D&D 5E Meet Achilles, Greatest Warrior of the Trojan War!

Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters, coming soon to Kickstarter, compiles Mike Myler's fantastic column here on EN World, with brand new art in a gorgeous full-colour book. Here's a quick look at a preliminary version of Achilles' entry.

Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters

Achilles. Lancelot. Robin Hood. Thor. Heroes, all.

The world is full of myths and legends which inspired those in our modern fiction and games. Iconic warriors and wizards, vampires and things from the deep, these legends are universally known.

Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters delves into these paragons of literature, fable, and folklore. From Ancient Greece to the Outer Realms, deepest Transylvania to the High Seas, you’ll meet champions and thieves, pirates and knights, demigods and fey queens, ancient evils and urban legends. Archetypal heroes meet exemplars of villainy like Blackbeard, Rasputin, Dracula, and Baba Yaga.

From Mike Myler’s popular column, this epic compilation of over 100 legendary heroes, villains, and monsters brings these characters to life for the 5th Edition of the world’s oldest roleplaying game.

 

[Garthanos]

so do you have an extended goals to get even more awesome art

 

[Morrus]

so do you have an extended goals to get even more awesome art

We’ve already got a lot of awesome art!

 

[Garthanos]

I have loved this series and feel even when I interpreted characters differently yours were quite evocative and more than a little intriguing this might be the first 5e product I buy for me.

 

[Garthanos]

I actually like how achilles felt in this. He made a minion out of the enemies lead combatant who was bigger and probably stronger but nowhere near as able. I might have gone with a Dex build

 

[Morrus]

I think there is something to be said for dropping the Wis and boosting Str and Dex a little. I’ve looked over all the mythological figures entries, and Achilles stands out as the one for which ability scores proved particularly divisive; there were minor niggles on others (Robin Hood’s Charisma and Odyssesus’ Wisdom, mainly), but this character was the one which sparked the liveliest conversation. I think we’ll try that and see how it looks. We won’t be making him a weightlifter though! Heracles, Thor, and Beowulf are the brawn builds.

 

[R_J_K75]

He has the stats of a moderately in-shape security guard at the local shopping mall.

Behold the Mighty Achilles!! I heard he's even got two kills.

 

[dave2008]

Str: 16

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

Actually Herakles was the greatest hero

 

[R_J_K75]

Actually Herakles was the greatest hero

Thought that was William Kat.

 

[dave2008]

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

I might put him higher to, but this is a PC build and uses standard point buy and ASI / feat progression (he has 4 feats per the stat block). So you have to make compromises somewhere.

 

[Hurin70]

Behold the Mighty Achilles!! I heard he's even got two kills.

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Yes, and what a Fashionable Male too!

Note though that he actually won the Strongest Man in Denmark competition in 1983, meaning he must have had at least a 20 Strength.

This Achilles, on the other hand, would look more like Paul Blart.