Greater god
ARMOR CLASS: -2
MOVE: 24"/24"
HIT POINTS: 400
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 3-36
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 50%
SIZE: M (51/2')
ALIGNMENT: Lawful neutral
WORSHIPPER'S ALIGNMENT: All alignments
SYMBOL: Shaft of yellow light in a fist
PLANE: Nirvana
CLERIC/DRUID: 13th level cleric
FIGHTER: 15th level paladin
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: 20th level in each
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: Master Bard, Cli College (B15) (333 33)
PSIONIC ABILITY: I
| S: 20 | I: 25 | W: 25 |
| D: 25 | C: 25 | CH: 20 |
| Com: | - | - |
Shang-Ti can sometimes be found travelling
among mortals.
On these occasions he appears to be on
aged man with a long white beard, dressed
in tattered robes.
He also likes to float in the air
ethereally, viewing cities and towns and the manner in which he is or isn't
being worshiped.
All physical weapon attacks sent through
the air at the god will turn and strike the
sender.
He uses a shaft of light
as a weapon that does 3-36 points of damage per strike. Its range is sight.
In his aspects as god of the sky and agriculture,
Shang-Ti has complete control over weather.
He can instantly summon or banish any
type of weather he desires.
Shang-Ti is the head of the Celestial
Bureaucracy, and all the other deities ultimately report to him.
His word is law among all of the gods
and goddesses, regardless of their alignment, and he is the final arbitrator
in
any dispute among them.
Clerics Raiment Sacrifice/Propitiation
| Sphere of Control | Animal | M | F | N-H | Head | Body | Color(s) | Holy Days | Frequency | Form | Place of Worship |
| leadership | sparrow | X | X | - | bald | tattered robes | gold | first day of spring | annually | gems | temple |
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| Chinese Mythos | - | - | - | DDG |
The Realm of Shang-Ti (Nirvana.Shang-Ti):
In the Chinese Mythos (which is not exactly the
mythos of the OA book), Shang-Ti
is the <>
supreme power of the pantheon, the head of the Celestial
Bureaucracy (aka the August Personage in Jade or the
Jade Emperor). As head of the bureaucracy, all other Powers in
the outer planes (incl. those not incl. in the Chinese
pantheon, in the view of this mythos) report to him. It is Shang-Ti
who determines all judgements and assigns all portfolios within
the outer planes.
Shang-Ti lives in the center of his disk-like domain in a palace
the size and shape of the Emperor's in the PMP
(that is to say, similar in design and appearance to that of his
worshiper's ruler). There Shang-Ti resides with his family, his court,
his messengers, and his ministers. The door to his audience
room is kept by Wang, the transcendental bureaucrat, who can
bar the way of the unjust wishing to beseech Shang-Ti. In addition,
foo dogs and foo lions patrol the grounds of his palace,
which is planted with rows of ever-ripe peach trees. These peaches
are said to provide longevity to those non-Power beings who
eat of them (as the potion of the same name, with no ill effect) and
immortality to the Great Powers.
The library of Shang-Ti contains all the books and knowledge
lost on the Prime Material planes that recognize his existence.
His librarians, tall faceless giants in grey cloaks, visit those
places where disaster is about to hit. From these doomed places they
collect all the knowledge that would otherwise be lost. Shang-Ti's
plane abuts Primus's on the far side from Anu's wheel.
- Manual of the Planes
Shou-xing (Encyclopedia Mythica)
