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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 7752538" data-attributes="member: 6726030"><p>It's RAW and intended to be altered by GMs as needed. I am also not crazy about the 5E <em>vorpal</em> blade but it is what it is, and I reckon he definitely wouldn't have killed Medusa without it. You are right about the fighting style and magic sword, but they aren't explicitly stated in statblocks (I assume to keep them short; it's expected for GMs to know about those things and figure it out--which you have done splendidly). You could give him another level and Shield Master too but I didn't feel like Perseus is a <em>master</em> of the shield, he's a dude folks liked and let borrow a really dope shield among other things.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I didn't remember or stumble upon another about Perseus being very strong so he's stronger than the average person, but not by much. Mechanically his Strength wasn't essential to his statblock so it didn't get emphasis.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ray Harryhausen was a godsend.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ack! You are 100% correct. Chrysaor <em>has</em> a golden sword, he is not actually one, and Perseus wielded a hooked sword called the Harpe--fixed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Myler, post: 7752538, member: 6726030"] It's RAW and intended to be altered by GMs as needed. I am also not crazy about the 5E [I]vorpal[/I] blade but it is what it is, and I reckon he definitely wouldn't have killed Medusa without it. You are right about the fighting style and magic sword, but they aren't explicitly stated in statblocks (I assume to keep them short; it's expected for GMs to know about those things and figure it out--which you have done splendidly). You could give him another level and Shield Master too but I didn't feel like Perseus is a [I]master[/I] of the shield, he's a dude folks liked and let borrow a really dope shield among other things. I didn't remember or stumble upon another about Perseus being very strong so he's stronger than the average person, but not by much. Mechanically his Strength wasn't essential to his statblock so it didn't get emphasis. Ray Harryhausen was a godsend. Ack! You are 100% correct. Chrysaor [I]has[/I] a golden sword, he is not actually one, and Perseus wielded a hooked sword called the Harpe--fixed! [/QUOTE]
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