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Charname's Apotheosis (Becoming a Deity)

jacobtanjacobtan Member Posts: 655
edited April 2014 in General Discussion (Spoiler Warning!)
I haven't seen such a discussion here, so I'll kick this off since I'm also curious.

In AD&D, when a mortal is elevated to divine status, these will happen:

1. He becomes a Demipower, the lowest rank in the pecking order of deities.
2. He assumes a portfolio, something which he has dominion over and which worshippers associate him with.

In your games, if Charname does accept his divine heritage, what is his power rank and portfolio? I can see Charname as a Lesser Power (one rank higher than Demipower), because Bhaal was an Intermediate Power (two ranks higher than Demipower) and he presumably stored away much of his divine power before he died. However, I can't decide the portfolio.

Tongue-in-cheek answers especially welcome!
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  • jackjackjackjack Member Posts: 3,251
    Sorry if this is either obvious or inconsistent with lore, but for me it comes down to a twofold answer:
    1. Each character's alignment
    2. How true he or she stayed to said alignment throughout the journey.
  • winterswinters Member Posts: 252
    edited April 2014
    Most of my charnames refuse apotheosis anyway. Maybe that's because I tend to create more or less intelligent, more or less neutral characters, particularly spellcasters of various kinds who realize perfectly that becoming a god is seriously overrated. It's more problematic than it's worth, really - it's simply your old mundane problems and conflicts squared (or getting from waist-deep sh*t into ears-deep sh*t, literally). After this whole insane journey accepting even bigger burden sounds like a complete lack of self-respect and self-preservation instinct. Once or twice my charnames did that, though (there was a Lawful Good one and a druid one, I can't exactly recall the reasoning behind the last, there was something about altering what the God of Murder is supposed to be, I really need to start writing those down :/).
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  • jacobtanjacobtan Member Posts: 655
    I usually accept with the mindset like TNO in Planescape. Too many people have suffered and died for this power. It needs to be put to good use, and my Charname, especially if he is of good alignment, has much to atone for, so apotheosis is a start.
  • ScotGaymerScotGaymer Member Posts: 526
    Well in my head one of my "main" Charname Tanis became a Lesser Power who's portfolio was Quests, Adventuring, Good Aligned and Neutral Adventurers, and Bards. He was associated and aligned with Oghma and Lathander.
    I reckon also later when Lathander became the Sun God again that he then assumed the portfolio of the MorningLord in "service" to Lathander.
  • Tola_ZagniyTola_Zagniy Member Posts: 26
    edited May 2015
    Bhaal was a nonentity... He had charm and brains, no more.
    Below is my character:
    http://content-6.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-276.jpg
    http://content-6.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-277.jpg
    http://content-19.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-278.jpg
    http://content-23.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-279.jpg
    http://content-29.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-280.jpg
    http://content-11.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-281.jpg
    http://content-3.foto.my.mail.ru/mail/tolazgames/_myphoto/s-282.jpg

    Army sycophants forever awaiting handouts and blessings from me - it's boring! Yes I mortal, and what I have achieved everything I have got myself.

    P.S.
    Speaking of performance - import and export only. No cheating.
    And a few words about appearance - I changed the paper doll on the "mage" (I do not like the alpha males).
    And finally, immunity to weapons (+ 1 and below), though this is not stated in the description sheet.
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