D&D 5E Worlds Strongest Man, Martins Licis, plays Dungeons and Dragons!

[pogre]

I have told this story many times on here, but it may amuse you. Back in the mid-80s in our small town myself and a bunch of offensive linemen played D&D. It was just something the big guys on the football team did in my town. One year, 1984, when GenCon fell on a date prior to official practice starting we decided to go. It was at the Parkside campus back then.

We all got out of our vehicles and very quickly figured out we were not the "norm" for D&D players.

We played in the D&D official tournament and when we walked in our first DM said, "Let me guess - you guys all want to play the fighter."

I continued the tradition in college and got a lot of our offensive and defensive linemen playing. By then, 1986 or so, WFRP was new and what we played. We were talking about something to do with the game during a rest when our Head Coach came by - he asked the offensive line coach what in the heck he was teaching us.

I have found over the years there is a lot of cross-interest between big dudes lifting and gaming - so the WSM being into gaming does not surprise me.

 

[darjr]

Do 12 oz curls count as lifting? Asking for a friend.

Do enough reps and it doesn’t matter.

 

[darjr]

And the stream is no longer available. I really dislike twitch for that.

THIS FRIDAY! WE ARE PLAYING DND! Twitch.tv/martins_licis | By Martins LicisFacebook

THIS FRIDAY! WE ARE PLAYING DND! Twitch.tv/martins_licis

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[Bill Zebub]

This puts a whole new spin on the argument that players using their own intelligence to solve puzzles is like using their own strength to bend bars/lift gates.

 

[ad_hoc]

How much strength does he have?

20 with powerful build?

Could the argument be made for 22 or even 24?

 

[darjr]

Probably.
Also though if you've ever seen him in a contest he's really smart and strategic about it. It even seems weird to me to say that, but he saves his strength for things he knows he'll win. But he'll change his strategy based on the event and scoring.

 

[Scott Christian]

How much strength does he have?

20 with powerful build?

Could the argument be made for 22 or even 24?

I think the only way to measure this dude's strength is to go back to the old 18 100/100 rule. There is not enough variation in 5e to do him justice.

 

[Bill Zebub]

I think the only way to measure this dude's strength is to go back to the old 18 100/100 rule. There is not enough variation in 5e to do him justice.

Correction: 18/00, not 18/100

 

[Rabulias]

FYI, he was beat by "the Mountain" at the most recent "World's Strongest Man" event at this year's Arnold Classic (Martin was 2nd I believe). Also, both "the Mountain" and Eddie Hall have dead-lifted more than Martin.

Martins Licis: "I played D&D!"
Hafthor "The Mountain" Bjornsson: "I played on Game of Thrones."

I think the nerd debate would also go to The Mountain....

 

[darjr]

Martins Licis: "I played D&D!"
Hafthor "The Mountain" Bjornsson: "I played on Game of Thrones."

I think the nerd debate would also go to The Mountain....

The funniest thing is I think this exchange actually happened on one of their joint videos. But I might be imagining it.