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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 144442" data-attributes="member: 96">To be fair, Mjolnir is at its core just a magic warhammer with a metric boatload of abilities layered on - and I mean the mythological Mjolnir, not the writeup in D&Dg.Heck, where do you think they got most of the weapon abilities and magic items in the DMG?  Gauntlets of ogre power, girdle of giant strength, hammer of thunderbolts...you think the way they interact is an accident?  It's all from epic myths, folks.  Gygax knew what he was doing - he stole from the best.I have a feeling that myth and legend are where they are getting their ideas for what is possible with super-high levels of skill as well.  Want to duplicate Cuchulain's spear feat?  You need a grossly high bonus on your Jump and Balance checks so you can leap from spear to spear as they fly through the air - and of course 4 attacks. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Any set of rules cannot hope to give you the epic of Gilgamesh or the Kalevala.  At best it can give you the tools to make your own - and as far as I've seen, the ELH does that.  The players need to apply the imagination and turn that DC80 swim check into Beowulf in full mail, holding a sword as he swims through a storm.  The players need to apply the inspiration to turn a +5 magic spear with a laundry list of abilities into Gungnir or Gae Bolga.  No book can do that for you.J</blockquote>

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