Deities and Demigods does not actually define any deities of that rank, and it is almost never used in D&D a rare example is Ao of the Forgotten Realms. An obscure being who does not grant spells or require worship as a normal deity, but primarily exists to moderate pantheons. In addition to the designations established in AD&D 2nd edition, levels deities are now given a numeric level which allows for finer differentiation in power between deities. For example, Odin is a greater god, but Thor is now only an intermediate god.ĭeities and Demigods (3e) (2002), p.25 officially introduced the term divine rank. In this edition, only extremely powerful deities qualify for "greater god" status.
However, they cannot enter the Prime Material Plane due to the great focus of divine attention that plane receives. Examples include Frey's shield-man Skirnir.Īdditionally, all deities of demigod rank or higher are immortal, can only be slain by a god of higher rank, automatically gain initiative vs mortals, can teleport at will, can understand all and speak any language, and can cast any spell of any level. They have maximum hit points for their hit dice, have no multiclassing limitations, and tend to have high stats, but no other abilities. Heroes: Beings who are not deities and have no divine power, but are connected to a pantheon of gods.This category generally includes ascended mortals.
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Demigods: Weaker again than lesser gods, demigods are 70% resistant to mortal magic, pass saves except on a 1-3, can only sense out to one mile of themselves or their worshipers, can only have one avatar at a time, and takes a full year to recreate their avatar if destroyed.Lesser gods: Can only turn into average creatures, resist 90% of mortal magic, fail saving throws only on a roll of 1 or 2, sense up to 10 miles, cannot create objects but can find one, can raise any mortal from the dead, can only communicate with followers by an avatar in a person (and can only have 2 avatars at a time, and they take 1 month to create), and can perform five tasks at once.They can only transform into normal-sized creatures, resist 95% of mortal magic, pass saving throws except on a roll of natural 1, are only omniscient to a range of 100 miles from themselves or a worshiper of their pantheon, can only create duplicates of items they hold, can only perform 100 actions at once, and can only have five avatars. Intermediate gods: Almost as strong as a greater god, but not quite.Greater gods: Can transform themselves into anything, resist mortal magic 100%, automatically pass all saving throws, travel between planes at will, create anything they can think of, slay or revive any mortal with a thought, communicate to any being in any world, teleport across planes, perform unlimited numbers of actions, and deploy up to ten avatars at once.Legends & Lore (2e) (1990) introduced two new categories: intermediate deities, who are between greater and lesser and heroes, who are weaker than demigods. The term "divine rank" was not yet used in this edition of D&D. To avoid offending religious groups during the Satanic panic, some later AD&D sourcebooks used the alternative terms greater power, lesser power, and demipower. Examples include Heracles, Zuoken, Azuth, and the divine servants of deities. Can only grant spells up to 5th level to their clerics. Can command (no save) for normal duration. Demigod: Treated as 15th level for the purpose of magic resistance and psionic power.Examples include Thor's son Magni, Hextor, and Bhaal. Can only grant spells up to 6th level to their clerics. Lesser god: Treated as 20th level for the purpose of magic resistance and psionic power.Examples of greater gods include Thor, Pelor, and Lathander. Can grant 7th level and higher spells to clerics.
The Dungeons & Dragons product line which ran coterminous with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons avoided direct reference to deities, but instead made several references to immortals, beings sometimes worshiped as gods. Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (1976) did not rank the relative power of deities.