dave2008
Legend
Hi there! Do you happen to have more info on what the divine authorities do? There isnt anything beyond the first little explanation of what they are in either the old stuff, or the new material. Love this approach, btw.
I am working on Epic Magic at the moment, then I am going to work on Divine Authority. I can give you a little more info, but I am still formulating the actual "rules."
Not all epic creatures have "Authority." Right now I am thinking it is limited to Gods and Primordials, with perhaps a few specific exceptions.
Authority is what a god uses when it wants to perform miracles. Within the area of influence (which increases with divine rank), the god can bend or break reality as it so desires. It is a limited resource: you can use it once per day / epic rank. The higher rank you are the greater the "miracle" you can perform. I haven't decided if this is from simply being higher rank, or if you have to spend more uses of Authority (which you have because your higher rank), or some combination of the two.
I have some basic examples of what you can do with it (the elder spells from the old version of this thread were modified to make them), but it is currently intended to be open and free-form. But I will see when I get into it more if I stick with that approach. I am starting to think magic and authority are colliding more than I originally intended. So I may revise magic after write the Authority chapter. We will see.