A player decides the goal for their 5e character is to become

>>52107327
Depends on scope of game and the specifics of your world. How do your gods work? Have mortals ever become gods before? Do other players have similarly ambitious goals?

>>52107327
Sexual favors for the GM.

>>52107327
My group's rogue wants to steal the mantle of "God of Thieves" from the deity herself, just so he can live longer with his elf waifu.

I have no idea how to even begin planning on that. Luckily they're only level 3.

It's a good goal if the player is setting themselves up for crushing dissapointment.

>>52107327
Kinda depends on the setting, don't it?

>>52107430
>>52107701
Doesn't 5e have a defined setting?

>>52107789
It's official setting is Forgotten Realms. If that's the case for OP, than there are multiple precedents of mortals becoming gods.
Look up Bane, for example.

>Hurr durr depends on the setting

Every D&D game that doesn't radically alter the rules in some way takes place in the D&D multiverse as a consequence of the implied setting aspects that result from the rule set. Stop being pedantic and answer the question.

>>52107327
Conquer a massive amount of land, have a powerful build and great fighting skill, be a great commander, or have a majestic beard. Kind of like Guan Yu. Violence is the easiest way to godhood because who going to deny it when they already dead.

>>52107327
Becoming a deity was the endgame of BECMI so it is far from unheard of.

>>52107789
Not everyone plays FR on 5e

>>52107327
REACH HEAVEN THROUGH VIOLENCE

Adventure. Adventure some more. Save the world a couple times, or maybe bring it closer to an end a few times if you'r edgy. Git gud. Git gudder. Do crazy shit and be completely ignorant or apathetic of consequences or chance of failure. Become so ridiculous that you wake up one day and realise that you can count the number of reasons you can't be a god on one hand. Then start counting those reasons down.

>>52107327
depends on the setting :^)

>>52107829
It would still depend on what the DM's campaign scope is, you cunt nugget. If the plot at least goes on the planes the gods go to, and the players either go God of War or do something of very high renown, then they could become deities.

The players would have to be pretty high level and with very good magical equipment though.

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>>52107816
Bane?

>>52107537
Aren't there other ways to live longer?

If he is god could they even be together?

And becoming god would actually have him outlive her.

might want to save that for the epilogue if you let them accomplish it

>>52107327
Doesn't matter, because regardless of what the real answer is, that 1st-level character doesn't know it. It's a fine motivation to have for a somewhat eccentric character, but the character will have no way of knowing if it's truly impossible or just vastly improbable. Neither should the player.

>>52108400
Many settings feature very well-known deities who were once mortals, and their legends often include their means of ascension. See: Hercules. Pathfinder's Golarion features the giant magic rock that can make people gods if they pass a trial.

>>52107327
It's fine if it's their character's goal. Doesn't mean they'll ever actually attain it but they may learn a great deal along the way.

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>>52107327
Just get past Level 36 and you become a god.

>>52107327
I don't see a problem with impossible goals. I have the goal of being happy one day, even if it is nigh impossible.

>>52107537
Tell him not to go down this road man. I played a human cleric who wanted to live longer so he could serve his deity some more. Found potion of longevity and I turned into a toddler. My party pretty much became my babysitters.