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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5983575" data-attributes="member: 6669384">The background is a bit odd.&nbsp; We take turns DMing a single ongoing campaign, with each DM responsible for a part of the world of their choice.&nbsp; Because of this, the exact divine/nondivine status of the character isn't known (or up to ) any one of us.&nbsp; It has to be decided by consensus.So, while the character believes what his mother had told him, it wasn't clear if she was simply making excuses for pregnancy while her husband was away, if she'd been visited by an angel or avatar of the deity, if it was some other deity or being pulling dirty tricks, or what.&nbsp; It might have just been a widowed woman's way of convincing her son that he was &quot;special&quot;.&nbsp; We didn't know.When, in game, the character got a chance to ask Apollo one question, he naturally asked the most important question he knew, the one that had defined his entire life:&nbsp; &quot;Are you my half-brother?&nbsp; Are we related?&quot;The DM, not knowing what the official answer was supposed to be, just hemmed and hawed, then answered, &quot;It's complicated&quot;.&nbsp; The group laughed, and more or less seized upon that as the official word of god, or at least a god:&nbsp; The answer wasn't &quot;no&quot;, which only left some version of &quot;yes&quot;.&nbsp; By avatar, visitation, accident or whatever, he is related to the king of the gods.&nbsp; Maybe the old lech was drunk and didn't realize whose bed he was getting into, or maybe really did fancy her.&nbsp; We don't know, but by acclamation it was agreed that his character is a child of Zeus/Jupiter, by one means or another.Doesn't mean that his wife knew about it, or that he acknowledged the child.&nbsp; So, in effect, it's Zeus/Jupiter who's on trial, not Marcus.&nbsp; And the judge is probably Hera. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In practical terms, it is a Gandalf moment.&nbsp; The player gets to redesign his character, explore other interpretations of the character concept.&nbsp; He can change classes, stats, feats or whatever he likes.I imagine that &quot;Cleric of Jupiter&quot; is probably still on the list, somehow, though a Paladin of Freedom would also be a valid variant. (Zeus/Jupiter is a Chaotic Good deity, so his champion wouldn't be a conventional Paladin.)We use the DMG point buy system for states, 32 point base, so &quot;re-roll&quot; is more like re-design.&nbsp; But it's all in fun.&nbsp; I think we'll enjoy seeing what he does with this, and how he plays it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5983575, member: 6669384"] The background is a bit odd. We take turns DMing a single ongoing campaign, with each DM responsible for a part of the world of their choice. Because of this, the exact divine/nondivine status of the character isn't known (or up to ) any one of us. It has to be decided by consensus. So, while the character believes what his mother had told him, it wasn't clear if she was simply making excuses for pregnancy while her husband was away, if she'd been visited by an angel or avatar of the deity, if it was some other deity or being pulling dirty tricks, or what. It might have just been a widowed woman's way of convincing her son that he was "special". We didn't know. When, in game, the character got a chance to ask Apollo one question, he naturally asked the most important question he knew, the one that had defined his entire life: "Are you my half-brother? Are we related?" The DM, not knowing what the official answer was supposed to be, just hemmed and hawed, then answered, "It's complicated". The group laughed, and more or less seized upon that as the official word of god, or at least [I]a[/I] god: The answer wasn't "no", which only left some version of "yes". By avatar, visitation, accident or whatever, he is related to the king of the gods. Maybe the old lech was drunk and didn't realize whose bed he was getting into, or maybe really did fancy her. We don't know, but by acclamation it was agreed that his character is a child of Zeus/Jupiter, by one means or another. Doesn't mean that his wife knew about it, or that he acknowledged the child. So, in effect, it's Zeus/Jupiter who's on trial, not Marcus. And the judge is probably Hera. :) In practical terms, it is a Gandalf moment. The player gets to redesign his character, explore other interpretations of the character concept. He can change classes, stats, feats or whatever he likes. I imagine that "Cleric of Jupiter" is probably still on the list, somehow, though a Paladin of Freedom would also be a valid variant. (Zeus/Jupiter is a Chaotic Good deity, so his champion wouldn't be a conventional Paladin.) We use the DMG point buy system for states, 32 point base, so "re-roll" is more like re-design. But it's all in fun. I think we'll enjoy seeing what he does with this, and how he plays it. [/QUOTE]

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