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Cheers; artist on that one was Jiao Mileski. He has done about 40 pieces for me - most of which will be in the Bestiary - like the Abominator. Its an overly complex system to design for. Thanks for the well wishes. First eye surgery went well, but still 3 more operations to go. 🤞 The...

I can't imagine designing it otherwise. Beings have to be able to interact up and down the Divine Ranks. In terms of Direct Confrontations I suggest going up maybe +3; with indirect Confrontations potentially going up as high as you want albeit with increasingly lesser impact (you make them run...

Firstly, apologies for the slow reply koumpou, had guest staying with us last night and no free time. I appreciate the support - glad you like the book. I did add the new stat-blocks at the back; they were from Gods & Monsters, not Ascension. Thanks. Good news is the next book is God Rules...

These are not WotC CR's though, the differences are more pronounced. But you want each rank within touching distance of the next to promote interaction. Yes, as it should be (IMO). But you are assuming the Greater God fights alone - which is like a King having no Bodyguards. It's very tough...

Hey there Selah amigo! :) Thanks...I actually did another character sheet 18 months ago; but it wasn't great. 🙈 That's the job! Agreed. That makes sense. Just trying to keep the book to 400 pages and even 2-4 pages makes a difference - the count is that tight. Its a landscape character...

Monochrome Immortal Character Sheet

Character Sheet Preview Hey all, I just finished the God Rules Character Sheet so curious to hear any thoughts or opinions on it. Let me know what you think? There are two versions (Gold and Monochrome). Not sure if I will have both in the Book (for space reasons) maybe just the Monochrome...

Looks like 385 Hit Points which seems a tad light IMHO. ...lets hope Cthulhu doesn't run afoul of a group of 13th-level Adventurers.

Bah Humbug! Bah Humbug!

A simple way to tackle this design philosophy is to break it down into multiple lesser stat-blocks with maybe a morale check to drive it off each time one is defeated. Depending on the number of body parts/elements reduce the Challenge Rating as follows: Base Creature = CR x 2 Parts each CR -4...

I think you could make them all Intermediate Deities - and that might actually make more sense in the context of: 1. The Hells vs. a Pantheon etc. 2. The power of an Archduke vs. The power of a Pit Fiend (CR 20). That said, my 5e Pit Fiends are CR 12, 16 and 20. CR 16 would be Knights of Hell...

I think just making the base Asmodeus (Avatar of Aeshma-Deva) a Lesser Power probably makes the politics of the Nine Hells (Ten in my reckoning) more interesting. If all the Archdukes are equal in divine rank then the actual politics of Hell becomes much more of a factor. originally we had...

I'd maybe make him a Lesser Power 80 Hit Dice, BUT, his Aeshma-Deva form would be 160 Hit Dice and even that would not be his true form, which is a 300 Hit Dice Anti-Seraphim. Full Form: 300 Hit Dice Old One Anti-Seraphim Fallen Wounded* Form: 160 Hit Dice Greater God Aeshma Deva Asmodeus Devil...

Asmodeus (depends on where you place him) Lesser Power = 80 Hit Dice Intermediate Power = 120 Hit Dice (flip-flopping between 120 and 100) Greater Power = 160 Hit Dice (flip-flopping between 160 and 150) Lets say Intermediate Power so 120 HD. Damage Threshold (base): 36 I mean in 5E, being...

Yes. As a rule of thumb I think that works well, I wouldn't call it a hard rule (such as in the case of Tiamat) but each Immunity should have one Vulnerability - it does not always need to be the opposite though. Space deals: 18 Cold, 12 Radiant and 6 Necrotic each turn. No. Damage...