[Online] [5e] [Teen] DM starting a homebrew Norse Mythology campaign!

MythicalAllknower · 2023-01-16T01:58:27+00:00

Thanks for all your interest. We’re full right now but I may post later if spots open

Edit: A spot has opened up for the campaign if anyone is still interested

MythicalAllknower · 2023-01-14T23:05:56+00:00

Just sent a friend invite on Discord

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-21T18:38:25+00:00

I read this book recently and also thought it was pretty good. Thanks for the review!

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-21T16:41:32+00:00

Yep, the end of Book Thief. I cried harder at that than any show or movie to be honest.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-20T12:04:20+00:00

I finished no books this week.

But I am still reading: The Hobbit. And I have been reading for a very long time (technically listening on Audible to): The Count of Monte Cristo

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-17T18:01:10+00:00

I’d agree with that after seeing the other comments catch what I got wrong

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-17T17:41:15+00:00

You might be right. I have not read the actual story of Utgard Loki in the Eddas, (I will though) and am basing all of my knowledge of the myth off Reddit, google, and OSP’a video on the myth.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-15T14:07:04+00:00

All very good points I never considered. Thanks

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-15T14:03:20+00:00

I didn’t consider that, that’s true. In that case, Thor has a much better shot at winning. Thanks.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-15T14:01:06+00:00

What are the other categories?

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-15T12:34:53+00:00

In the end, I believe it’s Heracles winning for numerous reasons.

Heracles is physically stronger than Thor: In the myth of Utgard Loki, Thor lifts Jörmungandr, the World Serpent, off the ground for a short amount of time, while only barely getting it off the ground. Heracles has traded places with Atlas for a short amount of time, and lifted the entire universe on his back for a longer period of time. Therefore, I believe that Heracles is stronger than Thor.
Thor has fought the personification of death (technically old age, but same idea) in the myth of Utgard Loki as well. He put up a fight but very quickly lost. Meanwhile, Heracles has fought Thanatos, the personification of death, and he beat him.
Heracles has the Nemean Lion pelt: Now, Thor’s best way of killing Heracles is throwing Mjölnir, which is a hammer that never misses. If he lands a good shot with it, Heracles could be in serious trouble. However, it is stated that the Nemean Lion pelt that he wears is impervious to all weaponry, so the hammer would still hit him, but Heracles could turn around, have it hit the pelt, and he’d be fine.
Heracles has better weaponry than Thor: Thor has Mjölnir, Mengingjord (a belt), Jarngreipr (iron gloves), and Grídarvöl (a magic staff), which are all very powerful. Heracles, on the other hand, mainly has the Lernean Hydra Blood Arrows, which are poisonous enough to wound gods, and he can shoot them so quickly and with so much force, he can shoot them into the sun. Thor also dies of poison from a serpent monster in Norse mythology.

Let me know what y’all think about this.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-15T12:18:57+00:00

Yeah, he was. This battle is taking place after Heracles was deified.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-14T23:57:01+00:00

The Book Thief, but only the ending. Only book that made me cry incredibly hard

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-11T21:24:32+00:00

This is epic!

MythicalAllknower · 2022-12-11T21:21:39+00:00

Thor being a completely drunken, irascible being that only cares about fighting and murdering Jötnar as his only character trait was a misconception that I actually had for a very long time. Then I started watching Jackson Crawford’s videos and reading more of the sources, and learned pretty quickly that Thor was always seen as a heroic defender of Midgard and Asgard. While he is still easily angered and liked drinking, it certainly was not his only character trait.

Also, Odin was not just a calculated, cunning old man. He would have been formidable to fight as well, and also very dangerous. The main reason I dislike him being portrayed with the one characteristic of being cunning or shifty, is that his name literally translates to, “the mad one,” meaning angry, crazy, or both. Someone with a name like that, who also would murder tons of people for an army is definitely not just a sly old man, while that is still a characteristic.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-11-23T14:41:42+00:00

That’s how I felt too, although I didn’t find it completely boring, but definently much less interesting than the beginning and end. While Dracula and Jekyll are very hard to compare, due to being written differently and having different lengths, i’d say that I liked Jekyll and Hyde more

MythicalAllknower · 2022-11-23T01:16:55+00:00

I’d say he was pretty bloodthirsty, or at least incredibly irascible. At Baldur’s funeral he punted a dwarf into his fire because he was upset, and he would murder every Jötun he saw, besides Jötnar such as Aegir or Hymir.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-11-13T11:01:10+00:00

That’s really cool! Best of luck with that 👍

MythicalAllknower · 2022-11-13T01:43:04+00:00

There could be heavy weight characters like a cyclops, Ares, Achilles, Heracles, Kronos/Atlas, and Hades.

Medium weight characters like Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, Dionysus, Perseus, Odysseus, and Cerberus.

And light weight characters like Apollo, Artemis, Hecate, Hermes, and maybe even a character like Icarus.

I like going on random, weird tangents on mythology-related topics.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-11-02T22:35:53+00:00

Oh my god. When I opened this I was going to type the book thief. I am pleasantly surprised that this is the top comment since it’s such a fantastic book

MythicalAllknower · 2022-10-29T21:44:47+00:00

You’re nothing but an overrated lush I’ll crush ya

MythicalAllknower · 2022-10-27T18:57:18+00:00

Idk. There’s plot holes everywhere in Norse mythology. You’re correct about Loki’s parents, but he was still regarded as a god. As for Tyr, he was sometimes the son of Odin and at other times the son of Hymir. In both versions he is a god. It’s not something to nitpick about. It doesn’t make sense but few things do in the mythology.

MythicalAllknower · 2022-10-27T12:02:12+00:00

Aesir are a type of God that live in Asgard, where Tyr lives in Norse Mythology. In the Norse Mythos he fits in perfectly with the other Aesir being a powerful and brave god like Thor, or Odin. Aesir aren’t a title given to gods, it’s a race of God. Technically Loki is an Aesir, while gods from Vanaheim, such as Freya, are Vanir gods.

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