Howdy!
*hogties you and hands you over to the rednecks*
Except for the fact that Highlander Immortals need to be decapitated to actually die.
Would that be a cosmic? Can only be killed by decapitation or disintegration? Certainly there were other ways to kill them. I guess I could see it as Cosmic String + Cosmic Handicap (beheading).
Beheading someone is way too easy for it to be a divine handicap.
Any of the above is possible. I suggest looking at the Portfolios for inspiration. For instance War deity avatars might fight each other, Chaos deity avatars might want to become their own individuals, Luck deities might gamble to determine who becomes the deity and so on...
That makes sense. Currently I have a character who's avatars all have their own personalities, but all agree on one primary thing...their main self...the manifestation must go on, even if they must become one.
He has 42 avatars in total from having slain an entire pantheon and used much of the quintessence to create backups of himself. In essence, he's a walking pantheon.
Probably more portfolio based than simply spiritual based...of course then there are always the potential threat of Umbral infestation.
Portfolio-based? Examples?
I think that could well spawn a whole new sub-class of beings. Perhaps something native to the Feywild if thats not too alien (ie. 4E) a concept for you.
4E anything turns my stomach. Even the term feywild sounds lame to me. However, the idea of a new order of beings being born from the corpse of a dead god sounds very interesting. I'd like to see this expanded upon for 3.5.
When a deity is destroyed its 'energy' is dispersed. It needs to create a new manifestation by coalescing its dispersed energy.
Does it remain conscious while it's dispersed?
If not, what level of power would be required for it to remain conscious.
What level of power would be required for it to take purely defensive actions (non-attack actions...like communication, casting non-attack-based spells, etc.)...would this be a cosmic ability?