Enchanter race/deity

[ForeverLost]

I know it's somewhat expected that enchanters choose to be agnostic, but what does this really have an impact on? I've never really played an enchanter, but I know that they are able to quest for their stein of moggok at a very early level. Is the religion thing a factor in any quest, really? I like to pick a deity when able, because it's kind of fun.

What would be the downside to worshiping bertox/inny? What about quellious, tunare, or erollisi?

And I wanted to ask about race mostly for information on the charisma stat. Figured I would put 20 into cha and 5 into int because I plan on soloing a lot (starting up on PvP server again). Would it be a huge mistake to go with gnome or dark elf, because of the low charisma? I know enchanters get whatever illusions they want, but race really does matter still...