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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3984683" data-attributes="member: 13966">Right.  D&D is made to resemble stuff in mythology to some extent, and D&D heroes should be akin to mythological heroes at the very least.Sure, Hercules was a half-god, but almost every mythological hero was superhuman in some way, if they were even human at all to begin with.A D&D Fighter should match Hercules' strength when he reaches a sufficient level, even if he was just an ordinary human to begin with; while Hercules may've been that strong at 1st-level because he has the Half-God Template or somesuch thing, a D&D Fighter should be able to fight Hercules mano-a-mano and win if the Fighter's just been training hard and fighting hard for a long enough time, while Hercules went into retirement and spent the past decade or two just boozing and shmoozing.Fighters in D&D should be able to match or exceed mythological heroes like Hercules, Gilgamesh, Cuchulain (sp?), Sigurd the Volsung, Beowulf, and their ilk.  Of course they'll need to work their way up to it, but they shouldn't need magic or divine birthright to do it.'Course, I'm in the camp that says a 1st-level Fighter should just be a talented rookie (while a 1st-level Warrior is an untalented rookie), and shouldn't be all superhuman-heroic-like yet.  But he should be looking like Captain America when he's 5th or 10th level, and lookin' like Hercules when he's 11th or 15th level or so, and movin' on up from there as he continues to train himself in martial prowess and feats of physical strength, stamina, and speed.</blockquote>

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