When your civilisation spawns a Great Prophet, you’ll be able to start a religion.For instance, the God of War pantheon gives you bonus faith if you kill an enemy unit within 4 blocks of one of your cities. Pantheon abilities are usually terrain-based.There are 20 different Pantheon beliefs to choose from, such as the God of War or the Goddess of the Hunt.Certain units, like Pictish warriors for the Celts, generate faith when killing other units.You can select your Pantheon when you reach 10 faith, which should only take a few turns.
Faith is the currency of religion, and it’s accumulated like any other resource in the game.The expansion features the return of Religion and Espionage, alongside nine new civilisations, three original scenarios, 27 new units, 13 new buildings, and nine new wonders. As part of a behind-closed-doors presentation at GDC 2012, 2K and Firaxis have unveiled more details about the upcoming Civilization V: Gods & Kings expansion scheduled to be released this Spring.