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Divine Assistance
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Sometimes the hero can't save the day alone. That's where gods come in. In Greek Mythology, gods would often give heroes gifts that would help them on their quest, or simply have fun by making the hero suffer. The main reasons a god will help the protagonist is either because the fate of the world depends on it of because the character has or can get something they want. The god may physically come with the hero on the quest or give them a few "helpful" items. Since it would be too easy to complete a quest with a god's help, whether they are being genuinely nice or playing prank, their help usually just makes things more complicated. Note that this is different from Deus ex Machina. This is a more specific trope. |
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Ultraman Geed: In the prologue, Ultraman King saved the Universe from destruction by merging with it to heal the injuries caused to it at large by Belial's Crisis Impact. In the finale, once Geed and co. save him from having his scattered power drained by Belial, he directly powers up Geed and summons 4 copies of his other forms to help defeat Belial Atrocious. | |
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963). The goddess Hera is allowed to help Jason five times during his adventures. Jason also uses an amulet he receives from Phineas to get help from the god Triton (Poseidon's son). | |
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Most of the second half of Enlightenments is about Dormin trying to help Wander with his trauma. | |
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Towards the end of The Colour of Magic, The Lady intervenes to help Rincewind and Twoflower escape Krull. She repeatedly helps out the protagonists of other books, but as soon as you figure it out say her name, she leaves. | |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oberon tells Puck to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena, but Puck ends up making Lysander fall in love with Helena instead. Then Puck completes his task so that Demetrius and Lysander are fighting over Helena, Hermia is completely confused, and Helena thinks that all three are mocking her. | |
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In NetHack, the #pray extended command lets you ask your god for help. The nature of the help — if indeed the god decides to help you at all — depends on the nature of the trouble and how pleased the god is with you. Worth noting, if your god is sufficiently pleased with you, prayer will have a positive effect (possibly including a gift) even if you're in no trouble at all. | |
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The Odyssey: Several gods show up to either help or screw over Odysseus while on his journey. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons The 1E Dungeon Master's Guide had game mechanics for divine intervention - a specific percentage chance that a character's deity would intervene in a crisis situation and aid them. At the end of module Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits, the PCs deities saved them from the destruction caused by Lolth's death. Module T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil. The deities Iuz the Old and St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel can appear under certain conditions. If they both appear, Iuz will restore all of his dead leaders to life and St. Cuthbert will do the same for fallen PCs. The 2E Al-Qadim'' campaign setting allowed Fate to help or even save player characters in great danger. 5th Edition's clerics can literally use Divine Intervention (which succeeds if they roll less than their level on a d100, meaning 19% at best), although the results of the intervention are up to the DM. At maximum level, the ability works automatically, though only once a week. |
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The Kane Chronicles has Egyptian gods, including Horus and Isis, inhabit the main character's bodies as hosts. Others, such as Bast and Bes, escort the heroes along their quest. | |
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The 2E Al-Qadim'' campaign setting allowed Fate to help or even save player characters in great danger. | |
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1E Stormbringer PCs received Elan for various actions. If a d100 roll was less than the PC's current Elan, their deity would save them. Adventure Stealer of Souls. If Tormiel can get a message to the priests of Lassa, they can petition Lassa for divine intervention to help him. It could take the form of a powerful air elemental or a breeze that puts everyone in the house to sleep. In Fifth Edition, Clerics gain a power called Divine Intervention at 10th level. If they're in great need, they can use an action to call upon their deity for aid. There's a percentage check based on the Cleric's level, if it succeeds, the deity provides aid in some way (up to the GM's discretion, but usually in the form of a spell). If the roll is successful, the cleric can't invoke the ability again for at least a week. |
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Ultraman Nexus: As it turns out, Ultraman Noa (the true form of the titular Ultra and a God of the Universe) had tried to help many living beings in the Universe against the threat of the Space Beasts, which unfortunately was cut short when he was depowered fighting them on his way to Earth. In the finale, once Zagi is defeated and Noa recovers his true form, Noa goes back to assisting humanity in fighting the threat of the Space Beasts as he did before. | |
