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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 89734" data-attributes="member: 1645">Well, if we take the Monster Manual as gospel, Atlas, as a Titan, assuming he was a typical Titan, had Str 37.  So, if we bumped up Herc's Strength to 37, he should be able to hold up the sky.  Heck, maybe the sky wasn't all that heavy for Atlas, and a 30 Strength'll do.Any divine abilities that he didn't have in the myths should be out of line though.  There's no reason to think the Greek gods should have DR, acid immunity, etc.  And they most definitely should not have superhuman stats across the board.  Hercules is not wise and clever, and he's not even particularly amiable and charismatic.  Like many of the Greek gods, he can be quite capricious, he's easily tricked or goaded into folly, etc.  Further, I don't think he'd even qualify as particularly agile.  Athletic?  Certainly.  Superhumanly quick and nimble?  No, not at all.</blockquote>