Changing the gods at the Sandpoint Cathedral

[WendyWitch]

I was wondering if any other GM's have switched up the gods worshipped at the Sandpoint Cathedral to match the gods selected by their PCs, and if so, if it had any real impact to the AP?

Although my players all know who the big 6 are as written in the AP, a couple have character concepts that don't mesh with any of those 6, and chose another god to follow. One of these PC's is an Inquisitor of Gorum with a really, really thin reason for being in Sandpoint. I have been unsuccessful in convincing the player to pick a character that will fit better, so I want to reel the character in hook, line and sinker early on, so he will feel like protecting the town. I think that will be easier if I make Gorum one of the 6 gods at the cathedral.

I've read through to about half way through book 5, and so far, I don't see any drawback to changing the gods up as needed to suit my PC's backgrounds, but thought it would be good to seek out the experience of other GM's to see what I might be missing.

We probably won't be starting the AP for another couple of months, so I have time to ponder this and other options.

[the Lorax]

I'm running it in my homebrew, so I've had to change up all of the gods.
I don't think there should be any problem with pulling out one of the gods and replacing it with Gorum (given the nature of the town, without a whole lot of thought, I'd suggest Shelyn), as long as you keep a note about the campaign to remind you of that.

[Akerlof]

One of my players took it upon themselves to adjust the gods revered at the Sandpoint Cathedral: The night before the Swallowtail festival she snuck in and set up a shrine to Calistria. After everybody noticed it during the first tour in the morning, she started the process of talking the clergy into keeping the shrine (though moving it to a different part of the building, a broom closet that eventually became fabulous. The church elders did require a solid door, though.)

Something like that might work for your PC, the Shoanti in the area would almost certainly approve of adding Gorum to the Cathedral. It might also get your player more invested in the town.

[WendyWitch]

Akerlof, that's pretty neat about how Calistria was added to your cathedral! What class was your player's PC that did that? I just can't see my inquisitor doing that for Gorum. He's not from Varisia and only recently arrived in Sandpoint.

I do agree that it makes a certain amount of sense to have Gorum as part of the cathedral, given Shoanti influence. Another player is planning a Shoanti oracle, although she hasn't decided on her god/dess yet. She's leaning towards bone oracle, because she loves the flavor.