Quasi deity
A quasi deity1 is the weakest kind of divine entity. Many are ascended mortals and planar natives who have crossed the threshold to godhood.234 For example, malebranche and nascent demon lords are considered quasi deities.5
Godlings
A godling is a mortal granted divine powers through a deity's direct intervention, whether by being the deity's direct descendant, powerfully blessed by the deity as a child, or granted mythic power by the deity itself.67
Divine entities who take physical form and visit the Universe sometimes couple with mortals or otherwise immaculately create life within a mortal. The result goes beyond the forms of similar bloodlines and planar scion offspring, such as cambions8 and empyreans,9 to create a child with unique traits and mythic potential.6
One example of a godling is Nivi Rhombodazzle, who became one by trading a gem with Torag.10
References
- ↑ Various Pathfinder sourcebooks have contained instances also spelling the term as quasideity or quasi-deity. The most recent source is Divine Mysteries, which only uses the hyphenated form quasi-deity.
- ↑ . “Chapter 2: Running Planar Adventures” in Planar Adventures, 70. Paizo Inc., 2018
- ↑ . “2: Tools” in Gamemastery Guide, 128. Paizo Inc., 2020
- ↑ . “Building Games” in GM Core, 140. Paizo Inc., 2023
- ↑ Per published mechanical definitions and official clarifications of those definitions; see Meta:Demigod.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 . “Godlings of Purity” in Mythic Origins, 7. Paizo Inc., 2013
- ↑ Several Pathfinder sources generically and ambiguously refer to newly created or weak divine entities as "godlings" beyond the term's definition in Mythic Origins 7. The term "quasi deity", which is mechanically defined across editions as the weakest rank of divinity in GM Core 140 and Planar Adventures 70, might be better applied in these uses.
- ↑ Paizo referred to cambion planar scions as tieflings until the publication of Player Core. These cambions are unrelated to the type of demon with the same name.
- ↑ Paizo referred to empyrean planar scions as aasimars until the publication of Player Core. These empyreans are unrelated to the type of angel with the same name.
- ↑ . “Minor Deities” in Faiths of Purity, 20. Paizo Inc., 2011