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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 4710334" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>OK, I'm not that familiar with the 4e power gradient. One thing I know is that NPC stats in 4e are only there for interaction with PCs; so calling a deity a Level 35 Solo means "We expect him to fight alone with level 30 PCs as a difficult encounter", yes?</p><p></p><p>I'm currently tending to the Moorcock approach of having deities' stats/power vary wildly depending on the setting/world in which they appear, which would argue against any single "real" set of stats as encapsulating that deity. Which fits 4e's postmodernist approach very well, I think. So maybe "What level is Bane?" is the wrong question - his level will vary depending on the world/setting in which he appears. This gives more flexibility to having say Kord be level 35 & killable on Greyhawk but level 40+ and unkillable in a homebrew, etc. Kord's death on Greyhawk will not affect homebrew-Kord, except that homebrew-Kord might be dimly aware of events in other worlds and times. Again, this is taken from Moorcock.</p><p></p><p>Closely linked clusters of planes that form a single setting may have just one Kord, who draws power from worshippers on all of them, but faraway world will have their own Kord. This certainly helps maintain continuity when minor demon lord Lolth is killed on Oerth without having the great goddess Lloth vanish from Toril.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 4710334, member: 463"] OK, I'm not that familiar with the 4e power gradient. One thing I know is that NPC stats in 4e are only there for interaction with PCs; so calling a deity a Level 35 Solo means "We expect him to fight alone with level 30 PCs as a difficult encounter", yes? I'm currently tending to the Moorcock approach of having deities' stats/power vary wildly depending on the setting/world in which they appear, which would argue against any single "real" set of stats as encapsulating that deity. Which fits 4e's postmodernist approach very well, I think. So maybe "What level is Bane?" is the wrong question - his level will vary depending on the world/setting in which he appears. This gives more flexibility to having say Kord be level 35 & killable on Greyhawk but level 40+ and unkillable in a homebrew, etc. Kord's death on Greyhawk will not affect homebrew-Kord, except that homebrew-Kord might be dimly aware of events in other worlds and times. Again, this is taken from Moorcock. Closely linked clusters of planes that form a single setting may have just one Kord, who draws power from worshippers on all of them, but faraway world will have their own Kord. This certainly helps maintain continuity when minor demon lord Lolth is killed on Oerth without having the great goddess Lloth vanish from Toril. [/QUOTE]
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