In my downtime, I enjoy making characters- without a party or campaign to give them context, writing in an objective or long-term goal makes sense (I doubt this is an uncommon practice).
I've recently developed the idea of creating a Skald who's motivation behind "adventuring" is to eventually develop the ability to single-handedly slay a linnorm and become a King.
Based off the power level of the Linnorms that have already been printed (not created by a future GM), how possible is it to munchkin out a build actually capable of such a task?
I'm not asking for a build to made for me, just curious if I'm reaching for something that falls outside of the game's scope here.
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A glance at AoN shows linnorms from CR 14 to 21. The Crag Linnorm, CR 14, looks beatable by a 15th level BSF without any special tricks. A skald can do Big Stupid Fighter if required. If it chooses to run away considering 100' flight and freedom of movement it'd be hard for a skald to catch. Is this an issue for you?
Might be a cool way of extending a potentially standard encounter. Turn it into a multi-stage boss fight or something. In any case, that's something I'd likely talk to the GM about, or plan for in-game.
Thanks for the help.
The difficulty lies in trying to melee a linnorn.
With a 20' reach, grab and True Seeing, even a craig linnorn has a good chance of grappling the skald as an AoA and never letting go.
You know, i have been wondering about that.
By lore, do you need to solo the linnorms or can you take a party and kill it becoming the king when you bring the head back?
You need to singlehandedly defeat the linnorm, not necessarily kill it (as White Estrid proved by subduing a linnorm and bringing it back home alive).
But I suspect that it would be valid to duel a linnorm while allies are throwing buffs and healing at you from a distance.
I am sure that having allies attack the linnorm would disqualify you.
But aid to the PC during the fight is more of a gray area. For example, would Inspire Courage from a Bard be a problem? Probably not -- you would expect any allies present to be cheering you on. But visible magical effects that are cast on you during the fight become more questionable as they become more dramatic.
I see, interesting. Beating Fafnir then is an actually monumental task.
I suppose you can always cheat, since apparently nobody actually checks if you did it or didnt do it anyway, like that one king they think found the dead dragon on the floor and didnt face one.
Haha it is an interesting concept to consider what is or isnt actually valid.
There's counters to being grabbed, starting with the grease spell which is on the bard/skald spell list. By 15th level your skald should be able to do something about grabby linnorms. Especially when you know in advance you'll be fighting one.
A well built spellcaster could solo a Linnorm pretty easily, but a spellcaster probably wouldn't want to be a Linnorm king and would find he's not very accepted or respected by his subjects.
Based off the power level of the Linnorms that have already been printed (not created by a future GM), how possible is it to munchkin out a build actually capable of such a task?
Which level and which linnorm are we talking about? I'm pretty sure a level 12-15 martial could take care of the Father if built right.
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One on one. Kings prove their worth the hard way, and some may still fall even after killing the beast
This is a pretty good way of deciding on a new chieftain, and a horrible way to hand down the crown.
A weak guy inspiring his low-lv pals to face certain death and win is suited to be king.A woman capable of amassing forces to take down a linnorm is suited to be king.
Murdergnash, on the other hand, is suited to be a biological weapon.
