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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7847986" data-attributes="member: 58172">Regarding Marvel comics Thor. Remind me, can he ‘cast spells’ without his hammer?Regarding Norse Þórr. He might be representable by a Paladin class after all. He personifies the spirit of oaths and social order, and his alignment is Lawful. For some traditions, he is a defender of human civilization, so is arguably Lawful Good. Especially regarding oaths and vows, a Lawful Good Paladin code seems appropriate.He is a kind of Paladin who happily uses deception and trickery to further a Lawful Good cause.Þórr relies on his magic items. But certain things when angry, like electrical eyes and snorting fire, seem close enough to cantrips, such as Shocking Grasp or Light. At the very least, the Thaumaturgy cantrip explains: the flashing eyes, the booming voice, rumble of thunder, quaking ground, and other intimidating ambiance.This UA article now makes Paladin cantrips possible. So, this suits him.Þórr can do magic. There is mention of him using Seiðr to seduce someone, but I need to doublecheck whether this is Edda or Saga. As warrior, he presumably knows warrior magic, such as protection from weapons (AC bonus), striking true (Bless), and so on. This is nonflashy magic, mainly abjuration. He was unable to remove a flint shard from his skull and brain, but Heal at slot 6 and Regenerate at slot 8 would be out of reach for the Paladin class anyway.He is all about Smite. Compare Thunderous Smite, and Destructive Wave. Any irregular abilities can be part of a custom-selected oath spells. His hammer is itself the Lightning Bolt, dealing lightning damage as well as thunder damage, and probably force too, and perhaps radiant. Probably not bludgeon, since lightning is non-solid.Keep in mind, Þórr is the actual thunderstorm itself − the observable thunderclouds and lightning. Nevertheless, in the Norse view, when a mind projects, it adopts a form, and when manifesting, really is this form. So, if a thunderstorm projects itself as if a human, this manifestation is a mortal human in some sense. It is easy to stat this as a kind of psionic avatar. Compare the Astral Projection spell, except everything is happening within the material world.All in all, an epic level Paladin seems reasonable to stat Þórr as a projected personification of a thunderstorm.</blockquote>

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