This topic popped into my mind when I was on one of my "Let's-butcher-game-balance"-rampages that I like to call freeform brainstorming about campaign ideas. I've also posted this one on 3ebb, but I wanted to see what gems poppe up here, so here's the dilly:
- What would you do if you were a Quasi-Deity?
Now, to understand the underlying importance of this question, you need to understand what this entails.
Meet Bob.
Bob is a - still unknown and unfamed - lvl 1 human PC with the normal array of stats normally used to generate those infamous Red-Shirt NPC's. But Bob is special. Bos also has Divine Rank 0, and thus enjoys the benefits of having DR 10/epic, Energy Resistance 5, Spell Resistance 32, Full HP on HD and is immune to polymorphing, petrification, or any other attack that alters its form. Any shape-altering powers the deity might have work normally on itself. Also he enjoys immunity to mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects) and is not subject to energy drain, ability drain, or ability damage. And, of course, Bob knows all this in detail about himself.
Now, aside from the fact that such a PC on lvl 1 is freakin' impossible and any DM allowing him should be carted off to some mental institution, let's just assume for a moment that - before the men in white coats charge in and take the mental DM away - you play this dude for a time. What would you try and do if you were this guy? What weird escapades could you try to get away with and to what extend can this situation be made even more absurd?
- What would you do if you were a Quasi-Deity?
Now, to understand the underlying importance of this question, you need to understand what this entails.
Meet Bob.
Bob is a - still unknown and unfamed - lvl 1 human PC with the normal array of stats normally used to generate those infamous Red-Shirt NPC's. But Bob is special. Bos also has Divine Rank 0, and thus enjoys the benefits of having DR 10/epic, Energy Resistance 5, Spell Resistance 32, Full HP on HD and is immune to polymorphing, petrification, or any other attack that alters its form. Any shape-altering powers the deity might have work normally on itself. Also he enjoys immunity to mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects) and is not subject to energy drain, ability drain, or ability damage. And, of course, Bob knows all this in detail about himself.
Now, aside from the fact that such a PC on lvl 1 is freakin' impossible and any DM allowing him should be carted off to some mental institution, let's just assume for a moment that - before the men in white coats charge in and take the mental DM away - you play this dude for a time. What would you try and do if you were this guy? What weird escapades could you try to get away with and to what extend can this situation be made even more absurd?
