"Lord of Dominion, thank you for your generosity. This decision was made collectively by all the deities. I believe the deities present are willing to bear the consequences!"
No, we're not.
Some deities whose Divine Offices overlapped with those of Greater Divine Power deities, but who themselves possessed only Lesser Divine Power or Weak Divine Power, howled inwardly.
Beings like them, with only Lesser Divine Power or Weak Divine Power, would absolutely be the first to be purged.
But now that things had come to this, the deities with Lesser Divine Power and Weak Divine Power had no choice but to accept the outcome.
In fact, even Mystra felt a little regret over asking the question.
She suddenly realized that ascending to Great Divine Power was an unimaginably difficult undertaking.
Most professions related to spellcasters were held by deities with Greater Divine Power, and they were among the most powerful even within that rank.
Reclaiming their Divine Offices would be an incredibly difficult task.
Some of them were on good terms with her, and even counted as allies.
These tangled relationships only made her more troubled.
If she started a war and took back their faith, she was confident she could defeat the other deities.
But she couldn't wage war against her own allies. And getting deities of the same rank to become her subordinate gods was even more outlandish.
At the thought of all this, Mystra pressed her right hand to her forehead.
"We can only hope!" Leaving them with those words, Green flew directly toward the place where the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut was.
Even Bahamut, who was supremely confident in his own power, couldn't help taking a step back as Green approached.
Part of his Divine Office represented Holy Sovereignty!
As an extremely important branch of Rulership