Deities & Demigods

[Derulbaskul]

Wow! Great book!

Greyhawk, Greek, Egyptian and Norse pantheons; a few "filler" deities up the back and a collection of great rules for DIY Pantheons.

A few temple maps that will come in handy, new (ie regurgitated from FRCS et al) spells, new domains (including, finally, repose for those "good" death clerics), monsters such as the minion of Set and cyclops, blah, blah, blah....

OK, I only had fifteen minutes at the end of lunch but I really did like what I was able to quickly read. I will post a proper list of contents then too if anyone is interested.

However, Gruumsh's home plane is listed as Acheron? Huh? Someone forgot to read the alignment change for 3E....

Cheers
NPP

 

[Nightfall]

Okay just confirm or deny this: IS there a section on the Demon Princes AND the Arch Devils of Hell?

Also any chance you could list the domains? Any Prestige Domains?

 

[Derulbaskul]

> Okay just confirm or deny this: IS there a section on the Demon > Princes AND the Arch Devils of Hell?

Nope, although Tiamat gets a guernsey.

> Also any chance you could list the domains? Any Prestige
> Domains?

Yep, I'll do that tonight (in about five hours).

Cheers
NPP

 

[LordMelkor{Talos}]

Any new prestige classes?

 

[Derulbaskul]

Any new prestige classes?

Yes, I'll include a list tonight.

Cheers
NPP

 

[Harlequin]

Cant Wait !

Oooo this is exciting !

Cant wait for this Book! and the ELH


Harlequin

 

[Derulbaskul]

Here's a brief outline:

Chapter One: Deities in Your Game (ideas on how to build pantheons etc...)
Chapter Two: Deities Defined (basically a breakdown of a deity's stat block- details of powers, divine feats etc...)
Chapter Three: The D&D Pantheon (all your GH favourites... more or less, plus Bahamut, Kurtulmak, Lolth and Tiamat)
Chapter Four: The Olympian Pantheon (including the cyclops and faun as new monsters)
Chapter Five: The Pharaonic Pantheon (including the option of worshiping the pantheon and two new monsters: the minion of Set and the greater mummy template)
Chapter Six: The Asgardian Pantheon (including einheriar, valkyries and the berserk prestige class)
Chapter Seven: Other Religions (four new deities, two of whom have their own special prestige class, the Justiciar of Taiia and the Soldier of Light)
Appendix 1: Domains and Spells (only a couple of surprises if you don't already have the FRCS and DOTF)
"New" domains: Artifice (new), Charm, Community, Creation, Darkness, Glory, Liberation (new), Madness, Nobility, Repose (finally!), Rune, Scalykind, Weather. There are no prestige domains which, hopefully, signals the demise of that silly idea (IMO).
"New" spells: Armour of Darkness, Blacklight, Bolt of Glory, Bolts of Bedevilment, Crown of Glory, Genesis, Hardening, Maddening Scream, Rage, Surelife, Touch of Madness, True Creation and Undeath to Death
Appendix 2: Divine Ascension (although I doubt I would ever run a campaign along these lines, there are some good ideas here)

Artwork: lush! outstanding! There really are some wonderful pieces here although my Wayne Reynolds bias means that my eye was immediately drawn to a couple of his works in particular.

Now that that's been read, on to Prophecies of the Dragon (which actually looks fantastic)....

Cheers
NPP

 

[LordMelkor{Talos}]

Thanks Derulbaskul! Some questions:

-What are Vecna`s classes and levels?

-Only one new prestige class?

-Is Greek pantheon chaotic oriented?

- If you have time, could you list deities described with Divine Rank and alingment?

 

[Derren]

Bolt of Glory ?
Divine Ascension ?
Sure that there are no Bhaalspawn in the book?

Are Bahamut and Tiamat only reprints from the MotP ?

 

[Derulbaskul]

Hi LordMelkor,

-What are Vecna`s classes and levels?

Wiz20/Clr20, divine rank 10 (480 hit points- not having Con bonuses sure hurts!)

-Only one new prestige class?

No, three. One in Chapter Six and two in Chapter Seven.

-Is Greek pantheon chaotic oriented?

See the list in reply to your next question.

- If you have time, could you list deities described with Divine Rank and alingment?

Zeus, greater, CG
Aphrodite, intermediate, CG
Apollo, I, CG
Ares, I, CE
Artemis, I, NG
Athena, G, LG
Demeter, L, N
Dionysus, I, CN
Hades, G, NE
Hecate, I, NE
Hephaestus, I, NG
Hera, G, N
Hercules, D, CG
Hermes, I, CG
Hestia, L, NG
Nike, D, LN
Pan, L, CN
Poseidon, G, CN
Tyche, L, N

Cheers
NPP