BOZ
Creature Cataloguer
In my (mostly undeveloped) campaign world, the gods are very dominant and have an active role in the lives of the mortals they created. The relationship is symbiotic; as the gods give mortals more power and aid, the mortals give the gods their service and adoration which in turn increases the power of the god.
That's where the Scions come in. They are the gods' direct intercessors with the mortals. They are not necessarily scions in the sense of being biological children of the gods, but being that the gods created them in one way or another, they are indeed their children. Each one has its own role(s): some are destroyers, some are creators, some are teachers, some are spies and saboteurs, and some don't really seem interested in doing much of anything at all.
There are 45 major gods; five of each alignment, striving as a group (whether they mean to or not) for perfect balance. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of demigods however, many of whom were Scions that earned divinity and one day seek to replace their progenitors as major gods. There are no racial gods: for example, elves, dwarves, and humans all serve the same god of courage, even if each race has a different name and impression of what that god is about. The demigods, however, often exemplify a single race or group of people.
I created this world during the second edition AD&D days and have not really updated much of it yet, as working full time, having a family, the CC, and certain other projects have kept me a little too busy. The Scions were a concept that I left virtually undeveloped. The idea I had for them was to take the stats and descriptions of various highly powerful beings (archfiends, archomentals, unique mythological creatures, the avatars of gods, and just normal monsters advanced to ridiculous levels) and rename and remake them to suit my needs as servants of the gods of my world.
I still want to do it this way, and I figure maybe all of you would like to help me with this.
For 3E stats, each Scion would be an epic creature of CR21-40, or even higher for a rare few of them. Sources would be various 1E & 2E books (Monster Manual I & II, Fiend Folio, Deities & Demigods, Legends & Lore, Monster Mythology, as well as gods from Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and other worlds). Each super-being could have their powers converted to 3E, or we could add or subtract abilities as we see fit. Sound interesting? This would be a side project of mine, and will go away and come back at times, and may take two years to finish, or never be finished.
What am I going to do with these? Well to be honest, I was probably never going to use the stats, which I'm sure had a lot to do with why I never really developed the Scions in the first place. I suppose if I ever ran an epic campaign in the world or played out a war scenario they might be useful as allies or foes. Mostly, they were going to exist as background threats or heroes - something legends were told about, and you were either very lucky or fortunate to have met one. 
Still, working these up will be an awesome creative exercise, and maybe some of you who do run epic campaigns will be able to adapt and use them.
So, I have attached a document below that contains (2E) information about each of the gods. Right now, I am thinking of devoting a thread to each of them (in time), as in "Scions of ..." Let me know what you think of this little project.
That's where the Scions come in. They are the gods' direct intercessors with the mortals. They are not necessarily scions in the sense of being biological children of the gods, but being that the gods created them in one way or another, they are indeed their children. Each one has its own role(s): some are destroyers, some are creators, some are teachers, some are spies and saboteurs, and some don't really seem interested in doing much of anything at all.
There are 45 major gods; five of each alignment, striving as a group (whether they mean to or not) for perfect balance. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of demigods however, many of whom were Scions that earned divinity and one day seek to replace their progenitors as major gods. There are no racial gods: for example, elves, dwarves, and humans all serve the same god of courage, even if each race has a different name and impression of what that god is about. The demigods, however, often exemplify a single race or group of people.
I created this world during the second edition AD&D days and have not really updated much of it yet, as working full time, having a family, the CC, and certain other projects have kept me a little too busy. The Scions were a concept that I left virtually undeveloped. The idea I had for them was to take the stats and descriptions of various highly powerful beings (archfiends, archomentals, unique mythological creatures, the avatars of gods, and just normal monsters advanced to ridiculous levels) and rename and remake them to suit my needs as servants of the gods of my world.
I still want to do it this way, and I figure maybe all of you would like to help me with this.
For 3E stats, each Scion would be an epic creature of CR21-40, or even higher for a rare few of them. Sources would be various 1E & 2E books (Monster Manual I & II, Fiend Folio, Deities & Demigods, Legends & Lore, Monster Mythology, as well as gods from Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and other worlds). Each super-being could have their powers converted to 3E, or we could add or subtract abilities as we see fit. Sound interesting? This would be a side project of mine, and will go away and come back at times, and may take two years to finish, or never be finished.What am I going to do with these? Well to be honest, I was probably never going to use the stats, which I'm sure had a lot to do with why I never really developed the Scions in the first place.
I suppose if I ever ran an epic campaign in the world or played out a war scenario they might be useful as allies or foes. Mostly, they were going to exist as background threats or heroes - something legends were told about, and you were either very lucky or fortunate to have met one. Still, working these up will be an awesome creative exercise, and maybe some of you who do run epic campaigns will be able to adapt and use them. So, I have attached a document below that contains (2E) information about each of the gods. Right now, I am thinking of devoting a thread to each of them (in time), as in "Scions of ..." Let me know what you think of this little project.
