Fallen Deity

Guidelines for what god you may want your character to be. At most, this is a set of recommendations for if you're unsure what you want to be a god of.

Here you are, mortal, alone, cold, and hungry. You are everything your followers were, and now you must strive to regain your former glory.

This feat develops as you do, and its effects become stronger as you level up.

1st Level

You are weak, feeble, mortal. You are everything your followers were. But not all is lost, for you have acquired certain skills that both transcend are are further enabled by divinity.

You gain a +1 modifier to all Religion (INT) checks at 1st level, 2nd level, and every second character level thereafter (up to +11).

5th Level

You can feel a fraction of your deific powers returning to you. You suddenly feel a heightened sense of fortitude, as if you could shrug off a hit to the head with a mace! No, wait... two hits!

You resist all physical damage from non-magical sources.

Additionally, you resist certain damage types based on your character alignment. If your alignment is any Good alignment, you resist all Radiant damage. If your alignment is Evil, you resist all Necrotic damage.

If your character alignment is Neutral, they do not benefit from additional resistances... yet.

If your alignment is changed for any reason, willing or otherwise, your resistances will change accordingly. (For example, if your alignment is changed from Chaotic Good to Neutral Evil, you will resist Necrotic damage instead of Radiant damage)

8th Level

If your character alignment is Lawful, True, or Chaotic Neutral, you resist all Force and Thunder damage.

10th Level

Your physical body does not feel as feeble as it once did. In fact, you feel even more resilient.

Your base AC increases by 1, and you resist all Poison damage.

Additionally, you are immune to the detrimental effects of intoxication.

12th Level

You can feel your former divinity channeling within you, and the people around you have begun to notice.

If you are undisguised and wearing your divine robes, Stealth (DEX) checks automatically fail when attempting to hide within or among a group of people.

Additionally, you are immune to all physical damage, magical and non-magical.

15th Level

Your godlike power is becoming increasingly apparent, for better and for worse.

You are immune to Radiant damage or Necrotic damage based on your alignment. However, you are now vulnerable to Necrotic or Radiant damage in return. (For example, a Good-aligned character is immune to Radiant damage, but vulnerable to Necrotic damage, and vice versa for an Evil-aligned character).

If your alignment is Neutral, you gain no vulnerabilities. Instead, you become immune to Force damage and resist Psychic damage.

You may now imbue your weapons (or fists) with Radiant, Necrotic, or Force damage, based on your alignment (Good, Evil, and Neutral, respectively).

17th Level

You have nigh attained the durability of a demigod.

You are immune to all non-magical damage, and you resist all Fire, Cold, and Lightning damage.

If your alignment is Neutral, you are immune to all Thunder and Psychic damage.

20th Level

You resist all Acid damage.

Your base AC increases by 4.

You have unconditional advantage on two saving throws of your choice.

When you interact with a follower, for whatever purpose, they are considered willing creatures.

When making a skill check of any kind against any of your followers, you may choose to automatically succeed the check without rolling for it. (Doing so is not considered a critical success, you would still have to roll a d20 for that)

Anything that requires a long rest to replenish (e.g, spell slots) is replenished after a short rest instead.

This is it.

Struggle after struggle, you've come out on top.

You have returned to your former glory!

...Almost.

You are, by all means, a demigod now, but you are still limited. You cannot fully ascend to godhood without a complete religious artifact.

20th Level + Restored Religious Artifact

You have regained your right to divinity, at long last.

You are immune to all damage types (magical and non-magical) with some exceptions.

Good Alignment: Not immune to Force damage, resist Psychic and Thunder damage, remain vulnerable to all Necrotic damage.

Evil Alignment: Not immune to Force damage, resist Psychic and Thunder damage, remain vulnerable to all Radiant damage.

Neutral Alignment: Not immune to Radiant or Necrotic damage.

You can concentrate on two spells at once. If you fail a concentration roll, both concentration spells will end.

You gain one Legendary Action. This action can only be replenished by taking a long rest in the Outer Plane.

You are able to enter a different plane outside of battle at will.

In battle, you can use your action to create a portal to a different plane of your choice. You can enter & exit the portal and traverse the plane on the other side using your movement. The portal will expire after 30 seconds (5 turns), or you can close it manually by expending an action. You may also close a portal to another plane that has been made by another entity.

If at any point you lose your religious artifact, or it is significantly damaged, you return to your demigod form, and you will lose control of any portals you had open. The portals will not immediately dissipate. They will still expire naturally after 30 seconds, but you will no longer be able to manually open or close them.