Defining its own Mythology

[Raven Crowking]

So, Demons in Conan's world are incredibly strong (even Conan could not break its grip), have death gaze attacks and damage reduction. Sounds pretty close to D&D demons. Doesn't a Nabassu (sp) have pretty much exactly these abilities?

So, the demon has a high Strength, DR, fear aura, and a SoD effect. Does this actually sound "pretty close to D&D demons"? No. It sounds inclusive of some things D&D demons have, while excluding many, many others. For starters, no Summon or Telepathy. Demons in Conan don't have Fire Resistance, either (in one story, Conan uses Iron and Fire to destroy a demon). And, while it has DR, it has so few hit points that, by using a sword that bypasses DR, Conan dispatches it with how many blows? One? Two?

Does that sound like a D&D demon?

Not to me. D&D demons are not the glass cannons that Conan's demon is. Even if you give Conan a +10 damage bonus, this demon cannot have more than 30 hit points tops. The closest D&D creature to what Conan faces here is, perhaps, a Bodak with an improved grapple modifier.


RC

 

[Simon Marks]

All we have proved is that D&D doesn't emulate fiction well.

Again.

 

[Raven Crowking]

All we have proved is that D&D doesn't emulate fiction well.

Again.

No. All we have proved is that, if you wish to emulate specific fiction, you will have to make modifications to do so.

BTW, I lost track of the other thread where this was being discussed (can't access subscribed threads ), wherein it was claimed that Smaug knocked down a house with one sweep of his tail. I reread the battle at Lake Town over the weekend, and this was incorrect. Smaug knocks in the roof of the Great House....a feat requiring far less in terms of size and strength than was implied.