How many inquisitions does a deity get?

[Alzrius]

Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I'm curious about how to determine the number of inquisitions a deity gets.

Domains and subdomains seem to follow a clear progression. "Full-fledged" deities get five domains and six subdomains, while demigods, archfiends, and similar "near-deities" get one less of each (e.g. four domains and five subdomains).

Inquisitions, however, seem to be all over the place. The table for the twenty major deities of the Inner Sea region indicate that some have as little as three inquisitions, while others have as many as six.

Is there any particular rhyme or reason there?

[Deadmanwalking]

The fluff people weren't actually consulted when Inquisitions were assigned deities (which is the way it was done, not the other way around like Domains), so the whole thing's a mess. I mean, Zon Kuthon lacks the Torture and Imprisonment Inquisitions? And Calistria lacks Vengeance? Come on, now.

I'd just reassign them until you're comfortable with them, and have a relatively coherent list.

My personal version would be something like this:

Everyone has Conversion, Blackpowder, and Heresy (all three are universal concepts).

Erastil: Persistence, Truth, Zeal,
Iomedae: Justice, Tactics, Valor,
Torag: Persistence, Order, Tactics,
Sarenrae: Fervor, Truth, Valor,
Shelyn: Persistence, Illumination, Valor,
Cayden Cailean: Anger, Fervor, Valor,
Desna: Illumination, Oblivion, Vengeance,
Abadar: Imprisonment, Order, Truth,
Irori: Illumination, Persistence, Tactics,
Gozreh: Anger, Persistence, Zeal,
Nethys: Fate, Illumination, Vengeance,
Pharasma: Fate, Justice, Oblivion,
Calistria: Anger, Torture, Vengeance,
Gorum: Anger, Tactics, Valor,
Asmodeus: Fervor, Imprisonment, Order,
Zon Kuthon: Imprisonment, Oblivion, Torture,
Norgorber: Fate, Illumination, Tactics,
Urgathoa: Fervor, Persistence, Vengeance,
Lamashtu: Anger, Torture, Zeal,
Rovagug: Anger, Oblivion, Valor,

[Alzrius]

Deadmanwalking wrote:

The fluff people weren't actually consulted when Inquisitions were assigned deities (which is the way it was done, not the other way around like Domains), so the whole thing's a mess.

That would actually explain a lot, like how UM says:

Ultimate Magic wrote:

While a cleric or other domain-using class can select an inquisition in place of a domain (if appropriate to the character's deity), inquisitions do not grant domain spell slots or domain spells, and therefore are much weaker choices for those classes.

...while UC says:

Ultimate Combat wrote:

Inquisitions are domains that only inquisitors can take. They are not open to any other class that uses domains.

It's also weird that UC's new Black Powder and Spellkiller inquisitions are universal, when their concepts don't seem like they'd be universal among deities.