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I ask this as Arodin was immortal prior to becoming a god by raising the starstone. In fact he was over 5,200 years old when he became a god. Was Arodin immortal because he was the last of an immortal race?
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I ask this as Arodin was immortal prior to becoming a god by raising the starstone. In fact he was over 5,200 years old when he became a god. Was Arodin immortal because he was the last of an immortal race?
In a word, no—no more than Baba Yaga is immortal because ancient Scythian peoples were immortal (which, to be clear, they were not). Aroden was just special.
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I don't think it's ever been made explicitly clear what made Aroden live 5000 years to raise the Starstone and ascend to godhood, but he certainly wasn't a normal Azlanti even by the standards of his day. You could probably qualify him as a mythic character who eventually became a god.
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The impression I have is that Aroden is only immortal because he was already a very high-level wizard (one of the 20th level Arcane Discoveries in 1e was that you stop ageing). The Azlanti might have been longer-lived than modern people, ala the Numenoreans versus the rest of mankind like the Rohirrim, it's an old trope, but I don't remember it being stated. Aroden is just an exception to a lot of rules.
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I ask this as Arodin was immortal prior to becoming a god by raising the starstone. In fact he was over 5,200 years old when he became a god. Was Arodin immortal because he was the last of an immortal race?
The Azlanti were never immortal.
There may have been a few that were (Aroden for one), but nothing about just being Azlanti made them immortal.
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I don't think it's ever been made explicitly clear what made Aroden live 5000 years to raise the Starstone and ascend to godhood, but he certainly wasn't a normal Azlanti even by the standards of his day. You could probably qualify him as a mythic character who eventually became a god.
Yeah, I figure Aroden lived 5000 years because he was Mythic, but not divine. 2e makes it clear that the main effect of Mythic power a mortal can achieve is "immortality."