I don't know a better place to ask these questions. If there is some place better, could someone please let me know?
Is there some place where I can find updates to this book? The old website seems to have been taken down a long time ago.
I can't find anything on how to generate ability scores appropriate for deities. They seem to have really high stats. Does anyone know how their stats were determined?
They were for the most part just decided as if they were very big monsters. Here's a link to the 3.5 update.
http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a
Thanks for the link.
I did some analysis of the ability scores for the DND pantheon. After adding all ability scores together then subtracting the Divine Rank, they have an average of 170. A couple had significantly different results: Bahamut was 198 (I can't think of why its 28 points more), and Vecna was 145 (probably because he didn't have a Con score being undead).
I half remember hearing that the Gods were modeled after Titans (the monster). Doing the math, their ability score total was 167. Furthermore, all gods, except the dragons, had 20 outsider HD giving them good attack bonuses, good saves, and 8 + Int skills.
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Here’s the stat generation method for deities:
Quote: All the deities in Deities and Demigods have a standard array of ability scores (similar to the standard array for NPCs in Chapter 2 of the DUNGEON MASTER’s Guide). The standard array is 35, 28, 25, 24, 24, 24. To this standard divine array, the Deities and Demigods designers added +1 for every 4 class levels a deity had and +1 for every point of divine rank. Certain deities also received racial ability adjustments for the races they created or rule over. For example, Corellon Larethian received elf racial adjustments.
Thanks. Those numbers fits with the average I've been getting. Those ability scores totals to 160, another 10 more points from 40 class levels, and add in the Divine Rank.
By the way, where did you find that quote?
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I’ve got *tonnes* of weird snippets. I pulled that one from an FAQ I’ve got buried in some files. I think it originally appeared in a Sage Advice column in Dragon magazine, but I’m not sure.
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Chemlak wrote: I’ve got *tonnes* of weird snippets. I pulled that one from an FAQ I’ve got buried in some files. I think it originally appeared in a Sage Advice column in Dragon magazine, but I’m not sure. Dude, you are my geek hero...feel free to quote me on that...
I got another question.
Should deities get inherent bonuses to ability scores? Deities, being powerful beings, would have access to powerful spells such as wish. Yet, I see nothing to suggest that they have gained such bonuses.
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There’s no rule indication that they can’t, in the same way that nothing says they can’t use stat boosting items or spells, so my inclination as a GM would be to allow it. On the other hand, their stats are already so high (equivalent to an 18 with a +6 item at minimum), they probably don’t see the need in many cases. It’s probably not worth the effort to adjust all of their stats, either, since all deities would do it if it was common practice.
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