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Who can grant Divine Ranks/ How are they attained?
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Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Strictly speaking, I don't believe there are any (first-party) rules for this in 3.0/3.5 D&D. It's however you want it to work in your campaign.
Sekhmet
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The Deities and Demigods book suggests that the nature of divinity is possibly gained from a number of different sources.
The Greek gods were born into it, being descended from Titans. This is called "Innate Divinity".
"Earned Divinity" is when a person does some great or unique deed and is granted divinity based on that right.
"Stolen Divinity" suggests murdering an existing God and stealing his power for your own.
"Imparted Divinity" is when a God gives a mortal a portion of their own power, giving them divine ranks at the cost of their own. Zeus does this for the newest of the Greek Gods.
There is also "Surrendered Divinity", when a God willingly gives up their divinity (temporarily or permanently), for whatever personal reason.
As the DM, you decide when or how to grant divinity. These are just easy suggestions.
In the D&D Cosmology, all of the Gods except Vecna (who earned it) and St. Cuthbert (who was imparted with it) were born into it.
The Greek gods were born into it, being descended from Titans. This is called "Innate Divinity".
"Earned Divinity" is when a person does some great or unique deed and is granted divinity based on that right.
"Stolen Divinity" suggests murdering an existing God and stealing his power for your own.
"Imparted Divinity" is when a God gives a mortal a portion of their own power, giving them divine ranks at the cost of their own. Zeus does this for the newest of the Greek Gods.
There is also "Surrendered Divinity", when a God willingly gives up their divinity (temporarily or permanently), for whatever personal reason.
As the DM, you decide when or how to grant divinity. These are just easy suggestions.
In the D&D Cosmology, all of the Gods except Vecna (who earned it) and St. Cuthbert (who was imparted with it) were born into it.
kitcik
Adventurer
It might depend on the campaign setting you're playing in. In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, Ao is the being who would bestow or remove divine ranks from the scores of deities in the FR pantheon.
As another example, I might also suggest that Eru Iluvatar of Tolkien's universe is responsible for "divine ranks" amongst the Ainur.
In other words, the gods in your campaign might serve another "supreme god" who is completely cut off from the mortal world. That being might govern divine rank.
As another example, I might also suggest that Eru Iluvatar of Tolkien's universe is responsible for "divine ranks" amongst the Ainur.
In other words, the gods in your campaign might serve another "supreme god" who is completely cut off from the mortal world. That being might govern divine rank.
Duke Arioch
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Find Kelemvor entry. It shows how he became a god. Also, Sekhmet has it right. And, in the end, your DM will have final say.
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