In the 1984 module Conan Unchained! They have his states: Fighter: 13; Thief: 7; HP:100; Str: 18/90; Int: 14; Wis: 10; Dex: 18; Con: 18; Chr: 17; Skills: fletcher, gambler, hunter, sailor, traper

Very late comment, but I ABSOLUTELY, 100% agree with you here, though I think I'd take one from Con and give one to Int. Wis and Cha are absolutely his dump stats, but with how educated he is, his Int should be no lower than Dex and Con.

Yeah... Covid. There's only one Conan, and it aint Arnold.

I think he would be more champion as he can take wounds that should kill most people and while his battle tactics are effective they aren't brilliant or cultured. His most impressive battle choice as a general is a pincer move which was used by almost everybody in human history.

@@jungatheart8712 I mean he IS brilliant, he just...doesn't NEED to be. Like, he's damn well educated, well read, but he doesn't need most of his knowledge most of the time.

@@brennanhearn6342 Is Howard's Conan well read? In the stories from him that I have read most of his knowledge is from first hand experience or personal speculative judgement.

In hindsight, I was thinking folk hero or at least a variant of it would work for a slave background. -Nerdarchist Ryan

mmmh, I guess you would get the benefits from Rustic Hospitality while living among others that have been under the rule of tyrants or slavers.

Definitely, but we tend to record the latter part of the week and the Unearthed Arcana drop at the beginning of the week... soo, we're always going to be about a week behind the release dates unless we figure-out how to hack WOTC and get them a few days earlier. -Nerdarchist Ryan

I second this...And do the rest of the gang too if possible! Hank, the Ranger Eric, the Cavalier Sheila, the Thief Diana, the Acrobat Presto, the Magician Uni, the Unicorn Dungeon Master Venger Tiamat Warduke Here's a starting point to maybe work from for the hero's: forums.beamdog.com/discussion/39542/d-d-cartoon-characters-stats P.S. I'm particularly interested in stats for Warduke from the episode "In Search of Dungeon Master". I always loved the look of the character [Half-Suit of Blue chain mail and helmet with Bat Wings & glowing eyes].

Thanks for the love Nerdarchy, although you guys have a great point about taking thief to get the climbing speed. Also I was thinking more Robert E. Howard novel Conan as that was the first version I was ever exposed to.

Why rogue? And why would you miss out on Primal Champion? You can't multiclass if you want it to feel like Conan. You need those last 3 powers.

He's not a fucking Hiborean! He is a Cimmerian!!!!

No need to be negative, even when you are wrong. Cimmeria and all the other lands happen to be set in the Hyborian Age afore the fall of ancient Atlantis, all the people of that age are superior [physically/spiritually/acranelly] to the humans who come after except for the Lemurians who kept living after. As is stated in 'Lovecraftian' lore that is the greater opus. You can consider Conan to be for the 'Lovecraftian' opus what Wulfgar was supposed to be, and Drizzt Do'Urden is for the 'Forgotten Relams'. But hey putting exclamation marks will make your argument more valid.

He's Cimmerian, the hyborians are the people from Aquilonia and the rest of the western kingdoms.

AdrenalineUnlimited I could get down with some Justice League Unlimited Hawkgirl action. My wife loved the character. Nerdarchist Dave

Except that it isn't (the rage ability that defines the D&D barbarian isn't evident in the Conan character). And ignoring the Ah-nuld performance, Conan's described as being extremely quick, not just strong. He also spent years of his life as a thief, a pirate, a brigand, a mercenary, and more.

N01H3r3 No, Conan's method of fighting is to charge in and deliver savage attacks overpowering his opponents, which is the Rage ability. He's never depicted as an artful fighter like the Three Musketeers, John Carter, Drizzt, etc. The fact that the barbarian is based entirely off of Conan is one of my big gripes about the class. It's certainly iconic in fiction and fits in the game but it would have been nice if we got some archetypes that were more reflective of barbarians in history. There's no way for me to create a Mongol or Hunnic inspired Half Orc Barbarian who is ranged because barbarians in D&D are Conan and that it.

