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There are two sorts of Chosen: the "Chosen" of Mystra, who contain part of her divine power by Ao's decree (and as a fail-safe mechanism) that she can't wrest back from them, and the lesser Chosen of other deities (whose powers and status their deities can...
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In the eyes of their deity, they are the same. But a Chosen of any deity but Mystra is "just" an anointed mortal champion of that deity, given powers as the deity wills. As the Weave is all-encompassing and Mystra would have been all-powerful, Ao long ago forced...
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This tweet answered: "So a chosen of Illmater for example is on a lower level than a Chosen of Mystra?"
The answer continues here:
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...her to divest herself of some of her divine power into mortals. She can't wrest it back from them. So she made sure these mortals were her dedicated, loyal servants, but they CAN defy her, and if she destroys them, that divine power is lost to her forever.
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Which makes Mystra's Chosen (and only Mystra's Chosen) demigods; they hold a spark of divinity within them that no god can take (if another deity destroys them, the divine power is lost, not gained by any deity).
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Mar 17, 2026 · 4:28 PM UTC