Character creation for my game: Comments?

[Dice4Hire]

I am going to be starting an Olympian vs Titan PBEM sometime in the next couple of months. As with the popular Scion game system, the characters will be considered the sons and daughters of one of the Olympian gods, which will give them a few benefits.

Would the following character creation rules turn you on or turn you off, and why?

<<If this is the wrong forum, apologies>>

Books allowed: PHBI, PHBII, Adventurer's Vault, Martial,
Arcane, Divine, Primal Power (when they all come out)

Level 12

Ability scores: Point Buy 25 points.

Magic Items
Level 13,12,11 and 11th level gold (9000 gold)
No more than 2 magic items and 2 healing potions with
the extra gold)

Race Availability:
Common: As many as you like in party.
Uncommon: No more than two in party.
Rare: no more than one in party.
Unique: No more than one of these total in party.

Dragonborn Unique
Dwarf Common
Eladrin Rare
Elf Common
Half-elf Common
Halfling Uncommon
Human Common
Tiefling Rare
Deva Unique
Gnome Uncommon
Goliath Rare
Half-Orc Uncommon
Shifter Rare

Any class is allowed. Remember roles, and try to balance
them out, if possible.

Olympian parent: Each character gets a bonus to their
character based on their parent. You get a +2 to an
ability score, a channel divinity feat (even if not
a cleric) that you can use once an encounter, and a
power from your parent's favored class. The power may
be an at-will, encounter, daily or utility. You can
retrain it for free every level, but implement and
ability score rules do not change. You gain another
power at 11th and 21t level. You can not choose class
powers like Inspiring word.

God entries are
Name [4E diety equivalent, Ability score, Favored Class]

Zeus [Bahamut, Constitution, Paladin]
Poseidon [Melora, Strength, Warden]
Hades [The Raven Queen, Intelligence, Warlock]
Hera [Ioun, Intelligence, Wizard]
Demeter [Corellon, Wisdom, Druid]
Ares [Kord, Strength, Barbarian]
Athena [Erathis, Wisdom, Warlord]
Apollo [Pelor, Charisma, Invoker]
Aphrodite [Sehanine, Charisma, Bard]
Hermes [Avandra, Dexterity, Rogue]
Artemis [Sehanine,Dexterity, Ranger]
Hephaestus [Moradin, Constitution, Sorcerer]

If you are a cleric, you can spend a feat to get the same
channel divinity ability a second time per encounter. If
so, using your bonus ability above does not cot you your
normal ability to channel divinity from your class.

 

[Jack99]

Sounds good to me. Where do I sign up?

I actually like the party-composition limitations. The only beef I have with your rules is that you allow shifters - I have never been able to wrap my mind around those.

 

[Arivendel]

I like it, but you should consider allowing Minotaurs, not only would it be cool to play a Minotaur from the Labyrinth of Minos that's descended from Ares, there's also myths regarding Zeus and his Polymorphing outings in which he went frisky with maidens in Bull Form.. so a Minotaur Demigod wouldn't be such an impossible thing to consider.

Also why no Swordmage's?