View Full Version : Player Help Making Thranduil in 5e
Dr. Cliché
2017-01-19, 04:49 PM
I'd like to make an elf character based on Thranduil in the Hobbit films. I'm curious as to which class(es) people think would suit him best.
For reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q69yl9a4QPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h318jKI9uC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OMtzJWz6a8
Any suggestions?
SharkForce
2017-01-19, 04:58 PM
is there a class for being a complete and utter turd to everyone?
DragonSorcererX
2017-01-19, 05:05 PM
High Elf Eldritch Knight with only buffing spells and refluffed high-magic magical effect to something more depressively mundane.
Ninja_Prawn
2017-01-19, 05:08 PM
is there a class for being a complete and utter turd to everyone?
Isn't that what alignment's for? :smalltongue:
As to the content of those film clips, I'd say... fighter. Maybe ranger, but the D&D ranger is based pretty heavily on Tolkien's Rangers of the North, and Thranduil is not one of them.
Dr. Cliché
2017-01-19, 05:23 PM
is there a class for being a complete and utter turd to everyone?
That's what Race: Elf is for. :smallbiggrin:
Temperjoke
2017-01-19, 05:33 PM
Well, you'll need to be a spellcaster of some sort, to justify the giant staff up your characters backside
Randomthom
2017-01-20, 07:54 AM
Well, you'll need to be a spellcaster of some sort, to justify the giant staff up your characters backside
This wins today's Internet
JellyPooga
2017-01-20, 09:22 AM
Tolkein Elves are pretty Paladin-y. It would explain the stick better than a spellcaster...
Tauguy628
2017-01-20, 09:56 AM
Tolkein Elves are pretty Paladin-y. It would explain the stick better than a spellcaster...
Yes! You can even get find steed for a giant elk. Ancients seems to work well thematically too.
INDYSTAR188
2017-01-20, 10:02 AM
Did they ever explain why his face was covered in an illusion-type effect? Maybe an Eldritch Knight or Banneret?
DracoKnight
2017-01-24, 03:13 AM
Did they ever explain why his face was covered in an illusion-type effect? Maybe an Eldritch Knight or Banneret?
I think that's just minor illusion, and the virtue of being a high-elf. Or maybe he has lots of Wizard levels for seeming, or maybe a magic item with seeming.
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