That bears almost no resemblance to the Conan I've read, but I'm thinking almost purely the original stories (having spent much of the last year working on an RPG that specifically focussed on REH's original version of Conan) rather than the decades of pastiche materials that came after Howard's death (comics, movies, etc). The Conan I'm thinking of was cunning, ruthless, knowledgeable, and frequently wore armour into battle. Even so, "charge in and deliver savage attacks" is not "berserk rage" - the berserker rage that defines the D&D barbarian comes from Icelandic and Old Norse stories of unarmoured warriors who fought in a trance-like, animalistic rage, barely able to distinguish friend from foe.

Umm yeah, rage is defiantly evident in Conan's character. Weather you wanna use the books or the movie. Not trying to be contrary when I say this, but look at the Battle of the Mounds from the movie. He comes running out of the tombs, screaming, with a wild-eyed look on his face and his sword raised. As far as the books go, there's plenty of times he goes red on someone. Allow me to quote a few passages from Iron Shadows in the Moon. "You Hyrkanian dog! mouthed the apparition in a barbarous accent. "The devils of vengeance have brought you here!" Kozak! ejaculated Shah Amurath, recoiling. "I did not know a dog of you escaped! I thought you all lay stiff on the steppe, by Ilbars River." "All but me, damn you!" cried the other. "Oh, I've dreamed of such a meeting as this, while I crawled on my belly through the brambles, or lay under rocks while the ants gnawed my flesh, or crouched in the mire up to my mouth-- I dreamed, but never hoped it would come to pass. Oh, gods of Hell, how I have yearned for this!" The stranger's bloodthirsty joy was terrible to behold. His jaws champed spasmodically, forth appeared on the blackened lips. (If this isn't rage I don't know what is) "Keep back! ordered Sah Amurath, watching him narrowly! Then later on after they fight it says this: "Quarter!" he gasped. "Quarter?" there was a quiver in of frenzy in the stranger's voice. "Quarter such as you gave us, you swine!" But, you don't have to take that one story just as an example. Look at the opening of the Scarlet Citadel. Conan's the last one left out of his army and his enemies can't finish the job because he's so wrathful that he seems like a giant. It takes a wizard to bring him down. As far as his backgroud, eh...if you're going with the one from the 80's movies, like the guys at Nerdarchy did, then I'd probably go with gladiator. That seems to fit in my humble opinion. But from the books, I'd say Outlander or even criminal if you're wanting to encompass that "thief" element. Which brings me to my next point. I don't see Conan's class as thief. He doesn't back stab. He doesn't pick locks. He's sometimes stealthy, but no more so than a stealthy a sneaky fighter or a ranger. And far as the movie's go, his little archer friend actually makes the comment "You're too big to be a thief." So yeah, that's just my two cents. Sorry if I rambled a bit, but I really love REH's works.

See, I tend to distinguish the "Barbarian Rage" ability seen in many forms of D&D from "anger and wrath", mainly because "fighter, but naked and angry" is a really weird niche for a class. The kind of fury that distinguishes D&D barbarians is more than just being really angry, IMO - it's a technique, a particular mental state adopted by a rare few, attributed with legendary properties (berserkers in myth and legend, whom fire and iron could not stop, and who had a strength beyond that of ordinary men). Conan, for all his great mirths and great melancholies, doesn't seem quite the type to gnaw upon his shield and go utterly, mindlessly berserk... But then, I don't think D&D is particularly good for emulating anything except D&D, and I've not spent much of the last couple of years working on a Conan RPG to refrain from mentioning it here: Core rulebook: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/204217/Conan-Adventures-in-an-Age-Undreamed-Of-core-book Free quickstart adventure: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/174829/Robert-E-Howards-CONAN-Roleplaying-Game-Quickstart?sorttest=true

does it necessarily? Maybe it just speaks to how well the theme of the class matches its inspiration.

Idk, I kind of view characters from the sword-and-sorcery pulps to be on a lower power curve. In D&D-type games, 15+ level characters start to become demi-god level beings and I don't quite feel like Conan was that level of hero. -Nerdarchist Ryan

I remember those modules they were had photos of Arnold as Conan on the cover.

Not true ... You can have a 24 strength with a barb.

Well Conan tends to sneak about a lot, steal shit like a clepto and he has been known to operate some traps, locks, ect..

Thing is, he was a mighty warrior when he was a teenager; class-and-level zero-to-hero doesn't really suit him in general.