Deities & Demigods

[LordMelkor{Talos}]

I thought that Extra Domain just gives third domain to a Deity with clerical levels?

 

[jasamcarl]

Derulbaskul

No i am not Jason carl, just a forum lurker with a modicum of intelligence, objectivity, mental discipline, pragmatism, and all those other synonyms for that 'something' which flexor seems to lack.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

 

[I'm A Banana]

I forsee that many people will have the same complaint abot DDg that they did about the Monster Manual:

"They left out <insert favorite critter/character here>! How could they?! Those WotC hacks!"

Of course, I have faith that they crammed as much as they could into it...like, say, the Manual of the Planes, or the Monstrous Manual. They probably didn't leave them out because they didn't want to include them, but because they didn't have the *space*.

Of course, IMHO, I'd go for one less pantheon in exchange for a few more mythological critters. But no biggie. That's what the OGL is for, and that's why this book's going there lickety-split. Then, shell out the rest of your cash on well-done 3rd party compendiums of this stuff. Take what you want, ignore the rest.

After all, just because a campaign decides to use Greek gods doesn't mean it's any less medieval than Grayhawk or Forgotten Realms. Just a different bunch of anthropomorphic arseholes lordin' it over the populace.

I'm sorry, I hear the Athar calling.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I pretty much have my Monsters chapter covered (they are all unique monsters). I will have to rebalance most of them when I see D&Dg, but that shouldn't take long.

However I was planning to perhaps do (time permitting) an addendum to D&Dg Egyptian; Greek and Norse Pantheons; including a few monsters that were never covered in 1st Ed. Deities & Demigods.

I sort of can't believe WotC would leave out the main pantheon monsters though! Perhaps we will see them in a web enhancement.

But aren't many of these monsters already provided for in D&D? The MM gives a lot of ways to easily create such creatures. Titans are in the MM, for example, and advancing them in level is simple enough. I'm assuming that using the material in Deities & Demigods one could make some of them divine in nature, as in the myths. Fenris wolf could simply be an advanced dire wolf with maybe the Fiendish or Half-Fiend template - same goes for Cerberus, except he'd have three bite attacks. In my opinion, it's better to leave them out rather than put in what I consider redundant material - we get other kinds of material in exchange.

Except I don't get how fauns would be different from the MM satyr.

 

[Desdichado]

Have any of you lucky Singapore folks tried out the rules for creating deities? How do they look?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Colonel Hardisson mate!

But aren't many of these monsters already provided for in D&D? The MM gives a lot of ways to easily create such creatures. Titans are in the MM, for example, and advancing them in level is simple enough. I'm assuming that using the material in Deities & Demigods one could make some of them divine in nature, as in the myths. Fenris wolf could simply be an advanced dire wolf with maybe the Fiendish or Half-Fiend template - same goes for Cerberus, except he'd have three bite attacks.

I agree for the most part; but with that logic you could say why do we need anything more than a handful of monsters, why do we need ten dragon types in the Monster Manual they are all same; more or less. But the bottom line is that variety is the spice of life.

In my opinion, it's better to leave them out rather than put in what I consider redundant material - we get other kinds of material in exchange.

Obviously space was a pertinent issue (in my opinion Deities & Demigods deserves more space than mere Epic Level Rules) but I doubt a handful of the most famous monsters would have taken up much space.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Nightfall mate!

Well maybe Krusty mate I'm confuzed about WHY a god would NEED an extra domain. I mean it makes SENSE if you want to give your followers MORE power and maybe yourself...but why need it as a Salient Ability?

I think the question to ask is what effect Domains/Portfolios themselves have on Deities; rather than what the Salient Divine Ability 'Extra Domain' does.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Hi Colonel Hardisson mate!



Obviously space was a pertinent issue (in my opinion Deities & Demigods deserves more space than mere Epic Level Rules) but I doubt a handful of the most famous monsters would have taken up much space.

Man Krusty they should have let you write th book!

 

[Olidammara]

But more importantly...

What does it say about Me?