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** [[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).

*** 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" (or rather [[Truly Single Parent|gene-tweaked clone babies]]) of [[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 geneseed implants created in turn from genetic material 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]].

 

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