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Domains Monster Hit Dice Godly class levels*
One 1-6 -
Two 7-9 1-6
Three 10-12 7-12
Four 13-21 13-21
Five - 22-27
Six or seven - 28-42
*Technically these are the number of magic-user level equivalents to their class(es)'s experience totals. It sounds rather clunky but this is the best way I have to explain it right now.
Sample God: Haakon
Name: Haakon, The Black and Silver Watchman Shrouded in Shadow
Appearance: Haakon appears in the form a young and athletically built human male with shoulder length silver hair. His olive colored skin is mottled with black and silver marks that cross and swirl about his body. Except for the eyes. Those have scleras of molten gold, irises of white with gray marbling and granite pupils. Haakon is clad in a charcoal tunic and leggings cloaked with a black mist or cloud that wrap around him as mantle. However Haakon's cloak isn't a separate physical item, rather it's a manifestation of the lesser god's power. Haakon can also use this cloak of darkness as armor and create temporary weapons and grappling tools as a further extension of it.
This is what Haakon's cloak looks like, just midnight blue to black instead of dark red.
Domain: Justice and Darkness
Classes and Levels: 20,000 exp. worth of class levels.
Personality: Oddly, or fittingly, enough for a god of justice Haakon is known for his mercy and compassion towards certain non-violent criminals. Like thieves and con artists who steal to survive. He sees them not as evil doers but as poor wretches in need of care with the potential to be so much more. In general Haakon pays little to no attention to thieves, so long as they cause no harm to their victims. With that said Haakon holds no mercy or patience for thieves who do cause harm to their victims, unless the theft was in response to a much more heinous crime, and the "victim" of said theft perpetrated the original crime.
Alignment: Not sure, but leaning to Lawful Good.
Haakon also possesses a wry and sometimes self deprecating sense of humor. This often results in him making light of some of his lesser failures and setbacks. He has a relatively small ego for a god and is known for accepting advice from mortals.
Relationship with mortals: Haakon has two small cults in the city of Ambertown. One comprised of honest city watch members and vigilantes dedicated to toppling crime lords, corrupt merchants and nobles and corrupt police while battling other criminals. His second cult consists of the people of Ambertown that Haakon has saved or sought justice for.
Parents: Father was a mid grade/rank god of justice, mother was a demoness and lady of hell, herself vassal to a mighty, if mostly laissez faire Hell King.
Sanctum: Haakon's sanctum is a five room apartment similar in style and function to a modern day loft-style apartment that serves as a home for him, a shrine for his cult, a base of operations for his plan to rid Ambertown of corruption and organized crime and shelter for those in need, including his own followers. If you want an idea of what Haakon's sanctum would be like think of a magical version of either Richard Castle's apartment or Leverage headquarters.
I haven't named Haakon's parents yet. I figure I should leave that up to you, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. Part of his back story, if you feel like including it, is that Haakon left/ran away from his divine parents to make his own way in the mortal world. He decided on Ambertown as his new home and is determined to bring justice to it. As you can guess Ambertown started out as a small town founded around an amber claim. It eventually grew into a large bustling metropolis home to several captains of industry. Think of it as something along the lines of Gotham City mixed with 50's-60's era Las Vegas in a more obviously fantasy setting.
