Bloodstone de Troll
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Hello all
I am planning on running a campaign where the PC's will be playing 0 level quasi-deities. The characters will be beginning at character level 4 from which they will create their legends, and thus their portfolios.
In the setting (one in which the players ran mortal characters before) there are no known immortals of divine rank higher than 5, who are always ascended mortals (except for the elves, but thats another story). Though quasi diety status can be born into a character if he is a rightful heir of a immortals status.
Stealing status from another immortal can be done through "defeating" a higher status immortal in some way relating to its portfolio, such as in combat, riddles, or some other fashion. Accomplishing this grants the winner one of the losers Divine Rank levels, Killing an immortal grants the winner all of the victims ranks above his own.
These beings arent considered gods by the people, more like ideal leaders and defenders (and adversaries) of the lands. They did not create the world (though some of them may say that they did), they are just as petty decietful ang greedy as anybody else - sometimes more so, and they can die. Clerics are more like a kind of mage who studies the abstract concepts thet an immortal represents that a worshipper.
System stuff: I was thinking of having those awesome powers of even 0-level immortals progress with character levels. DR will start at 5/+1 at 1st level, increasing by 5 for every 3 levels, and gaining an increase in the /+ by 1 for every 6 levels, SR will be 12 + character level (max 32) Fire Resistance is equal to the characters level (Max 20).
Starting at 4th level, the fledgling immortal will gain one Immunity grouping (as in Transmutation etc), or can choose a Special Quality (such as Fast Healing, or Fire Subtype).
What do you all think? Should I just start them all off with the full immortal DR, ER etc? I could handle it either way, I just think that characters should be suitable afraid of death - of course there are still many ways to make them suffer immortal or not.
I spread the powers out to make them have to work their way up ala hercules or perseus. The Dieties and Demigods book seems to assume that all such creatures are at least 20th level, but what about the guys on the way up?
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks,
I am planning on running a campaign where the PC's will be playing 0 level quasi-deities. The characters will be beginning at character level 4 from which they will create their legends, and thus their portfolios.
In the setting (one in which the players ran mortal characters before) there are no known immortals of divine rank higher than 5, who are always ascended mortals (except for the elves, but thats another story). Though quasi diety status can be born into a character if he is a rightful heir of a immortals status.
Stealing status from another immortal can be done through "defeating" a higher status immortal in some way relating to its portfolio, such as in combat, riddles, or some other fashion. Accomplishing this grants the winner one of the losers Divine Rank levels, Killing an immortal grants the winner all of the victims ranks above his own.
These beings arent considered gods by the people, more like ideal leaders and defenders (and adversaries) of the lands. They did not create the world (though some of them may say that they did), they are just as petty decietful ang greedy as anybody else - sometimes more so, and they can die. Clerics are more like a kind of mage who studies the abstract concepts thet an immortal represents that a worshipper.
System stuff: I was thinking of having those awesome powers of even 0-level immortals progress with character levels. DR will start at 5/+1 at 1st level, increasing by 5 for every 3 levels, and gaining an increase in the /+ by 1 for every 6 levels, SR will be 12 + character level (max 32) Fire Resistance is equal to the characters level (Max 20).
Starting at 4th level, the fledgling immortal will gain one Immunity grouping (as in Transmutation etc), or can choose a Special Quality (such as Fast Healing, or Fire Subtype).
What do you all think? Should I just start them all off with the full immortal DR, ER etc? I could handle it either way, I just think that characters should be suitable afraid of death - of course there are still many ways to make them suffer immortal or not.
I spread the powers out to make them have to work their way up ala hercules or perseus. The Dieties and Demigods book seems to assume that all such creatures are at least 20th level, but what about the guys on the way up?
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks,