Greater god
ARMOR CLASS: -2
MOVE: 24"/48"
HIT POINTS: 400
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 3-30 (+12)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: +3 or better weapon to hit; also see below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 80%
SIZE: M (7')
ALIGNMENT: Lawful good
WORSHIPPER'S ALIGNMENT: Lawful good and farmers
SYMBOL: White crown
PLANE: Prime Material Plane
CLERIC/DRUID: High Priest (C20)
/ The Great Druid (D14)
FIGHTER: Ranger Lord (R16)
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: Arch-Mage (M20)
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: Master Bard, Cli College (B15)
PSIONIC ABILITY: V
| S: 24 | I: 25 | W: 25 |
| D: 19 | C: 25 | CH: 24 |
| Com: | - | - |
Osiris usually appears as a muscular green man.
He is the lord and protector of the dead.
Vegetation or anything made out of vegetation has no effect on the
god.
His also is the power to raise the dead,
no matter how long in that condition.
Anyone touching his body in battle instantly dies (saving throw vs.
death applicable).
At will,
he shape changes,
controls all form of vegetation (making it shrink or grow),
and he can use any weapon even if that
weapon is magically tied to its owner.
He has a crown with the power to see all invisible objects &&
illusions for what they are,
and negate all fourth or lower level spells cast at him (no saving
throw).
He uses a scepter in battle that acts as a rod
of cancellation with unlimited charges, <>
and strikes for 3-30 points of damage.
Clerics Raiment Sacrifice/Propitiation
| Sphere of Control | Animal | M | F | N-H | Head | Body | Color(s) | Holy Days | Frequency | Form | Place of Worship |
| nature; the dead | dog | X | X | - | bare | green tunic | bright green | equinox | semiannually | offerings | temple |
The god is very aware of his clerical worshipers,
and if one does a great deed for the religion (judge's option),
that cleric may (5%) be given a wish.
Osiris is second only to Ra in power and rules in Ra's absence.
| Egyptian Mythos | - | - | - | DDG |
Driver wrote:
Col_Pladoh wrote:
The mummy being indicated as from the PMP was a typo.
It was meant to be Negative as all undead are.
Thanks for the quick response! When I was a kid, I made up a rationalization having to do with mummies being "Egyptian" and tying in to Osiris as "tomb guards," but I like your answer better.
EDIT: By the way, I was recently admitted to my state bar, and I'm not exaggerating when I say D&D was the major catalyst for the love of reading and puzzle-solving that carried me to what limited academic success I've achieved ... so you get to share some of either the credit or the blame for minting another lawyer, depending on your viewpoint. :)
right!
I too have used Osiris to demonstrate that negative (a god with a still heart) can be benign as well as malign at times--agathocacological. His plane is shadow and definately negative. <1>
Appreciate your generous sharing of your personal achievement. It is good to know that my work aided you in realizing your own potential :wink:
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by gizmo33
I have to admit that I'm stumped as to how to glean
the nature of negative material energy from the example of Osiris, but
I'll do some rereading.
As death and shadow are clearly negative, the association
should be obvious. Osiris is a "god with a still heart," clearly a negative-force
deity.
light: "Osiris, the Book of the Dead
informs us, created light and imparted it to his sisters Isis and Nephthys
when all were still embryos in the body of their mother Nut."
- Isis in the Ancient World, R.E. Witt, The Johns Hopkins University
Press.
wizard eye: "Both Diodorus and Plutarch
stress the fact that in the hieroglyph for Osiris--Wsir'--one of
the elements is the ideogram for 'eye'--irit.1
I Diod. S. I, II
and Plut. 10: FRA 93, 20 and 224, 28. In OL 129 Isis herself
is likewise termed 'many-eyed'.
- Isis in the Ancient World, R.E. Witt, The Johns Hopkins University
Press.
sending: "Osiris sending forth his
rays to every part beholds all land and sea so to speak with many eyes."
- Isis in the Ancient World, R.E. Witt, The Johns Hopkins University
Press.
<1: this might be a reference to the cosmology
of the MYTHUS game, perhaps.>
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