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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 7904483" data-attributes="member: 926">Very cool!&nbsp; I have always preferred calling him by the original Heracles rather than the Roman &quot;Hercules,&quot; because &quot;Herc&quot; obscures the fact that he was actually named after Hera in an attempt to appease her. Didn't work.(It really makes me wonder how Heracles mutated into Hercules in the first place.&nbsp; Shouldn't the Romans have actually called him &quot;Junocles&quot; or something?)I think the Zealot Barbarian fits well as a divinely inspired/descended warrior susceptible to rages (I've wanted to play a Zealot PC as soon as I read it; it adds a nice bit of contemplative religiosity to the Barbarian class.)&nbsp; Since you're aiming to portray the big guy as an unarmed mauler the Tavern Brawler Feat is a perfect fit to present him as skilled at Greco-Roman Wrestling and raw fisticuffs, but I personally would have also given him the Unarmed Fighting style from the recent Unearthed Arcana article, perhaps to represent some skill with Pankration.&nbsp; That would make his big meaty fists do 1D6 damage, or 1D8 for a two-handed blow (I picture one of those classic double-fisted swings that always showed up in Star Trek.&nbsp; Starfleet must have been big into two-handed punch training.)Great stuff as usual.&nbsp; Thank you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 7904483, member: 926"] Very cool! I have always preferred calling him by the original Heracles rather than the Roman "Hercules," because "Herc" obscures the fact that he was actually [I]named after Hera[/I] in an attempt to appease her. Didn't work. (It really makes me wonder how Heracles mutated into Hercules in the first place. Shouldn't the Romans have actually called him "Junocles" or something?) I think the Zealot Barbarian fits well as a divinely inspired/descended warrior susceptible to rages (I've wanted to play a Zealot PC as soon as I read it; it adds a nice bit of contemplative religiosity to the Barbarian class.) Since you're aiming to portray the big guy as an unarmed mauler the Tavern Brawler Feat is a perfect fit to present him as skilled at Greco-Roman Wrestling and raw fisticuffs, but I personally would have also given him the Unarmed Fighting style from the recent [I]Unearthed Arcana[/I] article, perhaps to represent some skill with Pankration. That would make his big meaty fists do 1D6 damage, or 1D8 for a two-handed blow (I picture one of those classic double-fisted swings that always showed up in [I]Star Trek[/I]. Starfleet must have been big into two-handed punch training.) Great stuff as usual. Thank you. [/QUOTE]

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