

Sometimes they do have hair but it is of an strange tone or texture and blends in with other growths. Hair: Hair is often not hair but horn, fire, plant growths, feathers, or other oddities.Like many aspects of godlike physiology, their seemingly supernatural attributes defy commonly understood physical truths. Substances like fire or water have a realistic appearance, but do not burn or transfer moisture.
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In many cases, godlike skin is completely unnatural, looking like it is made of water, fire, gold, or some other seemingly impossible material. Skin: Skin tones sometimes come from the mother and father, but often are completely unnatural or blend into some sort of unnatural growth (e.g., moss, feathers, etc.).Features: Facial structure tends to be as the mother’s and father’s (e.g., a mountain dwarf godlike will tend to have a wide jaw and more square face shape, even if the skin coloration is completely different).He also created an amulet that can enhance godlike with new abilities by creating a harmonious chime.įrom the Pillars of Eternity Guidebook: Volume One: While they are still not entirely normal, they retain an appearance much closer to the standards of the race of their parents. If this chime is severed while the godlike is prepubescent or in early puberty, many of their distinct features will fail to manifest, and the ones they have already developed will be reduced (although not entirely removed). He has developed technology able to detect such chimes in utero. The Vailian animancer Giacolo has made it his life's work to study the godlike, and discovered that each has a unique "chime" within their souls. Legal constructs that explicitly name (favorably or unfavorably) sexes or genders can cause problems for them. In the Vailian Republics, godlike are legally considered to be without sex or gender regardless of how they appear or self-identify. Godlikes cannot reproduce, making marriage difficult for godlike in many areas as most societies consider marriage to exist mainly for the purpose of producing heirs. Many times, the reaction is overwhelmingly not. Sometimes, the reaction they get is overwhelmingly positive, such as in the Deadfire Archipelago among the indigenous Huana tribes. Godlike are viewed differently by the various factions, faiths, and cultures of the world. Though their appearance may vary, there's something unmistakably otherworldly about them. Godlike manifest their divine heritage in a variety of ways: wings, horns, strange birthmarks, talons, odd eyes - but they always manifest it somehow. They are children of humanoids (most often humans) who have been "blessed" before birth (or cursed, depending on personal or social view) with the physical manifestation of a divine spark granted by the gods. 4.2 In Pillars of Eternity II: DeadfireĪs far as anyone can tell, godlike can be born to any race in any part of Eora.
