Aroden and Godhood

[Fnipernackle]

Aroden is by far my favorite god in the Pathfinder campaign setting, and while i understand that the Test of the Starstone is a mystery and constantly changes, how did he become a god simply by lifting the stone out of the Inner Sea? I figure telekinesis wouldnt work, but did he have to go through the Test as well to be able to lift it out? All it says is he lifted it out of the sea and became a god. Maybe he did the test after he lifted it out?

[Sean K Reynolds]

Perhaps his test was getting it off the ocean floor. Or perhaps he built the Cathedral, and the test thing was his idea. :)

[Cpt_kirstov]

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

Perhaps his test was getting it off the ocean floor. Or perhaps he built the Cathedral, and the test thing was his idea. :)

or his test was building the citadel that would serve to better the future tests

[Irrlicht]

Considering that it happened thousands of years in the past, "He lifted the Starstone out of the sea" may be seen a simplification due to myth, an allegory or whatever. Until more in-depth official info will be carved in stone a GM could make whatever he inspired to do with that story.

[Quandary]

It was his clothes. Behold, the God Hoody...

[Enlight_Bystand]

I was of the understanding that Aroden was already a God by the time he lifted the starstone and then created a massive island around it...

[Fnipernackle]

this is what it says under his profile in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting book on pg. 170:

"Some 5,000 years after the destruction of Azlant, its last true son-the immortal hero Aroden-raised the Starstone from the depths of the Inner Sea, installing it in Absalom, and becoming a living god."

Maybe he raised it out and installed it, THEN went through the Test of the Starstone?