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<blockquote data-quote="Greybar" data-source="post: 2208821" data-attributes="member: 4938">Some do and some don't, according to the SRD.But if we think about Loki being of a lower DvR than, say Odin, then that means he'd never be able to pull a Mind-Affecting Effect on the big guy.&nbsp; While the Loki's of our Earth's myth's tricks weren't spells, that would be said for all of the spells, SLAs and SDAs of all deities really.&nbsp; The D&amp;D model of the world should let the little guy sucker the big guy.So what if instead of &quot;immune&quot; we had a &quot;gets +10+DvR on saves against&quot; ability?&nbsp; Or +20 vs non-divine and +(difference of DvR) vs other divines?&nbsp; Too much book-keeping?As to energy resistance, I'd say scrap the whole system now.&nbsp; It assumes things such as &quot;devils live in the fires of Hell, thus they are immune to fire, thus all top-shelf evil baddies are immune to fire.&quot;&nbsp; Instead something likeDvR0: ER30 vs one, ER20 vs two others, ER5 vs. all others.For each add'l DvR add ER+5 to two of your resistances.SLA: Embodying Energy: This deity is the embodiment of one form of energy and is completely immune damage from that source, even if from another diety of a higher rank.In other words, if you are the god of fire elementals, it really doesn't matter how big another god is.&nbsp; Throwing fire at you really isn't going to hurt.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greybar, post: 2208821, member: 4938"] Some do and some don't, according to the SRD. But if we think about Loki being of a lower DvR than, say Odin, then that means he'd never be able to pull a Mind-Affecting Effect on the big guy. While the Loki's of our Earth's myth's tricks weren't spells, that would be said for all of the spells, SLAs and SDAs of all deities really. The D&D model of the world should let the little guy sucker the big guy. So what if instead of "immune" we had a "gets +10+DvR on saves against" ability? Or +20 vs non-divine and +(difference of DvR) vs other divines? Too much book-keeping? As to energy resistance, I'd say scrap the whole system now. It assumes things such as "devils live in the fires of Hell, thus they are immune to fire, thus all top-shelf evil baddies are immune to fire." Instead something like DvR0: ER30 vs one, ER20 vs two others, ER5 vs. all others. For each add'l DvR add ER+5 to two of your resistances. SLA: Embodying Energy: This deity is the embodiment of one form of energy and is completely immune damage from that source, even if from another diety of a higher rank. In other words, if you are the god of fire elementals, it really doesn't matter how big another god is. Throwing fire at you really isn't going to hurt. [/QUOTE]

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