If you're not familiar with Godbound, you can find a free version of it here. Godbound is in a way, OSR D&D Exalted, to the point the Deluxe version has rules for playing "Themed Godbound" which totally aren't Exalts, Godwalkers (not-Warstriders), and Martial Strifes (not-Martial Arts), since the dev wanted to rope in the Exalted crowd. Godbound is a retro-D&D game about playing "divine heroes in a broken world, men and women who have seized the tools that have slipped from an absent God's hands. Bound by seeming chance to the Words of Creation, these new-forged titans face a world ravaged by the mad ambitions of men and the cruel legacy of human folly."
How do you think Godbound compare to the various Exalts and other big powers of Creation? Either using 2.5 or 3e Exalted. Or this Exalted conversion to Godbound. Creation/Exalted metaphysics don't automatically trump Godbound metaphysics. What about an Arch-God (something in the deluxe version) versus a Primordial or Yozi?
Assume that Godbound are somehow able to make Celestial Shards through Dominion, know how to make the various magical items/artifacts of Godbound (and retro-D&D) and Godbound of Sorcery/Artifice know different Magical Orders, which they can teach. They also have access to retro-D&D spells, with lvl 1-3 spells being considered either something like a spell from a Magical Order or Gate level Theurgy, with lvl 4-6 being Way and 7-9 being Throne.
How do you think various Exalts, Gods, Lookshy, etc. would react if they started popping up? Who would see them as a threat, and who would see them as potential allies or opportunities? They're clearly neither Mortal, God or Exalted.
How do you think Godbound compare to the various Exalts and other big powers of Creation? Either using 2.5 or 3e Exalted. Or this Exalted conversion to Godbound. Creation/Exalted metaphysics don't automatically trump Godbound metaphysics. What about an Arch-God (something in the deluxe version) versus a Primordial or Yozi?
Assume that Godbound are somehow able to make Celestial Shards through Dominion, know how to make the various magical items/artifacts of Godbound (and retro-D&D) and Godbound of Sorcery/Artifice know different Magical Orders, which they can teach. They also have access to retro-D&D spells, with lvl 1-3 spells being considered either something like a spell from a Magical Order or Gate level Theurgy, with lvl 4-6 being Way and 7-9 being Throne.
How do you think various Exalts, Gods, Lookshy, etc. would react if they started popping up? Who would see them as a threat, and who would see them as potential allies or opportunities? They're clearly neither Mortal, God or Exalted.
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