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Message: <blockquote data-quote="athos" data-source="post: 5274541" data-attributes="member: 32605">There is some basic info on deities here :   <a href="http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/resources/systems/pennpaper/dnd35/soveliorsage/divine.html" target="_blank">SRD - Divine</a> Nerull is a greater god, if I remember right, making him rank 16-20... I don't think an 18th level anything could topple him.  If I were an ambitious evil character that wanted to become the god of death, I would start slowly, build my power, try to get up to epic levels, at least 25th or so, then I would try killing a "weak" demigod or such and see if I could get elevated to divine status.  Maybe I would have to make a pact with another greater god for divine powers.  Once I got some divine rank, maybe DR 1, then I would try and work my way up the pantheon by hook or by crook.  Eventually, like a couple centuries of hard work later, I would try and steal Nerull's power, but not before I was at least an intermediate deity. Greater and Intermediate deities just are not meant to be "taken out" trivially, they are POWERFUL and should be treated with care, I am not sure why your plot requires him to replace Nerull, but if it were me, I would maybe have him replace a minor demigod instead, at least at level 30 or so, that would be believable.</blockquote>