Originally Posted by Aaru
It seems strange such a prominent and popular deity in FR is not available.

We can only speculate as to why this is the way it is. I want to believe that the list of deities that went into EA v1 was a combination of :
  • Some deities Larian really wanted to have in the game for EA roleplay purposes. Notably, Shar and Selune.
  • A random mix of the rest to give a bit more options. And I mean, literally random.

More importantly, I want to believe that the rest of the deities will show up later, when Larian gets round to polishing this. Yeah, I know, I still have some optimism left in me.

I'm somewhat hopeful because :
  • I don't see how and why Larian could decide that Lathander or Sune won't be in the game.
  • I don't see what the point of having a Storm domain in the PHB (and I assume all PHB classes will make it) if we can't select Talos, Auril or Umberlee. Also, the Light domain is already in the game, and how could we not create a Light domain Cleric worshipping Lathander ?
  • I have difficulties with us visiting a Druid Grove dedicated to Sylvanus, having access to the Druid class, and not being able to select Sylvanus as our main god. By the way, people who have played Patch 4 : do Druids select a main deity at character creation ? Please don't tell me no.

Flash info : The Dark Urge is not an Origin Character. And it's not a new concept.