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<blockquote data-quote="Synicism" data-source="post: 435221" data-attributes="member: 489"><p>You don't *really* need the ELH to write up a deity, but it does help.</p><p></p><p>The first thing you have to do is decide what your deity's class, level, and race are going to be. If he has more than one, that's fine. Most of the deities in the book have 20 "outsider" levels and 40 class levels, for a grand total of 60 character levels.</p><p></p><p>Here's an example of one from my game. The deity Isar (a lesser power whose portfolio involves skill, dedication, and prowess) is a humanoid elf with 20 levels of Monk, 10 levels of Zerth Cenobite, 10 levels of Henshin Mystic, 5 levels of Dragon (from FFG's Path of the Sword), 5 levels of Great Teacher (from FFG's Path of the Sword) and 10 levels of Perfected One (from Dragon Magazine).</p><p></p><p>Now you build the character. In this case, I built Isar's stats with 50 build points.</p><p></p><p>Then you decide what equipment the character has.</p><p></p><p>Then you decide what divine rank your deity holds.</p><p></p><p>Then you assign the appropriate divine abilities.</p><p></p><p>It's pretty easy... just very time consuming because you have to make a very high level character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Synicism, post: 435221, member: 489"] You don't *really* need the ELH to write up a deity, but it does help. The first thing you have to do is decide what your deity's class, level, and race are going to be. If he has more than one, that's fine. Most of the deities in the book have 20 "outsider" levels and 40 class levels, for a grand total of 60 character levels. Here's an example of one from my game. The deity Isar (a lesser power whose portfolio involves skill, dedication, and prowess) is a humanoid elf with 20 levels of Monk, 10 levels of Zerth Cenobite, 10 levels of Henshin Mystic, 5 levels of Dragon (from FFG's Path of the Sword), 5 levels of Great Teacher (from FFG's Path of the Sword) and 10 levels of Perfected One (from Dragon Magazine). Now you build the character. In this case, I built Isar's stats with 50 build points. Then you decide what equipment the character has. Then you decide what divine rank your deity holds. Then you assign the appropriate divine abilities. It's pretty easy... just very time consuming because you have to make a very high level character. [/QUOTE]
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