Divine Salient Abilities (5e Class Feature)

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Salient Abilities

A salient divine ability is a special sort of feat which only deities with divine rank can take, similar but not equivalent to an Epic Boon. It gives a deity a new capability or improves one that the deity already has. Some salient divine abilities have prerequisites. A divine rank of at least 1 is a prerequisite for all salient divine abilities. A few deities have unique salient divine abilities that are described in the deity’s individual entry. (Note: spellbased rank 1 abilities should resemble 1st to 4th level magic with unlimited slots)

Amount of Salient Abilities per level

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Demigod Salient Abilities

Level	Name	Requirements	Description	Suggested Domains
1	Alter Form	-	As a move action, the deity can choose to Polymorph itself into a creature of any subtype at will, with a CR no higher than your divine rank. This does not change the deity's Armor Class, attack bonus, hit points, or saves. The deity retains the celestial subtype in addition to the creature’s subtype.	Nature, secrets, thieves
1	Alter Size	-	As a free action, the deity can Enlarge/Reduce itself anywhere from Tiny to Gargantuan in size. Each step in size category doubles height, multiplies weight by eight, and increases/reduces weapon damage by d4 for one size step, d8 for two steps, d12 for three steps (not reducing weapon damage below 1). Enlarging/reducing one step provides advantage/disadvantage on Strength checks and saving throws; enlarging/reducing two steps also provides disadvantage/advantage on Dexterity checks and saving throws. Note that this does not affect a deity's other capabilities.	Any
1	Arcane Mastery	Spellcaster level 1st, Spellcasting Ability Score 25	Gain access to all spells you could potentially know as a wizard, sorcerer, or warlock, limited only by spell slots.	Knowledge, magic
1	Banestrike	At least one Favored Enemy	When wielding a melee or ranged weapon (but not to spells, spell-like abilities, etc), add +2 to all attack rolls and +4d6 to damage against anyone marked as a Favored Enemy.	Death, justice, vengeance, war
1	Battlesense	-	You cannot be surprised or flanked, except by a deity of higher rank. You retain your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class in any situation if you can move, even if caught flat-footed or attacked by an invisible opponent. You are not subject to sneak attacks, except by a deity of higher rank.	War
1	Call Creatures	-	Summon creatures of one specific subtype to your aid. Each creature called can have no more Hit Dice than the deity has divine ranks, and the deity cannot have more creatures serving it at any given time than the deity has ranks. The creatures are transported to the deity’s presence through an interdimensional connection similar to that created by a gate spell, except that it opens to the Material Plane. The creatures willingly serve to the best of their ability. The calling effect is otherwise similar to the calling property of the gate spell. A deity can have this ability multiple times, choosing a different kind of creature each time.	Any
1	Divine Glibness	Charisma 25	You are immune to skills or spells which would detect your lies, and your silver tongue can sway the wills of others. As a full-round action, the deity can speak and convince others to take some course of action. This works like a mass suggestion spell cast at a level equal to 10 + the deity’s divine rank, except that it affects up to (10 + divine rank) creatures, no two of which can be more than (10 x divine rank) feet apart. The save DC is 10 + the deity’s Charisma modifier + the deity’s divine rank.	Commerce, lies, thieves
1	Divine Paladin	Paladin level 20	The deity's divinity fuels their paladinly powers, increasing the range of their auras by 30 feet, adding +2d8 to all Smites, and adding a number of uses of Channel Divinity per day equal to the deity's divine rank halved. This is cumulative with the benefits of epic-level paladinhood.	Good, justice, law, nobility, war
1	Clearsight	Wisdom 25	Knowledge, truth
1	Command Plants	-	Speak to plants, rebuke them, and cause plant growth and blight targeting plants at will.	Nature, harvest
1	Craft Magical Item (lesser)	-	You can imbue items with additional magic for one hour, as elemental weapon for mundane items, but you can also temporarily elevate items by one level of rarity into similar items, like changing a rare +2 Shield into a very rare +3 Shield.
