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Achilles literally slays Penthesilea in single combat in epics including the Aethiopis and Posthomerica.

I didn't say 4 or 5 stronger in the entire Greek army. I mean 4 or 5 stronger in every group of 100 ordinary people, to say nothing of trained soldiers. That would make hundreds if not thousands of Greek soldiers stronger than Achilles just in the Greek Army alone. His Dex and Con are even...

Just for perspective, having only 16 strength means you are barely cracking the top 5% of ordinary human strength. That would mean that Achilles was not only not the strongest hero at the Siege of Troy, nor even the strongest hero in the Greek army, but that he probably wasn't even the strongest...

Str: 16 Really? He was the greatest hero of the greatest epic of the ancient world. 16 is the highest you would go?

For me too. Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best.

Thorgrim is beside himself with grief! He raised that snake from the time it was born.

You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.

Excellent choices! I remember playing Sabre River when it first came out, and loving it. Master of the Desert Nomads is one of my all-time favorites. So much so, in fact, that I did a quick conversion of it into 5e a couple of years ago and ran a group through it. I wasn't as much a fan of the...

I feel this way as well. I've played all the Witcher games and enjoyed them. I like the character of Geralt, and plan to build a Witcher class for my Rolemaster games, just so we can have some fun with the idea, which is cool. But Sapkowski himself comes across as quite difficult and...

I think those criticisms are fair for the most part, though I would note that many MERP books (especially the later ones) gave guidance for adventures not just in TA 1640, but also later in the Third Age near the War of the Ring. For my money, the MERP books have never been equalled in sheer...

A 'Herald' was someone who was subordinate to a higher commander -- a herald was often literally a standard-bearer (i.e. carrying someone else's standard) and that doesn't always fit. Lord of the Rings Online negotiated this by having the 'Captain' class get a pet standard-bearer. Later in the...

Isn't it time for the developers to start making games based on Second Edition?

I stand corrected -- Air is the only one that doesn't have them. Must really be light sources then. Thank yoooouuu! This had been bugging me for a while.

I wondered that too, but none of the other temples have them iirc.

If so, why are you in this thread?

I did not know that -- cool! Well, that makes the inspiration pretty clear then.

Yes, more like the local priest (or better yet, bishop) than a Templar or Hospitaller. What's the difference? Well, the local priest/bishop has 'care of souls' -- he does all the priestly things like baptize, marry, and bury people. A crusader is just a monk or even layperson who does other...

Thanks very much for the clarification. I suspected something like that.

Interesting. Is that confirmed as RAI? Sounds like a loophole.

Fair point. I am about to play my first 5e healer, so I will keep this in mind. Doing Healing Word though prevents you from casting a spell with your main action though, right? So if you are healing, you're not casting any other spells (other than cantrips iirc). The 4e Healer could throw out...