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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 7766747" data-attributes="member: 6726030"><p>Whoaaaaaaaaaa the thread is blowing up! </p><p></p><p>To address the many people requesting higher ability scores for Odysseus here I'm going to (repeat Dave2008 and) quote myself from another article in the series (in response to "What is the point of this?").</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>and I'll add that you can *easily* drop some feats here to walk away with your preferred Odysseus (Medium Armor Master is low-hanging fruit for this very purpose). He's pretty damn good at everything though which is, I reckon, very Odysseus.</p><p></p><p> [MENTION=83242]dave2008[/MENTION] you are correct on the longbow thing but I can't fix the post for some reason. :/</p><p></p><p>To the folks talking about Odysseus' strength and stringing the bow--I have never interpreted or had this presented to me as a feat of strength. It has always been (in my readings and in classics courses and so on) explained as an act of cunning and skill. In that context "stringing his bow like a lyre" is indicative of special know-how and dexterous fingers more than brute force. Maybe I got bunk tellings? Welcome to mythology! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>(I did a quick skim of the <a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.mb.txt" target="_blank">full text of the Odyssey</a> to see if I was insane or something, but of the 70 odd mentions of strong/strength in the tale less than a dozen refer to Odysseus' physical strength so I'm thinking I'm not totally off my rocker giving him a 12)</p><p></p><p> [MENTION=23484]Kobold Stew[/MENTION] awww this ain't your first rodeo and you *know* I'd have gotten crucified hitting him with samurai, although your reasoning isn't bad. Glad you really dug this build. <3</p><p></p><p>Thanks to everyone for commenting and sharing your thoughts. As ever it is an interesting set of reactions utterly appropriate for <em>Mythological Figures</em>. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5323-Mythological-Figures-Thor-Odinson-(5E)" target="_blank">Behold the contentious Thor build.</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Myler, post: 7766747, member: 6726030"] Whoaaaaaaaaaa the thread is blowing up! To address the many people requesting higher ability scores for Odysseus here I'm going to (repeat Dave2008 and) quote myself from another article in the series (in response to "What is the point of this?"). and I'll add that you can *easily* drop some feats here to walk away with your preferred Odysseus (Medium Armor Master is low-hanging fruit for this very purpose). He's pretty damn good at everything though which is, I reckon, very Odysseus. [MENTION=83242]dave2008[/MENTION] you are correct on the longbow thing but I can't fix the post for some reason. :/ To the folks talking about Odysseus' strength and stringing the bow--I have never interpreted or had this presented to me as a feat of strength. It has always been (in my readings and in classics courses and so on) explained as an act of cunning and skill. In that context "stringing his bow like a lyre" is indicative of special know-how and dexterous fingers more than brute force. Maybe I got bunk tellings? Welcome to mythology! :D (I did a quick skim of the [URL="http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.mb.txt"]full text of the Odyssey[/URL] to see if I was insane or something, but of the 70 odd mentions of strong/strength in the tale less than a dozen refer to Odysseus' physical strength so I'm thinking I'm not totally off my rocker giving him a 12) [MENTION=23484]Kobold Stew[/MENTION] awww this ain't your first rodeo and you *know* I'd have gotten crucified hitting him with samurai, although your reasoning isn't bad. Glad you really dug this build. <3 Thanks to everyone for commenting and sharing your thoughts. As ever it is an interesting set of reactions utterly appropriate for [I]Mythological Figures[/I]. ;) [SIZE=1][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5323-Mythological-Figures-Thor-Odinson-(5E)"]Behold the contentious Thor build.[/URL][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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