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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7761931" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>Agreed, they're probably more like ogres. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Um... not sure about that. For instance in "Queen of the Black Coast" he rolls through a horde of pirates by himself when he first meets Belit. Furthermore, Conan is largely a solo act, occasionally a duo, in a world that largely lacks control magic. For example, early in his career in "Tower of the Elephant" he and Taurus fight the lions that Yara has as guardians. There are quite a number... I forget how many. In 5E, lions are CR1 but they would be very difficult for a small group due to their speed, relatively high offense, and pack tactics. According to Kobold Fight Club this would be a "Deadly" encounter for a band of two 5th level adventurers but "Medium" for a band of two 8th level adventurers. "Medium" feels more right given the description... of course, this math is quite loose and would depend greatly on the builds. The fight with the spider is much worse, although partly that's because Taurus gets killed and Conan is alone. </p><p></p><p>IMO one of the best ways to avoid too much "Conan inflation" is to consider him to be an unreliable narrator to start with and then realize that his tales are actually related in the Nemedian Chronicles and thus are likely to have gotten much bigger in the retelling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7761931, member: 6873517"] Agreed, they're probably more like ogres. Um... not sure about that. For instance in "Queen of the Black Coast" he rolls through a horde of pirates by himself when he first meets Belit. Furthermore, Conan is largely a solo act, occasionally a duo, in a world that largely lacks control magic. For example, early in his career in "Tower of the Elephant" he and Taurus fight the lions that Yara has as guardians. There are quite a number... I forget how many. In 5E, lions are CR1 but they would be very difficult for a small group due to their speed, relatively high offense, and pack tactics. According to Kobold Fight Club this would be a "Deadly" encounter for a band of two 5th level adventurers but "Medium" for a band of two 8th level adventurers. "Medium" feels more right given the description... of course, this math is quite loose and would depend greatly on the builds. The fight with the spider is much worse, although partly that's because Taurus gets killed and Conan is alone. IMO one of the best ways to avoid too much "Conan inflation" is to consider him to be an unreliable narrator to start with and then realize that his tales are actually related in the Nemedian Chronicles and thus are likely to have gotten much bigger in the retelling. [/QUOTE]
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