| Ch 7: Greek Mythology |
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| Greek Mythology |
| The New Age · The Greek Pantheon · New Spells · New Magic Items |
| Greek Gods |
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Gaea · Uranus · Cronus · Rhea · Zeus · Hera · Aphrodite · Ares · Artemis · Athena · Demeter · Dionysus · Hephaestus · Hermes · Apollo · Poseidon · Hades · Hecate · Titans · Furies |
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| Heracles · Theseus · Odysseus |
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Heracles (demigod)[]
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The son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene, Heracles was strength personified. While still an infant, he strangled two huge snakes with his bare hands. Of course, Zeus' wife, Hera, was jealous of the affair that begot Heracles, and she is always conspiring to bring him harm. Heracles is a fearless adventurer whose many escapades are the stuff of legend. A robust, cheerful man, he has an appetite for food and women that almost equals that of his divine father.
Although he visits Olympus from time to time, and has been known to aid the gods in their struggles, Heracles spends most of his time in the world of men. He is a stout man with a long beard, usually wearing a lion's skin for clothing.
Role-playing Notes: Heracles is a dangerous fellow to have dealings with, for he will take offense at the slightest insult. Anyone tricking, deceiving, or failing to express the proper gratitude is placing his life in Heracles hands, for the demigod has a violent temper. Heracles will never have anything to do with wizards or priests, as he has a profound distrust of magic.
Statistics: AL en; WAL any; AoC strength and adventure; SY lion's head.
Heracles[]
Heracles has no avatar, thus we have used the same format employed for heroes to present his statistics. If he should ever be killed, Zeus will arrange for his release from the land of the dead. Rest assured that the first thing he will do is seek vengeance for his death.
fighter 20
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Special Att/Def: Heracles wears the Nemean lion skin which cannot be pierced by anything. Thus, all thrusting weapons do only 1 point of damage to him and all slashing weapons do only half damage.
Heracles also has a special bow that has a range of up to 1 mile, and cannot miss at any range of less than half a mile.
If Heracles takes more than 84 points in damage, he enters a berserk rage, attacking friend and foe alike. In this state, his damage bonus doubles to +28 points.
THAC0 unmodified by Str or Dex. It becomes -6 in melee, and -2 with missile weapons.
Duties of the Priesthood[]
Although Heracles has plenty of admirers, he disdains those who lower themselves enough to worship him. In any event, he does not have the ability to grant clerical powers.