Relevance of Deities

[Manadin]

I'm testing out a new set of deity specific items that would bring some relevance back to deities. I feel like, aside of faction standing, choice of deity doesn't really change too much in game, so I decided to introduce a charm usable by each deity. Currently, they are automatically given to characters when they begin. They start off weak, but grow in strength as the character levels. Bear in mind, they'll need a lot of balancing since I just put points in what sounded relevant and I'm not sure if certain heroic stats are more potent than others. I will need feedback so feel free to respond to this thread and vote in the above poll.

NOTE: If you created a character before these items were added to the starting item table, please post your character name in the Shoutbox and I'll add it to your inventory.

Deity:	Focus/Clickie	Stat Bonus:	Resist Bonus:	Heroic Bonus:	Note:	Other Benefits
Agnostic	Experience bonus	No Bonus	Magic	Minor resource regen.	Less rewards than choosing a deity.	No deity related faction hits.
Bertoxxulous	Increased DOT duration	STA, INT, WIS	Poison, Disease	DoT Protection	Balanced for mana users.
Brell Serilis	Ultravision	STA, STR, AGI	Fire, Magic	Melee DMG Reduction	Good for tanks.
Cazic-Thule	Immune to fear	STR, STA, INT, WIS, -CHA	Cold, Disease, Poison	Stun Resist	Charisma reduction.
Erollisi Marr	Faction bonus	AGI, DEX, CHA, INT	Fire, Cold	Accuracy	Good for melee dps.
Bristlebane		DEX, STR,AGI	Magic, Poison	Backstab DMG, Attack Bonus	Rogue Focused.
Innoruuk		INT, STA, AGI, -CHA	Magic, Disease, Cold	Strikethrough, Spell Shielding	INT focused, CHA reduction.
Karana		WIS, STA, DEX	Cold, Fire, Magic	DMG Shield Bonus, Attack Bonus	WIS focused.
Mithaniel Marr	Light	STA, STR, WIS	Magic, Cold, Disease, Poison	DoT Shielding, Stun Resist	Large HP buff. Good for tanks.
Prexus	Endure breath	INT, WIS, STA, AGI	Fire, Cold	Permanent Endure Breath	Good for hybrid classes.	Non-KOS to most sharks/sea creatures. Swimming skill boost to 100.
Quellious	Increased dodge chance	DEX, AGI, STR	ALL	Avoidance, Haste	Good for melee dps, particularly monk.
Rallos Zek	Increased melee crit chance	STR, STA	Magic, Fire, Cold	Strikethrough	Huge STR buff, strikes through armor.
Rodcet Nife	Bonus to healing	WIS, STA	Disease, Poison, Fire, Cold	Bonus healing	Great for clerics.
Solusek Ro	DD Spell damage increase	INT, STA, AGI	Fire, Cold	Spell Damage, Spell Shield	Great for WIZ/MAG.
The Tribunal		ALL	ALL	No Bonus	Balanced with a large HP/MP bonus
Tunare		INT, WIS, STA	Magic, Fire, Disease, Poison	DMG Shield Bonus, Regen	Better for mana users.

[vubr]

Great idea, and they are pretty good. But it limits the races you can pick if you want a good charm for your class/race.
Anyway to open up the deity's to all class/race combos?

Iksar Enchanter has to take cazic (-charisma) or agnostic (no benefit)

[Manadin]

I'm actually kicking around the idea of creating quest lines to allow for renouncing deities and switching, but that'd be a big undertaking just because of the number of deities there are in the game. It is something I'd like to eventually get to though.
Back in the original Kunark days Iksars were kind of hard mode if I remember correctly. No allies anywhere, KOS everywhere and they couldn't even wear plate armor. I kind of lifted the plate restrictions on class armor but I still want to remain somewhat lore friendly. I did fudge a bit by allowing Iksar wizards to follow Solusek Ro, but they start with lower faction in Cabilis. I could've done a better job of it, but the idea I was going with was the iksar WIZ/MAG/ENC were descended from members of other iksar tribes and aren't well liked or trusted, but still allowed in Cabilis. They are still creations of Cazic-Thule who isn't big on his creations not worshiping him. In fact, I was reading the backstory for City of Mist, which was destroyed when the lord lost his faith in Cazic-Thule. So even the Solusek Ro/Agnostic iksars isn't super lore friendly.
I will say that with both of the CHA reduction charms, I did add extra stats to compensate for it so while they may take the CHA hit, the charm does offer more benefits.