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Mythological Figures

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Mythological Figures is a weekly column on EN World by Mike Myler, originally inspired by Deities & Demigods. It includes both historical and fictional figures built as NPCs using class levels and standard ability scores, and mythical monsters designed with statblocks that adhere to the stories told about them in our world. A new entry appears every week on Monday. The first entry was Achilles, in March 2018.

Hardcover

This column is coming to a full-colour hardcover compilation called Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters on Kickstarter now.

Achilles. Lancelot. Robin Hood. Thor. Heroes, all.

The world is full of myths and legends which inspired those in our modern fiction and games. Iconic warriors and wizards, vampires and things from the deep, these legends are universally known.

Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters delves into these paragons of literature, fable, and folklore. From Ancient Greece to the Outer Realms, deepest Transylvania to the High Seas, you’ll meet champions and thieves, pirates and knights, demigods and fey queens, ancient evils and urban legends. Archetypal heroes meet exemplars of villainy like Blackbeard, Rasputin, Dracula, and Baba Yaga.

From Mike Myler’s popular column, this epic compilation of over 100 legendary heroes, villains, and monsters brings these characters to life for the 5th Edition of the world’s oldest roleplaying game.

The hardcover includes a foreword by James M. Ward, author of AD&D's Deities & Demigods.

Methodology

Challenge ratings are calculated using both the DMG guidelines, and the Blog of Holding's rubric, with a little manual adjustment. The mythological figures strictly use player character build rules. Most classes used are from the D&D official rulebooks, but occasionally another class might be requisitioned when needed:

The Warlord fighter subclass can be found on ThinkDM. It is based on the subclass created by a Wizards of the Coast designer.
Other classes come from EN Publishing's Masterclass Codex.

Mythological Figures

Name	Classes	Challenge	Notes
Achilles	fighter (champion) 18	12	Greek
Aladdin	rogue (thief) 8	8	Middle East
Allan Quatermain	fighter (archer) 12/ranger 1	9	British
Anne Bonny	rogue (thief) 4/fighter (archer) 5	6	Irish
Arthur, King	fighter (warmaster) 4/paladin (oath of royalty) 15	12	British
Atalanta	ranger (hunter) 8	5	Greek
Beowulf	barbarian (berserker) 20	17	British
Billy the Kid	gunfighter (drifter) 8	6	American
Blackbeard	rogue (thief) 7/fighter (warmaster) 7	8	British
Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta, Admiral	rogue (duelist) 5/fighter (brutal) 11	11	Spanish
Boudica, Queen	bard 5 (battle)/fighter (skirmisher) 6	6	British
Captain Ahab	ranger 1/rogue (swashbuckler) 5/fighter (brutal) 7	7	American
Cathay Williams	rogue (genius) 5/fighter (champion) 3	3	American
Charles Vane	rogue (mastermind) 5/fighter (brute) 7	8	British
Ching Shih, Pirate Queen	bard (battle) 5/rogue (genius) 7/fighter (warmaster) 8	11	Chinese
Cleopatra	rogue (genius) 10	4	Egyptian
Conan the Barbarian	barbarian 1/ranger 1/rogue (thief) 3/fighter 11 (champion)	9	American
Confucius	rogue (genius) 6/cleric (knowledge) 4	5	Chinese
Cú Chulainn	barbarian (berserker) 9/fighter (brute) 11	14	Irish
Daedalus	rogue (genius) 9	3	Greek
David	fighter (archer) 8	4	Middle East
Don Quixote	fighter (cavalier) 4	2	Spanish
Dr. Moreau	artificer (alchemist) 12	7	British
Drona	bard (blade) 5/fighter (master of battle) 11	9	Indian
Elizabeth I, Queen	rogue (mastermind) 5/bard (college of lore) 8	6	British
Elizabeth Bathory	rogue (genius) 5/bard (whispering) 5	7	Hungarian
Enkidu	barbarian (primal) 4 / fighter (champion) 13	13	Mesopotamia
Francis Drake	rogue (swashbuckler) 6/fighter (scout) 6	7	British
George, Saint	fighter (cavalier) 6/cleric (protection) 8/paladin 2	10	British
George Washington, General	fighter (warmaster) 16	8	American
Ghengis Khan	ranger (animal master) 3/fighter (warmaster) 12/rogue (genius) 5	10	Asian
Gilgamesh	ranger (hunter) 8/monk (open hand) 8/cleric (nature) 4	12	Mesopotamian
Grace O'Malley	fighter (brutal) 11/rogue (thief) 5	10	Irish
Harald Hardrada	rogue 2/barbarian (overwhelming) 4/fighter (master of battle) 12	12	Norwegian
Harry Houdini	fatebender (mascot) 6/rogue (thief) 6	7	American
Hayreddin Barbarossa	fighter (warmaster) 11/bard (valorous) 5/ranger (hunter) 4	11	Middle East
Hel	cleric (mind) 20	19	Norse
Hercules	barbarian (holy) 8/fighter (champion) 11	17	Greek
Hippolyta	ranger (hunter) 4/fighter (champion) 15	9	Greek
Hua Mulan	monk (kensei) 4/fighter (warmaster) 12	8	Chinese
Imhotep	cleric (knowledge) 8	6	Egyptian
Joan of Arc	bard (valorous) 5/fighter (master of battle) 8/paladin 2	12	French
John Henry	fighter (brutal) 20	13	American
John "Jack" Broughton	fighter (brutal) 7/monk (drunk) 3	6	British
Julie d'Aubigny (aka La Maupin)	rogue (duelist) 9/fighter (master of battle) 7	10	French
Khutulun	ranger (animal master) 4/fighter (inspirational) 8/rogue 2	8	Mongolian
King Shaka	monk (kensei) 3/fighter (warmaster) 15	9	Zulu
Lancelot, Sir	fighter (champion) 7/paladin (oath of devotion) 6	12	British
Loki	rogue (genius) 17/bard 1/druid (lunar) 8	16	Norse
Mary Read	rogue (genius) 6/fighter (champion) 5	6	British
Melankomas	monk (merciful) 8/fighter (master of battle) 6	14	Greek
Merlin Ambrosius	wizard (illusionist) 17/druid (herdmaster) 8	20	British
Miyamoto Musashi	fighter (samurai) 18	10	Japanese
Moctezuma II	fighter (banneret) 12	7	Aztec
Morgan le Fay	sorcerer (holy blood) 16	16	British
Muso Gonnosuke	fighter (samurai) 11	6	Japanese
Nemo, Captain	artificer (gunsmith) 9	9	French
Nikola Tesla	tinkerer (mechanic) 9	5	American
Nymue, Lady of the Lake	wizard (inventor) 20	13	British
Paul Bunyan	monster tamer (animalist) 11/ranger 1/fighter 2	11	American
Penthesilea, Queen	ranger (hunter) 4/fighter (brutal) 14	12	Greek
Perseus	rogue (thief) 7/fighter (champion) 5	10	Greek
Piri Reis	fighter (banneret) 17	9	Turkish
Prospero	wizard (enchantment) 11	8	British
Rasputin	rogue 1/barbarian 1/fighter (brutal) 10	6	Russian
Robin Hood	rogue (thief) 5/fighter (archer) 7	8	British
Sadie Farrell	rogue (thief) 3/monk (open hand) 3/fighter (battlemaster) 3	5	American
Sage Douban	artificer (alchemist) 5	2	Middle East
Saladin	rogue (genius) 6/fighter (warmaster) 11	10	Middle East
Semiramis	rogue (genius) 10/bard (loquacious) 5	7	Assyria
Sherlock Holmes	savant (coordinator) 13	9 \| 7	British
Sinbad	rogue 2/ranger 1/fighter (archer) 7	5	Middle East
Snow White	sorcerer (divine soul) 8/bard 1	5	Europe
Sun Wukong	rogue (thief) 12/monk (open hand) 8	14	Chinese
Talos	fighter (archer) 6	4	Greek
Tamar, Queen	rogue (genius) 6/fighter (warmaster) 8	9	Georgian
Tarzan	barbarian (animalist) 9	5	American
Thor Odinson	fighter (eldritch knight) 14/barbarian (lightning harbinger) 4/paladin 2	15	Norse
Titania	bard (fey) 20	13	British
Tomoe Gozen	fighter (samurai) 15	8	Japanese
Ulysses/Odysseus	rogue (genius) 9/fighter (master of battle) 11	11	Greek
Vlad the Impaler	occultist (vampire) 15	12	Romanian
Zhuang Zhou	geomancer (architect) 7	4	Chinese

