Comeliness	Heward	Keoghtom	Murlynd	Kelanen
-	-	-	-	World of Greyhawk

Throughout
the world of
Greyhawk are
quite a number of
characters that
have risen above
the status of heroes, but who
are not quite demi-gods. These personages
are 'quasi-deities.' Among those
contemporary in the World of Greyhawk
are Daern, Heward, Johydee, Kelanen,
Keoghtom, Murlynd, Nolzur, Quall, and
Tuerny. Of these, only Heward,
Keoghtom, and Murlynd are currently
placed so as to interact with PCs.
Other well-known personages,
such as Bucknard, Mordenkainen, Otiluke,
and Tenser, are not as powerful and
broadly endowed as are the quasi-deities.
 
 

DMPrata wrote:
Gary, waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in DRAGON® #71, you introduced Kelanen, the Prince of Swords (designed with François Marcela-Froideval, if I recall correctly) as the prototypical "Hero-Deity" for the WORLD OF GREYHAWK®. He was later reprinted in the '83 boxed set. Now, when compiling Deities & Demigods™, Jim Ward — I believe it was he — established the rule that demigods could grant clerical spells of up to 5th level; lesser gods, up to 6th level; and only greater gods could grant 7th level spells. (I don't know whether or not you approved of such a rule, but I'm operating under the assumption that you did.) If it's not already glaringly obvious, here's my question: Did you intend for the hero-deity Kelanen to have clerics, and be able to grant spells to them? If so, what level of spells would he be able to grant?

(P.S. — I hope to have an order in to the Trolls this weekend for the required "Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds" books. Don't count me out of the YGGSBURGH Expanded Details project just yet!  )

Felicitations!

Well, the rule regarding granting od spells is not one that I approved, and I would not deny any considerable deity the ability to grant spells of any level to one of his clerics within the region of that deity's worship. That's really a call for each DM to make, IMO.

As to Kelanen the Sword Lord, you have it right. In this case, the entity being a demi-deity and a rather specialized one at that, I should suppose that any of his clerics would be sword-slingers and have limited spell capacity beyond those used to honor Kelanen and perform services to him. Perhaps in addition to a specialized spell gained at each level they might be able to employ regular clerical spells of 1st through 3rd level, few, and gain in level happening in stages of around 4 levels, so one 1st level spell beginning at 1st level, four at 4th, and a 2nd level spell gained at 5th, etc.

As the Ip belongs to WotC, I will not attempt to suggest the special spells that such clerics would gain, one per level, but any imaginative DM can surely create them without my assistance, for the nature of the deity directs the sort of cerics he would have servinghim, and thier abilities.

Cheers,
Gary