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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 7761889" data-attributes="member: 6726030">Oy! I didn't realize that chain shirts and breastplates were commonplace in the Hyborian Age. I've updated his statblock so he's got decent armor (along with a commensurate CR oomph to 10).Conan's Competency - The only thing he doesn't have some bonus for are Charisma checks and saving throws. For everything else he's got a bonus (getting doubled in his favorite terrain) and when he doesn't directly have a proficiency bonus on a physical check he's got an extra +2. He's also faster than almost all other rogues (because mobile) and can out sprint a horse. Also he can outjump everyone but a monk. And takes half damage from weapons. This guy is crazy competent. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Three Scales - If you've not read this column before that's cool--check out all the other entries! When you don't find somebody you want to see, comment and I'll add them to the list. Thrud the Barbarian is copyrighted and not in the public  domain so he doesn't qualify but as long as we're legally allowed to do it I'll add them to the queue. Each of the characters in Mythological Figures has three things going on behind it:1) Built RAW (or as close to rules as written as possible). 2) Expresses the character as well as the system can manage. 3) Is useful to GMs and fun to field against a party of adventurers.We could just point to the Gladiator NPC and add X, Y, and Z, but that's ultimately not going to feel like the party is facing off against a Mythological Figure, right? Even if it's just that you've got a page with plenty of text on it behind the GM screen, there's a noticeable impact when the character gets a full sheet. There's a certain lack of depth with the (awesome, quick) scratched-off-serial-numbers design tack, and when built like a PC that character will feel like they have more weight (probably with some traits or features that may not be 100% necessary but--see #1).</blockquote>

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