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Lathander is alrdy added, forget about him and give me pls

Yes, I know.
Hexblade is unlikely to be added to the game. Also, Larian should have added a Archfey warlock first.

Too bad Forge Domain won't get added id like a Cleric of Gond

"Leira, Lady of Mists, Mother of All Illusion, the Guardian of Deception, the Mistshadow. Some say she died in the Time of Troubles, killed by Cyric, betrayed by Mask. Some say she loved Mask and loves him still. Some say gods can die. Some say gods can be born. Some say gods can live. Some say gods are an illusion we create for our own contentment. Some say gods are an illusion we create to disguise our fear of living, our fear of dying, our fear of being. If gods are a disguise, if gods are an illusion, then perhaps Leira is the only beacon of truth in our entire pantheon of lies. But if gods are real and true and all-knowing, then Leira cannot be a god and must be dead if indeed she ever lived at all."

"Stare deep into the Mistshadow, and mark your devotion to Leira, Mistress of Mists and Lady of the Unknowing. Stare into it and know that knowledge is unknowable."

"We are ever passing through the mists of Leira, our hulls brushing against the reefs of knowledge but we never run aground, the winds of truth tear us not asunder. Travel well, then, safe in the calm of ignorance."

- Shaella in BG 1 (errr, well uhh, maybe it was Elnaedra who said those things ... I don't know.)

My understanding until now was that Lathander was not included, as reported by others in this forum in the past. I am not one of those playing the EA game so I don't know these things first-hand. So if Lathander truly is available as a player-choosable deity, then I'm good. But I still stand with wanting to see all the major deities in the game. What those might be I don't know, as I'm not up to speed on which deities retain major deity status in 5e.

I made the post originally because I couldn't find Lathander and then after patch 8 Lathander was there! Maybe I was just blind if he was already there, but my Lathander BG trilogy playthrough felt so much joy.

Well it's ok Clerics don't get a lot of flexibility. I think it fits the class since their powers come directly from a god that represents something very specific.

One could argue that all Clerics getting Guiding Bolt (a radiance spell) is already stretching it too far. Clerics of Shar or other dark gods should get a similar attack dealing Necrotic damage.

I think Clerics would be cooler if their universal spell list would be much more narrow and only comprise of very generic stuff like Bless or Cure Wounds. And then the Domains could be expanded to play a bigger part of their power repertoire. So Clerics would reflect their faith more accurately and have powerful theme-appropriate spells other Clerics don't get.

In BG3 it's odd any Cleric of any faith can use Create Water to call down rain, but Wizards can't. It's an elemental spell which seems much more of a Wizard thing to do. So it should be reversed, really.

Perhaps. I didn't think too much about these changes.
Well, in the 5e, this spell was only available to clerics, druids, and fathomless warlocks. Probably Larian did not want to deviate from the original.