How to protect casters?

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

Sure you are, you just happen to have been given the Dog Wistle of Carbeleth, that summons the Divine Hounds of Carbeleth

Well, then you're just a dude with a magic item, just like having an Onyx Steed or Jade Tiger or whatever from D&D.

[Kaldrin]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

I specified minor.

I could build minor demigods on very few points.

Well, that just means you've got a very limited view of what a god is...

"Sam, the guy who runs the grocer's on the corner? Yeah, he's a god... at Space Invaders!"

"Hi, I'm Jim. I'm the god of stale bread... I'm hoping to acquire enough followers to move up to moldy cheese."

Yep, both of those are probably under 50 pts.

[Lonewulf]

Actually, his view of a demigod seems to be about normal.

What was Hercules, if not just a hulking strong-man with Berserk and Bad Temper [6-]?

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by Kaldrin

"Sam, the guy who runs the grocer's on the corner? Yeah, he's a god... at Space Invaders!"

That guy at the corner store is the son of god...

[Kromm]

Lots of folks do distinguish between "natural spirit" (like an elemental or a totem), "divine servitor" (like a demon or an angel), and "demigod" (like Heracles). The first class is often summoned, often an ally, and sometimes empowers magic. The second class is often summoned, only occasionally an ally, but regularly empowers magic. The third class is only rarely something PCs derive personal power from. YMMV, but that's a fairly standard fantasy outlook.

In GURPS terms, I could build the first as 100- to 200-point racial templates using nothing but abilities I'd allow to PC casters and nonhumans. I would build the second as individuals, not races, worth 250+ points, often with abilities that I only permit to NPCs. And the third are the sort of thing I handwave and build on points only reluctantly, taking an "it costs what it costs" stance that often leads to 7,000-point NPCs.

[blacksmith]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Well, then you're just a dude with a magic item, just like having an Onyx Steed or Jade Tiger or whatever from D&D.

I was thinking of having the usable only by you modifier on the gadget modifiers on buying them as allies.

You don't think the Dog Wistle of Carbeleth works for the unworthy do you?

[blacksmith]

Originally Posted by Kromm

Lots of folks do distinguish between "natural spirit" (like an elemental or a totem), "divine servitor" (like a demon or an angel), and "demigod" (like Heracles). The first class is often summoned, often an ally, and sometimes empowers magic. The second class is often summoned, only occasionally an ally, but regularly empowers magic. The third class is only rarely something PCs derive personal power from. YMMV, but that's a fairly standard fantasy outlook.

How much of the outlook is from DND and how much is from fiction though?

[blacksmith]

Originally Posted by Kaldrin

Well, that just means you've got a very limited view of what a god is...

"Sam, the guy who runs the grocer's on the corner? Yeah, he's a god... at Space Invaders!"

"Hi, I'm Jim. I'm the god of stale bread... I'm hoping to acquire enough followers to move up to moldy cheese."

Yep, both of those are probably under 50 pts.

As I was thinking of beings that where intended for combat, they likely have a great many social disadvantages that don't come into play much.

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

I was thinking of having the usable only by you modifier on the gadget modifiers on buying them as allies.

You don't think the Dog Whistle of Carbeleth works for the unworthy do you?

That's simply a Pact limitation on a gadget.

[CraigR]

Originally Posted by Ze'Manel Cunha

That's simply a Pact limitation on a gadget.

Sez who? "Worthiness" could be defined for that item as "rightful owner of the whistle".

Gadget limitations on Summonable Allies seems fair.