Control Creatures

The deity can dominate and control the actions of a specific kind of creature.

Deities & Demigods
By Rich Redman, Skip Williams, James Wyatt

• Benefit: The deity can command some kind of creature as noted in the deity’s description. This ability is similar to the dominate monster spell, but it is not a mind-affecting ability (the deity seizes direct control over the creature’s body).

Each day the deity can attempt to control a number of creatures equal to its divine rank. The deity can attempt to take control of that number all at once, or in smaller numbers. All creatures to be affected must be within the deity’s line of sight when first affected. Once control is established, distance is not a factor and the deity can maintain control remotely, even across planes and through wards or barriers (except Divine Shields and warding spells cast by deities of higher rank than the deity using the ability). The subject is allowed a Will save (DC 10 + the deity’s rank + the deity’s Charisma modifier) to resist and is allowed a new save if the deity commands the subject to do something against its nature.

At any given time, the deity cannot have more creatures under its control than 10 times its divine rank. If the deity already has the maximum number of creatures under
its control, it can still attempt to take control of other creatures, but must first release one or more creatures already under its control. For example, a deity with a divine rank of 15 can attempt to control fifteen creatures each day and up to fifteen creatures at once.

The deity can have up to one hundred fifty creatures under its control at any govern time. If the deity already has one hundred fifty creatures under its control, it must release at least one to use this ability on a new creature.

• Notes: A deity can have this ability multiple times, choosing a different kind of creature each time.
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