1	Divine Archery	Dexterity 25	Shoot from really really far, spray a volley of arrows, and ignore cover and concealment with your shots.
1	Divine Armor Mastery	-	Any armor you wear acts as if you're not wearing armor at all, and what armor you do wear is improved.
1	Divine Blessing	-	Grant half your ability score to others.
1	Divine Celerity	-	Whenever you're hastened, you gain superior benefits.
1	Divine Bard	Inspire Courage +4	Sing out for miles, quickly, and even effecting things normally not effected. You can even countersong on the fly.
1	Divine Battle Mastery	Fighter 20	You can attack wide groups of tempo, attack without penalty to attack rolls, and change weapons as a free action on a whim.
1	Divine Dodge	Dexterity 25	Perfect dodge. It's almost like you're playing Exalted.
1	Divine Druid	Wildshape (Huge Elemental)	Change shape in a wildshape as a free action each round for the duration.
1	Divine Druid-CE	Wildshape (Huge Elemental)	Get Colossal and the ability to change into Magical Beast
1	Divine Fast Healing	Constitution 25	Gain fast healing (or additional fast healing) based on your divine rank.
1	Divine Monk	Monk 20	You suffered through monk, but now you're the god of monks, and it shows.
1	Divine Rage	Ability to Rage	Stay in rage forever, and gain access to stronger more potent rage powers and resistances.
1	Divine Ranger	Ranger 20	Gain both combat styles of a ranger, additional favored enemy bonuses, and blindsight against your favored enemy.
1	Divine Rogue	Rogue 20	You can dodge out of any trap, determine how much loot you have with an instant, sneak attack oozes, constructs, you name it, slide out of sight, and even evade death!
1	Divine Shield	Charisma 19	Gain a shield to absorb attacks.
1	Divine Skill Focus	-	Become a master at any one skill, doing it faster and harder and ignoring the dangers of failure.
1	Divine Sneak Attack	Ability to Sneak Attack	Sneak attacks deal divine damage and apply against those who provoke attacks of opportunity or who are weaker than you. You can even deal nonlethal damage in any ratio you wish.
1	Divine Spell Focus	Wizard 1	Gain +2 DC to the spell of your school, a bonus on caster level checks, and ignore evasion and mettle.
1	Divine Weapon Focus	-	Take 10 on attack rolls once a round, 20 with a full attack action, and never fumble again.
1	Divine Weapon Specialization	Divine Weapon Focus	Add divine rank to damage with your chosen weapon, forcing concentration checks and hitting even when you might miss.
1	Drain Enemy	Evil Alignment	Deal damage to a creature's maximum hp total, and penalties on a critical hit.
1	Grow Creature	-	Use animal growth (applied to a creature type of your choice) on a number of creatures equal to your divine rank.
1	Increased Damage Reduction	Constitution 25, alignment	Improve current damage reduction by 5, and add an alignment requirement.
1	Increased Energy Resistance	-	The deity gains resistance to acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic energy.
1	Indomitable Strength	Strength 25 or War or Forge domain	Roll 20s in opposed strength checks, wield weapons with greater strength behind them and less difficulty, and break force effects.
1	Instant Counterspell	-	Cast counterspell as a reaction without using a spell slot.
1	Irresistible Blows	Existing improved critical skill with selected weapon	Cause an attack penalty on those you strike, bypass or reduce the effect of DR, and stagger opponents on critical hits.
1	Irresistible Performance	Performance proficiency	Gain several bardic music-like abilities, and bards gain increased power.
1	Know Secrets	Proficiency in two Intelligence skills	You can roll 20s on Knowledge checks automatically, and know things others have tried to keep secret.
1	Extra Sense Enhancement	Wisdom 25	Your divine perception range is doubled, and you can see through objects within that range.
1	Speak With Creatures	-	Speak with everyone and literally everything with language understanding as if you always have both Tongues and Comprehend Languages in effect.
1	Supreme Initiative	Dexterity 25	Add your divine rank to initiative, avoid being flatfooted, and even strike harder on the first round.
1	Tap Into the Source	-	You can tap into the immeasurable power of the source, gaining new abilities and greatly empowered your previous abilities. Idylean young God template.
