D&D 5E Statting your favorite literary characters

[Sacrosanct]

Logen Nine-Fingers
Human Barbarian 12
STR 18
DEX 16
CON 20
INT 14
WIS 15
CHA 14
Would have the Half-Orc Resilience ability I reckon, as well.
Unarmed Fighting Feat.
Pirate reputation re skinned to Fearsome Reputation, but same mechanic.

Why do I feel like I should know this character. What book is this from?

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

From Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself and sequels.

 

[TerraDave]

This thread would be better if it were titled "Giants in the Earth".

 

[Mercurius]

I dare someone to stat out Anomander Rake, Icarium, Raest, Caladan Brood, et al.

 

[Taronkov]

I would love to but I don't think you could even begin to stat out the Ascendants from the Malazan series. They are so far beyond what 5E is capable of. You could do many of the Bridgeburners like Kalam or Whiskeyjack even maybe Karsa the Toblekai as a Goliath but not the ones you mentioned. At least not while still doing them justice.

 

[Celtavian]

I dare someone to stat out Anomander Rake, Icarium, Raest, Caladan Brood, et al.

I would love to play Anomander Rake. He's so far outside the 5E ruleset as to be impossible to play unless you let everyone run someone like Anomander Rake. If you do that, what's the point of being Anomander Rake? In D&D players want to play equals, not wander around in the shadows of super powerful individuals. That's why D&D rarely mirrors fiction. Even D&D novels don't mirror D&D because D&D is extremely poor at modeling stories.

 

[Taronkov]

Allowing for more than 20 levels and epic boons(I think that's their name) you might be able to do it. Dragnipur would easily be the most powerful artifact in the game if you tried to stat it. It would cause nearly as much trouble as trying to stat the Ascendants I think.

 

[Mercurius]

I would love to play Anomander Rake. He's so far outside the 5E ruleset as to be impossible to play unless you let everyone run someone like Anomander Rake. If you do that, what's the point of being Anomander Rake? In D&D players want to play equals, not wander around in the shadows of super powerful individuals. That's why D&D rarely mirrors fiction. Even D&D novels don't mirror D&D because D&D is extremely poor at modeling stories.

Right. I've always been tempted to run a campaign in which the PCs are "the prophecied ones," with some kind of special powers that set them apart.

Anyhow, I imagine that Anomander Rake and the rest would essentially be demigods, or at least Epic characters.

 

[Mallus]

I dare someone to stat out Anomander Rake, Icarium, Raest, Caladan Brood, et al.

Not sure about the rest, but a credible Anomander Rake doesn't seem too difficult.

20th level Tiefling Blade Pact Warlock. Patron: Archfey, I mean "Child of Mother Dark". Take the melee Invocations + the damage & range boosters for Eldritch Blast (wasn't he was fond of blasting enemy soldiers from up on Moon's Spawn?). True Shapechange gives him his Soletaken form -- at 20th level he could veer into an ancient white dragon. Dyed black, of course.

Plane Shift and Demiplane are obvious for spells, they already feel like Warren magic.

Dragnipur is a +3 two-handed sword. Enemies killed by it can't be raised/resurrected. Their souls are shunted to the demi-plane w/the wagon & planar Gate, which is basically just a high-level/campaign climax adventure location.

I'll work up the numbers when I have more time.

 

[Uller]

You pose a question to stat your favorite literary character in 5e. That is my favorite literary character. Why don't you mix in relaxing? Crimeny. You're threadcrapping your own thread with a needless personal attack.

Would this be a good time to stat out characters from Monty Python's Holy Grail?...Black Knight's "Bleed on me"?...no? All right then...