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus feature the Olympian gods who sometimes give divine aid. One main character received a baseball cap that turns her invisible. Others have received other items or advice. However, the gods usually want something in return and their help can be incredibly unreliable even when it is in their best interest. Direct interference is often handwaved by Zeus or the Fates limiting it or the gods being prideful. | |
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In The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, a the Elders Scatatch journeys along with the Flamels and the Newmans, and they occasionally get help from Elders such as Areop-Enap and Prometheus. | |
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Drawn to Life has you play as "the Creator", creating and guiding the main character throughout the game. | |
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Kaamelott: Premier Volet: Arthur Pendragon gets struck by a lightning bolt right before the duel with The Usurper Lancelot starts, which re-empowers Excalibur (which had failed to ignite up to this point). | |
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God himself appears to the eponymous characters in Bruce Almighty and its sequel, Evan Almighty. | |
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Ultra Series: Happens in a few series. Ultraman Leo: Ultraman King, who is for all purposes an omnipotent God, occasionally descends into battle to help Leo when things have become too hard for him to solve or a problem at hand has escalated far beyond anyone else's capacity to solve. He even outright resurrects Leo when he dies to Black Directive's schemes. Ultraman Nexus: As it turns out, Ultraman Noa (the true form of the titular Ultra and a God of the Universe) had tried to help many living beings in the Universe against the threat of the Space Beasts, which unfortunately was cut short when he was depowered fighting them on his way to Earth. In the finale, once Zagi is defeated and Noa recovers his true form, Noa goes back to assisting humanity in fighting the threat of the Space Beasts as he did before. Ultraman Geed: In the prologue, Ultraman King saved the Universe from destruction by merging with it to heal the injuries caused to it at large by Belial's Crisis Impact. In the finale, once Geed and co. save him from having his scattered power drained by Belial, he directly powers up Geed and summons 4 copies of his other forms to help defeat Belial Atrocious. |
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Module T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil. The deities Iuz the Old and St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel can appear under certain conditions. If they both appear, Iuz will restore all of his dead leaders to life and St. Cuthbert will do the same for fallen PCs. | |
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Pokémon has Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf helping Ash, Pikachu, and Co. during the Diamond and Pearl arc, and Reshiram and Zekrom helping them during the Best Wishes arc. | |
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Age of Mythology: The factions can utilize god divine support powers based on the gods they choose. | |
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In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a flashback shows Zelda teaching Link the Song of Time shortly before he departed on his journey, where she tells him that the Goddess of Time will come to his aid should he play it. During the game proper, playing the Song of Time will send Link back to the moment he first entered Clock Town, three days before the moon crashes into Termina. | |
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Super Mario Galaxy has Rosalina help Mario on his quest to save both Peach and the cosmos from Bowser. Rosalina is humanoid, but has acquired magical powers. | |
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Ultraman Leo: Ultraman King, who is for all purposes an omnipotent God, occasionally descends into battle to help Leo when things have become too hard for him to solve or a problem at hand has escalated far beyond anyone else's capacity to solve. He even outright resurrects Leo when he dies to Black Directive's schemes. | |
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This is a central game mechanic in Hades, wherein the Olympian gods grant various boons to their newly discovered cousin Zagreus to help break him out of the Underworld. | |
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Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial: As Ultraman Zero, Jean-Bot, Glen-Fire and Mirror Knight are about to die at Arch Belial's hands when they try to keep his planet-destroying beam from obliterating Planet Emerald and Zero beigns to run out of energy, the hopes of the people allow the Shield of Baraji to empower Zero, with Ultraman Noa himself giving the Ultimate Aegis to Zero, allowing him to turn the tide of the battle and obliterate Belial. | |
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Xanadu. An Olympian Muse named Kira (actually Terpsichore) inspires two men to artistic greatness: one in the Back Story and one in the present. | |
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Clash of the Titans (1981). Zeus interferes repeatedly to help his son Perseus and punish those who oppose him. He also has other deities give him divine gifts, including a shield, a sword, a helm that grants the power of invisibility and a mechanical owl. The goddess Thetis likewise tries to help her son Calibos but it doesn't turn out very well. | |
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During The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: The Puzzle of the Pyramid, Egyptian gods Horus, Bastet, Sobek, and Isis grant the ClueFinders with special abilities to aid them in their upcoming fight against the god of chaos Set. | |
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