Epic Monsters

Name	Challenge	Notes
Antaeus	4	Greek
Anzu	15	Mesopotamian
Arachne	5	Greek
Baba Yaga	24	Russian
Balor	15	Irish
Black Shuck	5	British
Brunnhilde	12	Norse
Bunyip	8	Australian
Caliban	2	British
Cerberus	8	Greek
Cheshire Cat	3	British
Chupacabra	13	American
Circe	7	Greek
Coyote	n/a	Native American
Cthulhu	30	Lovecraft
Cu-Sith	7	British
Dagon	27	Lovecraft
Dorian Gray	7	British
Dracula, Count	23	British
Drop Bear	3	Australian
Elizabeth Bathory	9	Hungarian
Fafnir	12	Norse
Fenrir	20	Norse
Four Horsemen: Death	23	Biblical
Four Horsemen: Famine	23	Biblical
Four Horsemen: Strife	23	Biblical
Four Horsemen: War	23	Biblical
Frankenstein's Monster	9	British
Ghatanothoa	27	Lovecraft
Gremlin	4	British
Grendel	9	British
Grendel's Mother	14	British
Grootslang	8	South Africa
Hastur	29	Lovecraft
Headless Horseman	6	Various
Hodag	4	American
Invisible Man, the	4	British
Jackalope	4	American
Jekyll (Dr.) & Hyde (Mr.)	2 \| 8	British
Jersey Devil	6	American
Joe Magarac	11	American
Jörmungandr	23	Norse
Karkaddan	7	Middle East
Krampus	9	German
Leannán Sídhe	6	Irish
Loch Ness Monster	5	British
Lucifer I, Falling Angel	12	Various
Lucifer II, Fallen Angel	24	Various
Lucifer III, Lord of Hell	35	Various
Māui	25	Polynesian
Mongolian Death Worm	2	Asian
Morrígan	22	Irish
Mothman	4	American
Níðhǫggr	26	Norse
Nyarlathotep	25	Lovecraft
Odin	35	Norse
Onocentaur	2	Various
Orang-Bati	4	Indonesian
Peter Pan	8	British
Poukai	8	Māori
Púca	3	Celtic
Rusalka	6	Slavic
Sharur	5	Mesopotamian
Shub-Niggurath	30	Lovecraft
Skin-Walker	5	American
Storm Hag	5	American
World Turtle	30	Various
Xiezhi	3	Various
Yig, Father of Serpents	28	Lovecraft
Yog-Sothoth	n/a	Lovecraft

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