| Deities and Demigods |
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| Written by Kender | |
| Monday, 04 December 2006 | |
 What happens after 20th level from the Player's Handbook? How do your deities interact with your characters? What is a portfolio? What abilities do you give your deities? What are Bahamut's stats, what is his divine rank? How do gods behave in front of mortals? Where do you find information about deities' stats? All these questions and more are answered in Deities and Demigods.
This book holds a vast amount of information about the deity world. It has the answers to all the questions above plus many, many more. The majority of this book goes over most of the major deities that you will come into contact with. Going into details on the many different aspects of portfolios, to new divine abilities. One such ability, Alter Reality, allows a deity to mimic a wish spell without the XP drain... including any metamagic feats. This book covers D&D pantheons, Olympian pantheons, the Pharonic pantheons, the Asgardian pantheons, plus other religions such as The Faith of the Sun and Soldiers of Light. Each one goes into detail about that pantheon's beliefs. It also explains the rites of ascension and different methods to obtain deityship. Also you can find a handful of prestige classes, new equipment, and monsters. Here's an example of the kind of information you can find in this book: Bahamut, the lawful good dragon of the standard D&D pantheon, is the deity of good dragons and anyone seeking protection from evil dragons. He is an immortal being with the ability to hear, smell, see, and even touch at the full distance of ten miles. He has been sighted as an old man that wanders around, never turning his back on those lawful good creatures that are in mortal danger. There have been many bardic tales of his wanderings as a young man or old hermit; he has been said to offer healing to his most devout worshipers. A tale is told of a secret meeting of townsfolk who planned a secret attack which would have succeeded if not for a old man's interference. It is said he used seven trained canaries to disrupt the attack without lifting more than a single hand. Some goes as far to say that time stood on its end when he spoke about unity at that meeting. We can never be sure if that was Bahamut, but many say without a doubt that it has him. “If I have let you to die, it is only that I have seen no purity in the depth of your soul. And that you are not pure, should not darken your heart but only give guidance for your soul.”
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