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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7762256" data-attributes="member: 6873517">Good point, although in 5E he might well have used his downtime to pick up things like languages. Heh. No, that "manly competence" is a high Cha. One reason I like him having a few rogue levels is because Expertise really gives him the ability to be bloody awesome at Athletics, which I really think is a defining feature, without being too sneak attacky. He's mostly operating on his own so it doesn't help him too much. Scout Rogue also gives some nicely enhanced mobility, which does feel pretty Conan. Unfortunately in 5E, being awesome at skills goes along with either being a bard (and casting spells, not Conan) or a rogue. If he convinced the DM to let him trade off Thieves Tools for something else that would fit even better, as he's not a lockpicker. I largely agree, though Barbarian was clearly originally built to simulate Conan <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Yeah, I don't think you need to make him insanely leveled but then again pretty high level characters can be really challenged by more mundane things if you (a) take away most magic, including gear, and (b) make them be alone or in a very small group. Still, if most of whom he encounters is pretty low level (or CR) he could be about 12th level and really do the job. The main thing is the fact that his stats are cranked in a way that most 5E characters are not. He also needs to have enough hit points to be able to survive hordes of guys attacking him. I think when he's in King of Aquilonia mode he does actually show up with heavy armor but in general Conan prefers to travel light. Not sure what E6 is. Elaborate? The more I think of it, the more I like the idea of Barbarian 2/Rogue (Scout) 4/Fighter 6, if you want him 12th level, or thereabouts anyway.</blockquote>

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