Olympian God — Stat Block Template

AC 25 (divine aegis)  |  HP 780 (40d20 + 360)  |  Speed 60 ft., fly 120 ft. (hover) + swim/burrow by domain

Initiative +16 (26) · advantage; can't be surprised

	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
Score	26	24	28	26	28	30
Mod	+8	+7	+9	+8	+9	+10
Save	+17	+16	+18	+17	+18	+19

Skills Arcana +17, History +17, Insight +18, Intimidation +19, Perception +18, Persuasion +19, Religion +17; two domain skills with expertise (+26 to +28)

Resistances bludgeoning, piercing and slashing from nonmagical attacks; domain resistances

Immunities poison, psychic; domain immunity · charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, stunned

Senses truesight 120 ft. (1 mile in their domain), passive Perception 28

Languages all; telepathy 1 mile; hears their own name spoken anywhere on the same plane

Immortal. The god doesn't age, eat, sleep or breathe, and cannot die. At 0 HP (after Ichor Rising), its body breaks apart into light, storm, sea-foam or shadow and reforms in its home domain at the next dawn, remembering everything and everyone.

Ichor Rising (Mythic, 1/Day). The first time the god is reduced to 0 HP, it doesn't fall. It regains all its HP, ends every condition and effect on itself, and its Mythic Actions become available for 1 hour. The party has done the impossible once; now they get to do it again.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day, or 6/Day in their domain). If it fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Zeus 7; Zeus's siblings 6; see the roster.

Magic Resistance. Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Beyond Mortal Magic. The god can't be banished, plane-shifted, polymorphed, imprisoned or have its form changed against its will. Mortal divination about it shows what it chooses. Only wish can dispel or counter a spell it casts.

Divine Weapons. Its attacks are magical and ignore resistance. A weapon it drops returns to its hand at the start of its turn.

Divine Veto (Counterspell). The god knows counterspell and casts it without a spell slot 5 times per day (see the roster), at a range of 300 ft. or any creature it can see. Against a god's Veto, the caster makes the Constitution save (DC 27) with disadvantage, and on a failure the spell slot is expended. The first Veto each round costs no reaction.

In Their Domain. In a temple, sacred grove or element that is theirs (Olympus, the sea, the Underworld, a battlefield, a forge, a hearth…), the god has advantage on every saving throw, regains 30 HP at the start of each of its turns, and gains +1 Legendary Resistance. This replaces lair actions, which the house rules don't use.

Hears Their Name. The god knows when it is prayed to, cursed, or lied about in its own name, and roughly where.

Multiattack. 2–6 attacks with the signature weapon, depending on the god (Ares 6, Artemis 5, Zeus 4, Aphrodite 2). The god can replace any attack with Divine Command or a spell of 5th level or lower.

[Signature Weapon]. Melee or ranged, +17 to +19 to hit (PB + the ability used), reach 10–15 ft. or range 300/1,200 ft. Damage about 50 per hit: e.g. 4d10 + 8 of the weapon's type plus 4d8 domain damage (lightning, cold, radiant, necrotic, fire, psychic…). Add one rider fitting the god: push 30 ft., grapple, blind, charm, set on fire, knock prone.

[Signature Power] (Recharge 5–6). The god's myth in one action: Zeus's thunderbolt, Poseidon's earthquake, Apollo's plague arrows, Hades opening the ground. 120-ft. line, 60-ft. cone or 60-ft. radius; DC 27 save; 20d10 (110) domain damage, half on a success, plus a lasting rider (deafened, stunned, swept away, cursed).

Divine Spellcasting. The god casts with its highest mental score (usually Charisma; spell save DC 27, +19 to hit) and needs no material components. 1st–5th-level spells from its list at will; 6th-level 4/day, 7th-level 4/day, 8th-level 3/day, 9th-level 3/day; wish 1/day for Zeus, Hera, Athena and Hades (no stress, no risk). Build the list from the god's domain — 20 spells is plenty. See Spell lists.

Beast Shape. Most gods. As a bonus action, the god becomes one of its sacred animals (any size from Tiny to Huge) or back. It keeps its HP, saves, mental scores, Legendary Resistances, Divine Veto and the ability to speak and cast spells; its Strength, Dexterity, speeds and attacks become the animal's, scaled to a god (each natural attack +17 to hit, 4d10 + 8). See the roster for each god's animals; Hestia, Hephaestus and Hades have alternatives.

Mortal Guise. All gods. As a bonus action, the god takes the form of an unremarkable mortal — a beggar, a shepherd, a lamplighter, an old nurse, a sailor — with no change to its statistics. Only truesight sees through it, plus a DC 25 Wisdom (Insight or Perception) check that notices the god's single tell (an eagle birthmark, owl-grey eyes, wet footprints that never dry, a smell of hearth-smoke).

Theophany. All gods; this is the enlarge. As a bonus action, the god grows to Gargantuan size for 1 minute: reach +10 ft., +2d10 damage on every hit, advantage on Strength checks and saves, and its shadow is difficult terrain. Each mortal within 120 ft. that can see it makes a DC 27 Wisdom save or is frightened for 1 minute. A mortal that sees the god's true glory (Zeus, Apollo and Hera only; the god chooses) makes a DC 27 Constitution save instead or takes 20d10 radiant damage — remember Semele.

Olympian Step. As a bonus action, the god teleports to a space it can see. As an action, it goes to any of its temples, altars or sacred sites on the same plane, taking up to six willing creatures.

Divine Command. One creature within 120 ft. that can hear the god makes a DC 27 Wisdom save or must obey a one-sentence command on its next turn (as command, but any sentence, and not limited to one word).

Divine Curse (1/Day). One creature within 300 ft. that has wronged the god makes a DC 27 Wisdom save — no save if it wronged the god in the god's own domain. On a failure it is cursed in the shape of its offence until the god relents or another god intercedes: turned into a beast (Actaeon), a spider (Arachne), blinded (Tiresias), cursed with a gift (Midas). Write each god's curse in their voice.

Beast Shape, Mortal Guise, Theophany and Olympian Step (above). Add one domain bonus action: Hermes's free Disengage and Dash, Athena's aegis (+5 AC until her next turn), Ares's battle-cry, Hades's Helm of Darkness (invisible at will).

Divine Veto. See Traits; the first each round is free and later ones use the reaction.

[Domain Reaction]. One more: a parry (+6 AC against one attack), redirecting a spell back at its caster, stepping a worshipper out of harm's way, or answering a curse with a curse.

5 per round for most gods; Zeus 6; Hestia, Aphrodite and Persephone 4. Each god gets 4–6 options from this palette, in its own voice:

• Strike (Cost 1): one signature-weapon attack.
• Step (Cost 1): Olympian Step, or move up to its speed with no opportunity attacks.
• Word (Cost 1): Divine Command, or a one-line taunt that gives one creature disadvantage on its next d20 Test.
• Cast (Cost 2): a spell of 5th level or lower.
• Domain Surge (Cost 2): a smaller Signature Power — 10d10 in a 20-ft. radius, DC 27.
• Wrath (Cost 3): the Signature Power recharges, or the god makes two attacks with Theophany active.

While Ichor Rising is active, the god can spend legendary actions on these as well. Two or three options, each the god showing what it is really for: Zeus: every creature in the sky is struck by lightning. Poseidon: the sea stands up as a wall. Hades: the dead of the battlefield rise for him. Athena: every ally of hers within 60 ft. takes a free turn. Aphrodite: every creature within 120 ft. makes a DC 27 WIS save or falls in love with the nearest creature that isn't the god.