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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7761790" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>Hard to say. Gimli is described as having been too young for the Lonely Mountain expedition, but he's no pushover. Legolas clearly saw a lot of action over the years, too, Mirkwood not exactly being safe. However, Boromir had a whole lot of recent action. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Really than anyone except Gandalf. He describes going so far south the stars become strange! </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>100%. If we go with the lower end for Gimli, Legolas, and Boromir of, say, around 11th level, and higher for Aragorn of, say, 16h level, when the Fellowship leaves Rivendell that probably comes out in the right ballpark. Eomer and Eowyn are also clearly pretty tough as well and, more broadly, the Riders of Rohan are serious badasses. They totally roll a large band of orcs with minimal losses in <em>The Two Towers</em>, for instance. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tricky to say, but something like that, certainly low. I think Frodo is probably a bit higher than the others at the start, but most of his experience is as a Scholar (in <em>AIME </em>terms, with no direct parallel in 5E proper). Almost all advancement he does is in the realm of improving his willpower. Even then it's not enough. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It fits the general theme of "how does one stat out figures from myth or literature?" which I think is on topic. In many respects, I feel that there's always bound to be some gap between what makes for a good set of game stats and literary sources. Authors are much freer to dial protagonists' abilities up or down as suits their dramatic need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7761790, member: 6873517"] Hard to say. Gimli is described as having been too young for the Lonely Mountain expedition, but he's no pushover. Legolas clearly saw a lot of action over the years, too, Mirkwood not exactly being safe. However, Boromir had a whole lot of recent action. Really than anyone except Gandalf. He describes going so far south the stars become strange! 100%. If we go with the lower end for Gimli, Legolas, and Boromir of, say, around 11th level, and higher for Aragorn of, say, 16h level, when the Fellowship leaves Rivendell that probably comes out in the right ballpark. Eomer and Eowyn are also clearly pretty tough as well and, more broadly, the Riders of Rohan are serious badasses. They totally roll a large band of orcs with minimal losses in [I]The Two Towers[/I], for instance. Tricky to say, but something like that, certainly low. I think Frodo is probably a bit higher than the others at the start, but most of his experience is as a Scholar (in [I]AIME [/I]terms, with no direct parallel in 5E proper). Almost all advancement he does is in the realm of improving his willpower. Even then it's not enough. It fits the general theme of "how does one stat out figures from myth or literature?" which I think is on topic. In many respects, I feel that there's always bound to be some gap between what makes for a good set of game stats and literary sources. Authors are much freer to dial protagonists' abilities up or down as suits their dramatic need. [/QUOTE]
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