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Turns out being a demigod is a lot more complicated then getting a bunch of spell-like abilities from your new domains and subdomains! Now, these are mostly theoretical questions as many GMs aren't going to have their players worry to much about their followers other then in a "how do you treat them?" type of way. Still, it turns out there are a lot of unanswered questions concerning being a demigod!
I am interested in others people thoughts and opinions on some of these questions so onwards!
Worshipers (OR how much do you inheritantly know and much requires divinations on your part OR how screwed in knowing about your worshipers are you if you are a Martial non-casting class)
1. Do you know the name of every worshiper?
2. How much do you know about your worshipers? Race, Gender, Sex (and Preference if it's important to you), Capabilities (Class), Reason for their worship of you, Age, etc, etc.
3. Do you know their dedication to your cause? Do you know if they are being overzealous in a way that you do not approve off or if they are being tempted by outside forces away from you?
4. If they are falling out of your favor, how much are you capable of warning them of their fall? Are you even capable of doing anything as punishment?
5. Do you know every spell they ask for? How much of their purpose are you aware of?
6. Why do you want followers beyond having people that dedicate themselves to serving your will or having a nice ego boost (Note that J.J. has said that this question isn't getting answered until Paizo has a reason to
Contact To/From Worshipers (OR Just how often are you going to tell your followers "I don't know")
1. Prayer (not the spell) is a common form of trying to ask gods and demigods for favors. Are you capable of hearing these prayers? How much can you act on them?
2. Can you attempt to communicate to your worshipers? Do you need spell casting to do so or can you do so through dreams or omens?
3. Now onto spells. Commune and Contact Other Planes allow demigods as valid people to ask questions of. But I suspect that unless the demigod (your character in this case) has a lot of easy access to divination (Flash of Omniscience is good here) or has had a long enough time to gain a lot of agents, oftentimes you will have to answer with "I don't know". With that in mind, given that a lot of these spells have 10 minute casting times (Augury with standing), do you know your worshipers questions ahead of time so that you might try to divine the answer yourself or ask your agents?
Portfolios (Nothing witty here, sorry I'm terrible)
1. Do you get to select a small list of portfolios when you become a demigod? How many should you get?
2. If you do, do you have limited knowledge concerning events pertaining to your portfolios?
For now, these are the questions I have. If people have some more they are curious about, feel free to post them up. This is an open discussion and is far less concerned with RAW then normal - I am interested in how people would run these things or what their thoughts are and how they might run it in say Wrath of the Righteous.
The Primal Order. Great book. Long out of print, but if you can find a copy online, get it. It is a guide for roleplaying just this kind of thing but it's generic so it applies to all systems. Gives you not only answers to all these questions, but answers to WHY you asked the questions, WHY demigods exist, WHY worshipers exist, and WHY gods exist in the first place (AND it answers everything you asked, and more).