Editing Godbound

Godbound is like a combination of [[Old School Roleplaying|old-school]] [[D&D]]'s mechanics with [[Exalted]]'s conceit of newly-awakened demigods unleashed on a world that's falling apart. 

It's by sandbox campaign writer Kevin Crawford, creator of [[Stars Without Number]]. Hope you like random tables! 

Unlike many old-school games, Godbound powers are often very [[narrativist]] in comparison to its peers, which typically feature very explicit rules. 
This can allow for more creative use of divine powers than is common in this type of RPG. 

===Characters===
All Godbound characters have similar basic abilities reflecting their divine potential.
* Cannot benefit from stat-boosting or consumable magic items, or be Hastened or Slowed. Such magic is too petty for an incipient divinity. 
* Fray dice: damage done to 1 minor enemy/round. Let's you shred [[Mook|mooks]] in an [[epic]] manner
* +1 Natural Armor bonus
* Divine Rage: 1/level up, can enter a furious state if brought to Zero HP. Delays incapacitation, but will kill you unless you receive healing before the rage ends. 
* As an old-school game, explicit rules for chargen only go up to level 10

===Magic===
'''Three types:'''
* [[Hedgewitch|Low magic]] spells
* [[Sorcery|Theurgic invocations]]
* [[Divine Power|Divine gifts & miracles]]

All Godbound have divine gifts, but those with a magical background may know Low Magic, & Godbound possessing the Word of Sorcery may know Theurgic Invocations. 

'''Limits of Low Magic'''
*Spells can’t affect anything outside the sorcerer’s presence, at most out to the maximum range of their line of sight.
*Spell effects don’t last longer than the next sunrise, though their consequences can linger. Speeding a natural process such as healing produces a lasting cure, and subtle blessings or curses might last as long as a week.
*Spells can’t create permanent matter. Summoned objects disappear at sunrise, and conjured food and drink provides only temporary satiation.

'''Limits of Theurgy'''
*Takes time to learn each Invocation.
*Spontaneous Casting requires Effort.
*Instant casting requires blood sacrifice - your own HP or someone else's. 

'''Limits of Divine Gifts & Miracles'''
*Requires commitment of Effort, a limited resource all Godbound (& their major adversaries) possess.

===Words & Gifts===
*6 points @ character creation, +1 point/level
*1 point Lesser Gift, 2 points Greater Gift or another Word's Lesser Gift, 3 points new Word or another Word's Greater Gift
*All Words come with a granted power, often an ability score boost
*Words often overlap thematicaly with Cleric Domains (no surprise there)
*Defensive Gifts win against Offensive Gifts

===Bad Guys===
So what things can you use all these kewl powers on?

* [[Non-player characters|Other Godbound]]
* [[Mortals|Mortal Heroes]]
* [[Angel]]s - want to get back at humanity for wrecking the world
* [[Wizard|Eldritch Theurges]] - powerful mages
* [[Artifice|Made Gods]] - construct predecessors of the Godbound
* Parasite Gods - Accidental recipients of divine energy gone wild
* Misbegotten: Experiments or Unfortunates
* Relicts: 
** Timeworn - survivors of lost realms
** [[Golem|Automatons]]/Brazen Legion
** [[Mutant|Lusae]] - mutated survivors
* [[Changeling|Shapeshifters]] - the Many-Skinned
* Spirits:
** [[Elemental]]s - natural forces
** Eidolons - familial or locational
** Animas - artificial
* [[Summoner|Summoned Entities]]
* [[Far Realm|Uncreated]] - horrific outsiders from outside the universe
* [[Undead]]:
** Lesser (unintelligent, [[Zombie]]s, [[Skeleton Warrior|skellies]], etc)
** Greater (intelligent, [[Lich]]es, [[Vampire]]s, etc)

===Premium Content===
Like with some of their other games, Sine Nomine released a free version to the public. The premium version has:

*[[Mortals|Mortal]] player character creation, whether as desperate dirt farmers-turned-[[adventurers]] or as budding mortal heroes who dare the perils of this dark world. Can your [[Player Characters|PCs]] survive and prosper in a world blighted by the past?
*[[Cyber|Cybernetics]] and [[Clockpunk|clockwork]] prostheses, for those GMs that want to add in a high-tech or clockpunk-flavored note to their worlds.
*Divine Supremacy and [[Magical Realm|Paradises]], citadels and divine strongholds to shelter the souls of the Godbound's faithful.
*[[Mecha|Godwalkers]], titanic engines of ruin built by the Former Empires to face divine foes. Salvage them from forgotten ruins or build your own with the creation system here.
*The [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic|Martial Strifes]], divine martial arts that channel the natural conflicts of the mundane world into fearsome feats of destructive prowess.
*And not least, Themed Godbound that allow you to customize and flavor the demi-deities of your campaign to fit your own ideas about how they should work- with five worked examples to show you how to create superhuman [[Solars|Exemplars]], shapeshifting [[Lunars|Proteans]], fate-thwarting [[Sidereals|Undestined]], [[Dragon-Blooded|elemental Scions]], and patchwork [[Alchemicals|Arrayed]].

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