The Gods can't raid

[tomfar72]

I was going through a closet last night and found a box that had my old AD&D Forgotten Realms Faiths and Avatars book.(Most of my other D&D stuff has been lost in the sands of time) I was flipping through it and came to realize that the Gods are weak by today's standards. Granted, it is a completely different ruleset, but other than the Elemental Lords, the God with the most HP was Tempus, God of battle. He was a lvl 40 fighter/30ish cleric and had a total of 246 HP. My lvl 11 FvS has that much. I just found it funny how much greater things are scaled now. More HP and higher damage. I'm sure the scaling has kept things on a near equal lvl, but I guess people like bigger numbers. It's just a shame that Tempus would get turned down for a raid due to lack of HP..lol.

[grodon9999]

Whether we have 500 HP or 130 at 20th level it scales to the same number of hits. People's epeens just feel bigger with the bigger numbers.

[Anderei]

Yes, never really understood why in example they count in tennis, 15-30-40 and not 1-2-3

[EBE]

I understand, I found my old Dieties and Demigods and the top gods only have 400hp.

[alcmaeon]

Whether we have 500 HP or 130 at 20th level it scales to the same number of hits. People's epeens just feel bigger with the bigger numbers.

Realizing its way off the OP line of thought: Nobody disputes that with an apples to apples build with 130 hp can hit as many times as the same build with 500hp, the point is that 130 or 230 or even 246 is a glassjaw. One solid hit from Harry’s balls in the 4th part of Shroud will take out a 130hp toon. No chance for a heal and no rez allowed. A 500hp toon can take that hit and stay up long enough to get a heal. Without hp you are a liability in that situation. That’s why Tempus gets ignored by groups. Though with 70 levels, maybe we would make an exception.

[Wyrmnax]

AD&D was incredibily broken - i believe you could take out one of those Gods in 1 round of combat with a couple decent characters.

They never really considered that character damage went up as the levels went up.

But yeah, the HP grow used to be much smaller. Rolling 3d6 for atributes and needing a minimum of 15 CON to have a +1 HP bonus meant HP totals were much smaller.

That and the fixed HP gain after level 9-10

[Nahual]

Lies I´ve seen the Mad God in raids!

[ghettoGenius]

They don't invite Tempus to raids b ecause they don't want to be powerlevelled