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Perhaps because people see the Rage ability as some mindless Hulkish-ish manifestation as opposed to just digging in deep,. uttering Crom's name, and going all-out. Good point. As for single vs. multiclass, I guess I wouldn't bother playing in a campaign where I can't be more than one class...

An option that is so commonly used it's a de facto standard component of the game. But why split hairs. In any event, we can build the same character through different methods, with varying costs and levels of success. If not for the Rage feature Conan would be the perfect 'barbarian', then...

"I just can't see Berserker fitting Conan. When did that guy ever get exhausted much less regularly after a battle?" If I had my way there would be the Barbarian as a 'lifestyle' class and contrast that with a trueberserker, which is what barbarians are more or less stuck as within the game...

If one wants to bump him up, one could make him a Barbarian 2/Rogue 2/Fighter 8 (Champion). Perhaps give him Keen Mind or Linguist feats. That would make him closer to his 'prime'. I try to avoid adding too many levels and additional classes, it's too easy to stat-out to level 20 by looking at...

True, but I hate the rule in general on how bonus feats and attribute points are handed out. In any event i wanted to first stat him at a lower level range and go from there.

My own -half-arsed contribution: Conan Human Male, N(G) Barbarian 2/Fighter 6 (Champion) ST 18, DEX 14, CON 14, INT 12, WIS 14, CH 15 Feats: Grappler, Resilient (WIS), Skilled (**), Tavern Brawler Background: Outlander(*) Skills: Acrobatics**, Athletics*, Intimidation, Perception, Sleight of...

Not really irrational if you enjoy going to a nerds' paradise and seeing people, etc. I can be the same way. Easy enough to buy online but it's good to take a drive and get out.

Al Qadim (AD&D/FR) allowed for pantheist clerics, clerics who worship one god exclusively, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qadim Really, this whole cleric/deity thing is not as difficult as some make it to be.

That's what I was thinking. Look at today's real world religions. Most are based upon one god/deity, but within that belief system there are multiple sects. I could see where one group versions an aspect of Deity X in a specific way (and gaining different power or domain) while another takes a...

As an aside, it's been written elsewhere that the Eldreth Veluuthra (FR, elven supremists) were taught the means to harness nature in order to power their spells without resorting to worshiping a deity (since, essentially, the elven pantheon has by-and-large rejected their activities and have...

The world of Conan is one where there are multiple gods and manifestations, whether supported among the masses (via clerics) or not. But what passes for clerics worship one god exclusively. So....

Killing Lolth was decades ago, in 1E AD&D. While stats for avatars have been provided in some editions (such as 3rd Edition FR), avatar/god-statting has been set aside in later editions. If anything, deities have been moved further out of the limelight. So something like that today would be as...

That is so true. Most those portions in the novels seemed so...juvenile. For lack of a better word. No doubt other people felt differently but to me it's that one friend you know who has great stories until they start talking about their escapades. And then it's like, "That's nice. I have to...

In other words, most of the egregious examples are long dead-and-gone, between the effects of the Spellplague and a century's shift in the timeline. So if you want to put in your own exceptional NPC's--a high-level lord-in-waiting or a rogue wizard--they won't be jostling with anyone else's in...

Elminster is an NPC in the FR campaign world setting line who has been used to introduce people to X, Y, Z, Current Clack, on a few occasions lead players into an an adventure, and what not. Elminster is also a character in the FR novel series, and yes, he is effectively the PC in those...

This is why I take the novel characters of FR and see the books, etc., as the perception of those around them. I would not expect to see hide or hair, nor an utterance, in a regular game campaign. There are other characters who would have more impact and usefulness by the very fact they aren't...

The novels depict him as doing so, although since 4E/5E the Old Farte is generally hiding from enemies and keeping lower-than-low in the process of doing so. But Elminster is portrayed as working schemes within schemes, wheels within wheels, for the betterment of whatever high-minded goal it may...

The Forgotten Realms, novels, included have been around long enough that not only are Ed's favorite characters there but the ones dreamt of by other authors. So I get that. But I tend to take them as stories, mostly. And while some names may show up in gossip, really, what I imagine...is that in...

The game just simulates this aspect of gaining experience because it moves the game forward. Of course no one's going to set aside time in their lives to a game session where their character is serving in a military, working their way slowly up the ranks, or a cleric kneeling for hours in...

A) Agreed. Mordenkainen is the dude. A lot of character, and depending on your campaign level play, within a reasonable level range. In fact I pretty much like the whole Circle of Eight thing. B) They kind of tossed the uber-power thing in FR after 3.*. They toned them down a bit--or what's...