate
- Devotee Benefits: Constitution or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Heal
- Divine Sanctification: Can choose holy
- Domains: Death, Fate, Healing, Soul
- Favored Weapon: Dagger
- Cleric Spells: 1st - Mindlink, 5th - Invoke Spirits
Source: Player Core
Talavet
The Storyteller
- Area of Concern: Community, self-reliance, tradition
- Edicts: Share stories, preserve traditions, build community
- Anathema: Forget your history, abandon your community
- Devotee Benefits: Intelligence or Charisma
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Cities, Family, Knowledge, Truth
- Favored Weapon: Starknife
Source: Player Core
Triune
The All-Code
Triune is a fusion of the three technological deities Epoch, Brigh, and Casandalee. Triune's Signal made Drift travel possible.
- Area of Concern: Artificial intelligence, computers, the Drift
- Edicts: Advance the development of artificial life and artificial intelligence, innovate new technology, promote Drift travel
- Anathema: Treat artificial life as inferior to organic life, subjugate artificial life-forms, destroy a Drift beacon
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Intelligence
- Divine Font: Harm or Heal
- Divine Skill: Computers
- Domains: Change, Knowledge, Nothingness, Technology
- Favored Weapon: Pulse Gauntlet
- Cleric Spells: 1st - Mending, 2nd - Logic Bomb, 5th - Control Machine
Source: Player Core
Urgathoa
The Pallid Princess
The first being to escape death and become undead, Urgathoa revels in sharing her hedonistic ways and spreading undeath.
- Area of Concern: Disease, gluttony, undeath
- Edicts: Become undead upon death, create or protect the undead, sate your appetites
- Anathema: Deny your appetites, destroy undead of no harm to you, sacrifice your life
- Devotee Benefits: Constitution or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Harm
- Divine Sanctification: Must choose unholy
- Divine Skill: Intimidation
- Domains: Indulgence, Magic, Might, Undeath
- Favored Weapon: Bone Scepter
- Cleric Spells: 2nd - False Vitality, 7th - Mask of Terror
Source: Player Core
Weydan
The Endless Horizon
- Area of Concern: Discovery, exploration, freedom, travel
- Edicts: Explore new places, experience new things, spread freedom
- Anathema: Restrict others' freedom, stay in one place
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Charisma
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Freedom, Luck, Travel, Vigil
- Favored Weapon: Starknife
Source: Player Core
Yaraesa
Lady of Wisdom
- Area of Concern: Knowledge, mental perfection, scholarship, science
- Edicts: Seek knowledge, perfect your mind, share learning
- Anathema: Remain ignorant, suppress knowledge
- Devotee Benefits: Intelligence or Wisdom
- Divine Font: Heal
- Domains: Knowledge, Magic, Perfection, Truth
- Favored Weapon: Starknife
Source: Player Core
Zon-Shelyn
The Redeemer
- Area of Concern: Art, beauty, love, music
- Edicts: Create art, see beauty in all things, spread love
- Anathema: Destroy art, spread ugliness, be cruel to loved ones
- Devotee Benefits: Dexterity or Charisma
- Divine Font: Heal
- Divine Sanctification: Can choose holy
- Domains: Creation, Family, Passion, Protection
- Favored Weapon: Glaive
Source: Player Core
Faiths and Philosophies
Beyond the traditional deities, many follow philosophical traditions or secular belief systems.
Atheism
While most concede that the gods exist, some don't view them as worthy of worship or even deny their presence altogether.
- Edicts: Pursue your own agenda with faith in your ability to excel
- Anathema: Offer prayers to a deity
Source: Player Core
Battle Saints
A martial tradition honoring legendary warriors who achieved greatness through combat.
- Edicts: Honor fallen warriors, achieve glory in battle, remember the saints
- Anathema: Dishonor the memory of battle saints, show cowardice
Source: Player Core
The Cycle
A philosophical tradition focused on the natural cycles of life, death, and rebirth.
- Edicts: Accept the cycle, prepare for transitions, help others through change
- Anathema: Disrupt natural cycles, cling to permanence
Source: Player Core
Green Faith
An ancient philosophical tradition dedicated to the natural world and its preservation.
- Edicts: Protect nature, live in harmony with the environment
- Anathema: Cause unnecessary harm to nature, pollute
Source: Player Core
Prophecies of Kalistrade
A philosophical tradition focused on wealth, commerce, and self-denial.
- Edicts: Accumulate wealth, follow the prophecies, practice moderation
- Anathema: Waste resources, break contracts
Source: Player Core
Singularitism
A philosophy focused on the eventual merger of organic and artificial intelligence.
- Edicts: Advance technology, embrace augmentation, work toward the singularity
- Anathema: Reject technological advancement, separate organic from artificial
Source: GM Core
Song of Silence
A philosophical tradition focused on introspection, meditation, and inner peace.
- Edicts: Find peace within, practice meditation, embrace silence
- Anathema: Disturb others' meditation, create unnecessary noise
Source: GM Core
Campaign Notes
Urgathoa's Significance
Not Common Knowledge: The following information about the Urgathoa cult is not public knowledge. New characters would have no reason to know this unless they have specifically encountered the cult or its clients.
In our campaign, worshippers of Urgathoa include a secretive Consciousness Transfer Cult - practitioners who use ancient rituals to transfer consciousness between bodies, achieving a form of immortality. The most notable client is "Morty Barbarus" of the Barbarus Fleet, whose consciousness has transferred through 47 different bodies over centuries. The Dicks discovered this truth during Campaign 1.
Triune and Technology
Triune's influence is felt throughout the galaxy through the Drift - the hyperspace dimension that enables faster-than-light travel. Drift beacons, maintained by Triune's followers, mark safe routes through this dimension.
Atheism in Starfinder
Atheism is a more viable philosophical position in Starfinder than in traditional fantasy settings, as many spacefaring cultures have developed secular worldviews. The presence of the Gap - a period where all memory was erased - has led some to question whether the gods truly existed before this event.