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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8672439" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>I wouldn't say that Conan -was- a Superhero... he is, now, obviously.</p><p></p><p>But in the actual works he's often terrified and incredibly lucky. Take the Scarlet Citadel, for example.</p><p></p><p>Trapped in a magical dungeon full of demons and weirdness, A guy who secretly hates Conan for getting his brother killed during Conan's pirating days (Under the name Amra) brings the keys and toys with Conan, offering him the keys for a price. There's no price. He's just being cruel before killing the chained up Conan who can't escape. As he's preparing to kill Conan a giant snake appears from deeper in the dungeon, wraps the guy up, and snaps his bones. Conan snags the dropped keys and unshackles himself as the constrictor consumes his would be killer.</p><p></p><p>Shruekli, the Sorcerer's servant, tries to bar Conan in but gets stabbed through the bars when Conan grabs the dead guy's sword, so he lucks out there, grabs a torch, and tries to find his way out. He hears weeping and figures there must be a buxom babe in the dungeon so he follows it and finds a tentacle monster gooball.</p><p></p><p>In classic Conan fashion, armed with a sword and torch, Conan flees in terror, trips, drops his torch, gets up, runs blindly into the darkness in a wild panic, then realizes he's utterly lost.</p><p></p><p>This is -not- a Superhero, folks.</p><p></p><p>He wanders through the darkness and feels an invisible presence coming up from a pit in the darkness, so he runs away. Then in the darkness he feels the invisible presence engulfing him. So he runs away. </p><p></p><p>Then he manages to find the torch he dropped, still burning embers, relights it, and finds the Sorcerer Pelias making out with a demon-plant that is slowly siphoning his life away. He cuts the plant's stem and frees the sorcerer who helps lead him to safety by summoning a Bat Demon.</p><p></p><p>Conan kills precisely four (4) people in the entire story. The servant who tried to slam the door on him, a false-king who tries to take Aquilonia from him, the Kothian king who tried to put the usurper on the throne, and a sorcerer who is frail and weak aside from his magic.</p><p></p><p>Each fight is essentially one-hit kills, just like the Serpent killing the guy who wanted to kill Conan. He stabs the servant, he pushes the usurper off a wall, he stabs the king, and he beheads the sorcerer.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, in the end, he kills three dudes back to back with little effort, but none of them are warriors. It's like a 5th level barbarian killing some CR 1/2 bandits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8672439, member: 6796468"] I wouldn't say that Conan -was- a Superhero... he is, now, obviously. But in the actual works he's often terrified and incredibly lucky. Take the Scarlet Citadel, for example. Trapped in a magical dungeon full of demons and weirdness, A guy who secretly hates Conan for getting his brother killed during Conan's pirating days (Under the name Amra) brings the keys and toys with Conan, offering him the keys for a price. There's no price. He's just being cruel before killing the chained up Conan who can't escape. As he's preparing to kill Conan a giant snake appears from deeper in the dungeon, wraps the guy up, and snaps his bones. Conan snags the dropped keys and unshackles himself as the constrictor consumes his would be killer. Shruekli, the Sorcerer's servant, tries to bar Conan in but gets stabbed through the bars when Conan grabs the dead guy's sword, so he lucks out there, grabs a torch, and tries to find his way out. He hears weeping and figures there must be a buxom babe in the dungeon so he follows it and finds a tentacle monster gooball. In classic Conan fashion, armed with a sword and torch, Conan flees in terror, trips, drops his torch, gets up, runs blindly into the darkness in a wild panic, then realizes he's utterly lost. This is -not- a Superhero, folks. He wanders through the darkness and feels an invisible presence coming up from a pit in the darkness, so he runs away. Then in the darkness he feels the invisible presence engulfing him. So he runs away. Then he manages to find the torch he dropped, still burning embers, relights it, and finds the Sorcerer Pelias making out with a demon-plant that is slowly siphoning his life away. He cuts the plant's stem and frees the sorcerer who helps lead him to safety by summoning a Bat Demon. Conan kills precisely four (4) people in the entire story. The servant who tried to slam the door on him, a false-king who tries to take Aquilonia from him, the Kothian king who tried to put the usurper on the throne, and a sorcerer who is frail and weak aside from his magic. Each fight is essentially one-hit kills, just like the Serpent killing the guy who wanted to kill Conan. He stabs the servant, he pushes the usurper off a wall, he stabs the king, and he beheads the sorcerer. Yeah, in the end, he kills three dudes back to back with little effort, but none of them are warriors. It's like a 5th level barbarian killing some CR 1/2 bandits. [/QUOTE]
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