Thursday, September 9, 2010

A thought experiment

Regarding some of my recent posts and ability scores, here's an idea.

Let's take some fictional characters and assign their Strength scores by the Classic D&D scale.

Score 3 Mod -3
Score 4-5 Mod -2
Score 6-8 Mod -1
Score 9-12 Mod 0
Score 13-15 Mod +1
Score 16-17 Mod +2
Score 18 Mod +3

OK, so Hercules is an 18 on this scale. Stephen Hawking is a 3. 10 is your average Joe Schmoe. There are your goal posts.

Where would you put:
Conan (have to start with him)
Fafhrd
Aragorn
Elric (when not charged up on souls thanks to Stormbringer)
Lancelot
Bilbo Baggins
Sindbad the Sailor
Kikuchiyo (that would be Mifune in 7 Samurai)
Odysseus
Abraham Van Helsing (NOT the cheesy movie with Hugh Jackman)

Curious to see how everyone rates them.

3 comments:

  1. Conan - 17
    Fafhrd - 17
    Aragorn - 15
    Elric - 7
    Lancelot - 15
    Bilbo Baggins - 7
    Sindbad the Sailor - 13
    Kikuchiyo - 13
    Odysseus - 16
    Abraham Van Helsing - 11

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  3. Let me see.

    Conan 17 (though one could argue 18 if Herc is 18/00)
    Fafhrd 16
    Aragorn 14
    Elric 4
    Lancelot 14
    Bilbo Baggins 9
    Sindbad the Sailor 13
    Kikuchiyo - no idea
    Odysseus 15
    Abraham Van Helsing - seeing how I re-reading Dracula now, I give him a 9. He was more spry in his youth, but admits he is too old for that now (he is 50 in the book).

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