1	Undead Mastery	Ability to turn undead	Gain unlimited destructive turn attempts, and you may use it once per round as a free action. And you didn't even need to take all turn-granting classes to do it.
1	Rejuvenation	Divine Fast Healing	Gain the rejuvenating abilities of a deity five levels higher than yourself.
1	Mind Of The Beast	Proficiency in Nature, Wisdom 15	As an action the deity can make plants and animals sentient like the Awaken spell, and it can reduce sentient creatures to animal or plant status like the Feeblemind spell.
2	Divine Air Mastery	Tempest Domain or ability to fly	Gain advantage in all ability checks and attack rolls when you and your target are airborne and not in contact with any other basic element.
2	Divine Earth Mastery	Nature or Grave Domain	Gain advantage in all ability checks and attack rolls when you and your target are buried in soft earth or encased in rock and not in contact with any other basic element.
2	Divine Fire Mastery	Forge or War Domain	Gain advantage in all ability checks and attack rolls when you and your target are on fire or in fire.
2	Divine Inspiration	Charisma 25	Cast Bless or Bane as a bonus action within your Divine Aura
2	Divine Radiance	Light Domain	Radiate Daylight within your divine aura and dispel darkness. Cast Flame Strike on a single target within your divine aura as a bonus action (yes, you have lasers), and become immune to dazzling or blindness effects.
2	Divine Water Mastery	Nature or Tempest domain	Gain advantage in all ability checks and attack rolls when you and your target are underwater and not in contact with any other basic element.
2	Footsore	-	Create difficult terrain within your divine aura radius as a bonus action.
2	Frightful Presence	Charisma 25	Get a frightful presence aspect to your divine aura which removes fear immunity from all within your aura, except deities of higher rank.
2	Gift Of Life	Life Domain	Cast Raise Dead as a bonus action within your Divine Aura, changing the subject's penalty by adding your Divine Rank, effectively turning the penalty into a temporary bonus at Ranks of 5 or higher.
2	Hand Of Death	Grave Domain	Cast Death Ward as a reaction or Inflict Wounds as an action on a target anywhere within your divine aura.
2	Know Death	Grave or Life Domain	Gain constant deathwatch and Lifesight, and keep status on the health of others.
2	Mantle of Darkness	Death domain	Your divine aura can becomes a zone of magical Darkness concealing you, and within which you can cast Vampiric Touch as a bonus or regular action.
2	Mantle of Fascination	-	Cast Enthrall as a bonus action within your Divine Aura. Creatures normally immune to charm only have advantage against this effect.
2	Power of Creation	Forge Domain	As an action, cast Fabricate on any raw materials within your divine aura.
2	Power of Luck	Trickery Domain or Ability to use Luck dice	Gain a luck pool equal to your divine rank to spend on dice rolls, both yours and others.
2	Power of Nature	Nature or Tempest domain	Cast Protection from Energy on any creature within your divine aura as a bonus action, without requiring concentration. Control weather in the range of your divine perception as an action.
2	Power of Planes	Arcana domain	Cast Banishment on any creature within your divine aura as a bonus action, without requiring concentration.
2	Power of Truth	Lawful Alignment or Knowledge Domain	Know when creatures are lying within your divine aura, and/or force them to speak only the truth. Also, gain advantage on any roll against illusions.
2	See Magic	Knowledge domain	Detect Magic within your range of your Divine Perception, and Identify magic items within your divine aura as a bonus action.
2	Spellshaper	-	Exclude allies from your areas of effect.
2	Stride	Trickery or Light domain	Double your base speed, gain +2 to AC, gain advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and gain an additional action each turn that can be used to Dash or Disengage.
2	Sunder and Disjoin	Forge or Death Domain	Break or disjoin nonmagical weapons or other worked objects of Medium size or smaller, no more than 5 feet in any dimension, on a touch, and gain immunity to mundane weapon attacks.
2	Wave of Chaos	Chaotic Alignment or Trickery Domain	As a bonus action or action, induce confusion or Enemies Abound on a creature within your divine aura, exempting yourself as a potential target/enemy unless you choose otherwise.

