Stats for Gods

[Howling Coyote]

I'm planning to run a campaign where all the player characters are minor gods. I have everything covered up, except for the stat generation method.
So does anyone have a solid system?

 

[Liquidsabre]

Is there one in Dieties & Demigods? There should be a guidline or somthing in there for diety levels?

 

[Li Shenron]

Morjens!

I am not sure, but I think that neither Deities & Demigods nor Faiths & Pantheons have a stat generation method... I would suggest to look at the deities of the divine rank you want the players to be, count up their ability scores total, and use a point-buy system with that total.

PS Mistä kaupungista sinä olet?

 

[Thanee]

I'd probably make it like this.

Get a minimum stat level, which everyone has to have (like the usual 8 in point buy, just much higher).

Give out points to spread over all the stats at a 1:1 ratio.

Set a limit (optional), like only one or two stats may be higher than X, but not higher than Y.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Li Shenron]

Get a minimum stat level, which everyone has to have (like the usual 8 in point buy, just much higher).

Give out points to spread over all the stats at a 1:1 ratio.

Set a limit (optional), like only one or two stats may be higher than X, but not higher than Y.

I agree on the first and the second (I was actually thinking about a 1:1 ratio myself, but forgot to mention), but I would not mind much about the limit.

 

[Thanee]

I agree on the first and the second (I was actually thinking about a 1:1 ratio myself, but forgot to mention), but I would not mind much about the limit.

It's basically to prevent people from putting all points into one stat (i.e. caster stat).

Or get a primary stat higher than a compareable greater god.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Howling Coyote]

[font=&quot]I'm already using Deities and Demigods as a base, but it doesn't have anything about stats for gods.

I won't mind a really high primary stat, as the players are pretty powerful nevertheless. 150-160 points to spend on stats with 1:1 cost could be appropriate. This gives an average of 25 to all stats, with a possibility to boost one stat really high at the cost of other stats.

[/font]Espoostahan minä.

 

[Thanee]

I'd try this... with the 160 points, make it...

20 base for every attribute
40 points to distribute among the attributes at a 1:1 ratio
No stat may be higher than 40

50 seems to be a very high stat among the greater deities, so 40 is probably a reasonable level for minor ones.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Li Shenron]

It's basically to prevent people from putting all points into one stat (i.e. caster stat).

Or get a primary stat higher than a compareable greater god.

Yes, I understood your motive. But since they are going to be gods, whether major or minor, I wouldn't really care

 

[Thanee]

You wouldn't mind PCs with a 100 Int (that's twice as much as Boccob has, for example)?

Bye
Thanee