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** It's worth pointing out that most Exalted become what they are when a normal human's body and soul are combined/merged with a shard of literal divine power.
* The ''[[Scion]]s'' are the children of gods, and can ascend to godhood themselves.
* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
** Tieflings and Aasimar are descendants of [[Our Demons Are Different|fiends]] and [[Our Angels Are Different|celestials]], respectively. And the [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Planetouched
** Every sorcerer gets their powers from some kind of encounter with a magical force somewhere back in the family tree (either directly or indirectly.) Some of them are divine, infernal, or even [[Our Dragons Are Different|draconic]].
** [[Planescape]] introduces proxies, champions of deities invested with divine power and will -- whether formerly mere mortals, petitioners (common dead folk) or otherwise. This status can be recalled by the issuing deity, however. The long-term ones are often transformed into whatever creatures serve their boss. They are those who get sent for really important errants or left to guard the deity's home when the boss is absent.
*** Quasipowers, in D&D3+ designated as Divine Rank 0 entities (normal beings have no rank at all). Such an entity isn't a god for most purposes (they don't grant spells, get to be present in several places at once by spawning avatars, etc), but they have many of the mechanical benefits of being considered divine (immortality, max HP, a good degree of [[Nigh Invulnerability]]). Usually they are either autonomous special assistants of the gods raised above "common" fiends/celestials/whatever by their respective high-ups (e.g. the Valkyries) or wannabe/fledgeling deities (e.g. those Lords of the layers in Abyss who aren't already full deities).
* The [[Physical God|Primarchs]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[Space Marine|Space]] [[Super Soldier|Marines]] of ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. The Primarchs are the 20 sons of [[Truly Single Parent|the]] [[God-Emperor]], and while they aren't as powerful as him, they're nigh-godly unto themselves. The [[Space Marines]] are warriors that are [[Bio Augmented]] with the geenseed of the Primarchs, and they're basically an [[Badass Army|army]] of individuals who can each [[One-Man Army|slaughter a thousand men by themselves]].▼
** [[Forgotten Realms]] has the Chosen of Mystra. They were intended as the only ones of their type, to both divide and safeguard her power by stashing some of it away. However, this led to creation of copycats by the authors who didn't ask [http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1901&whichpage=28#42151] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200903185625/http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1901&whichpage=76#67566].
*** Ubtao (the Great God on Chult, whose favoured beasts are ''dinosaurs'') makes Bara - mortal humans granted a single power on godlike level and immortality (or at least immunity to aging). They are supposed to protect his other followers, since the place is [[Hungry Jungle|rather dangerous at better times]], at worse times even all those dinosaurs stomping around are not the greatest threat, and Ubtao tend to take long naps.
▲* The [[Physical God|Primarchs]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[Space Marine|Space]] [[Super Soldier|Marines]] of ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. The Primarchs are the 20 "sons"
* Anyone with [[Eldritch Abomination|Outsider Taint]] in ''[[Cthulhu Tech]]''.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has {{spoiler|Antimony Carver}}, who's part [[Elemental Embodiment|fire-elemental]]. Also, Brinnie comes close from the other end — a [[Valkyries|Valkyrie]] who was a schoolgirl at the Court for a while, though still capable of opening portals in the air.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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