Lesser Deity Salient Abilities

(Note: spellbased rank 6 abilities should resemble 5th or 6th level magic with unlimited slots)

Level	Name	Requirements	Description	Suggested Domains
6	Area Divine Shield	Charisma 25, Divine Shield salient ability	Spread your Divine Shield salient ability to an area.
6	Create Object	-	Create nonmagical matter at whim. For every 50 pounds created this way the deity must rest for 6 seconds within one week.
6	Divine Blast	Charisma 25	Fire blasts of energy out to a great distance.
6	Energy Burst	-	Emanate 1d8 points of energy per divine rank, out to 10 feet per divine rank.
6	Extra Energy Immunity	Resistance to the energy type selected	Become immune to one element.
6	Free Move	Dexterity 29, Divine Celerity	The deity can move up to its speed once a round as a free action.
6	Instant Move	Dexterity 29	The deity can travel up to their move speed as though using the dimension door spell, except that the deity never appears within a solid object and can act immediately after teleporting. Also, immunity to being prone.
6	Lay Curse	-	Use bestow curse at will, greater bestow curse up to your divine ranks per day, and give off a dying curse if your current form is slain.
6	Lay Quest	-	Use a special form of geas/quest to get things done, be aware of its progress, and be able to contact your unwitting servants.

Indeterminate Deity Salient Abilities

(Note: spellbased rank 11 abilities should resemble 7th or 8th level magic with unlimited slots)

Level	Name	Requirements	Description	Suggested Domains
11	Annihilating Strike	Str 25	Destroy things with a powerful disintegrating strike.
11	Control Creatures	Cha 15	Take control of mooks, possessing them even at range.
11	Create Greater Object	Create Object	Create even more rare and exotic matter from thin air. For every 300 pounds of matter created this way the deity must rest for 6 seconds within one week.
11	Mass Divine Blast	Divine Rank 11, Cha 29, Divine Blast salient divine ability	As Divine Blast, but can be done to multiple targets or in various shapes.
11	Possess Mortal	Divine Rank 11, Cha 29	Possess mortals and make them do your bidding.
11	Shapechange	Divine Rank 11, Alter Form, Alter Size	Gain a modified shapechange at will.
11	Divine Storm	Divine Rank 11, any alignment subtype	Your alignment manifests as a powerful maelstrom which destroys those opposite to you and protects you in divine energy.
11	Energy Storm	Divine Rank 11, able to cast cure or inflict spells	Your body releases positive or negative energy into a powerful maelstrom which destroys your opponents (and heals allies) and protects you in energy.

Greater Deity Salient Abilities

(Note: spellbased rank 16 abilities should resemble 9th level magic or better with unlimited slots)

Level	Name	Requirements	Description	Suggested Domains
16	Alter Reality	at least one domain portfolio	Gain the ability to duplicate most of the effects of wish once per minute.
16	Divine Creation	Create Object salient ability, Create Greater Object salient ability	Create magic items, or even creatures with your divine mastery. For every ton of materials produced the deity must rest for 6 seconds within one week.
16	Divine Destruction	Destroy Object salient ability, Destroy Greater Object salient ability	Destroy magic and divine items, or even creatures with your divine mastery. For every ton of materials destroyed the deity must rest for 6 seconds within one week.