Originally Posted by
Grond
Losing piety with your current god increases your piety with the other two gods. In HMV I'm praying over and over in order to tank my C piety, taking measures to avoid getting wrecked by divine wrath. Most importantly, the two companions waiting below the stairs prevent the summoned greater daemons from reaching me. By the time I return to settlement I've got maxed out N and L piety, so getting precrowned and crowned is simply a matter of converting to the proper alignment by sacrificing gold at the altar.