Dragonlance Stat the Dragonlance heroes

[Flamestrike]

The one that bugged me was Raistlin's 17 INT. He's supposedly able to read books none of the other mages can at a young age, so theoretically he has to be smarter than all of them, ie a freak-of-nature INT 19, since we assume at least some mages have INT 18.

He was reading Magical books (Spellbooks). So he was actually using Read Magic.

As a child. With no training.

Something that would be pretty easy to emulate with a 'Prodigal spellcaster feat' or simply as just fluff.

 

[Pauln6]

There are definite issues with some of the stats compared to the way some of the characters were written too. I did a 4th edition conversion of Goldmoon where she started off as a bard, with abilities refluffed. Although 5e bards are more spell orientated, I would probably still do that in 5e and then kick her off as a level 1 cleric after that. The presence of a cleric is not so crucial in 5e and the staff does the heavy lifting.

I think I would start Raistlin off with Con 8 and Int 18 because the stat range is slightly different to 1e. Intelligence 9 used to be average for example now Tas and Tika are below average and Flint is below the usual PC range. Gilthanas probably needs an overhaul too.

 

[Blue Orange]

There are definite issues with some of the stats compared to the way some of the characters were written too. I did a 4th edition conversion of Goldmoon where she started off as a bard, with abilities refluffed. Although 5e bards are more spell orientated, I would probably still do that in 5e and then kick her off as a level 1 cleric after that. The presence of a cleric is not so crucial in 5e and the staff does the heavy lifting.

I think I would start Raistlin off with Con 8 and Int 18 because the stat range is slightly different to 1e. Intelligence 9 used to be average for example now Tas and Tika are below average and Flint is below the usual PC range. Gilthanas probably needs an overhaul too.

There was a weird thing where the mathematical average was 10.5 (expected value of 3d6), but the 'average' rating in the Monster Manual went 8-10, so in the very same book the intelligence rating for humans ('men' since this was 1977) was 'Mean: average-very', 'very' being 11-12.

'Mean' and 'average' being synonyms, of course...just like 'wraith', 'spectre', and 'ghost', all of which were separate monsters.

Early D&D was kind of funny.

 

[Gadget]

I had always seen Tanis as a Ranger type, what with the hunting leathers and being a woodsy type. But in 1e Rangers had spells that would complicate matters (though they didn't get them until a higher level than later editions). I could see him as a fighter, maybe battle master with more leadership type maneuvers, and the archery feats with an outlander background.

Cameron could be a champion fighter with a folk hero or mercenary background, but later on he becomes a gladiator and general, so battle master might be more appropriate.

Riverwind as a hunter Ranger with the Tribe Member or Outlander background seems fine. Gooldmoon as a life cleric & noble background, with restricted access to spells (via the Blue Crystal Staff). Tas as Rogue with far wander background seems good. Flint would be a fighter champion with an Artisan background might be the best fit.

I would put Strum as a Samurai or Cavalier with the Knight of the Order background. I would lean more towards Samurai, as Strum doesn't do a whole lot of cavalry work. Tika could be a Rogue, maybe a fighter with the Folk hero background.