Originally Posted by
Muadib
Ok, third try, thanks all for your advice on saving post before posting. I appreciate it.
So Book Conan, born on a battlefield, fought his first war at 15 in the Cimmerrian sacking of the Aquilonian city of Venarium, thief at 18, mercenary, pirate and adventurer for the next 20+ years, becomes King of Aquilonia by the strength of his arm and quickness of his wits, rules for 20 years, facing rebellion and war and abdicates at 60 plus to travel the Western Ocean for one last adventure.
I looked up bunch of feats yesterday collected by a redditor named u/conancimmerian and gonna focus on those feats since they are sourced with citations if anyone wants them. This will be a briefer essay than the ones i lost to the forum yesterday and thursday.
So lets start with Book Conan's strength.
Still strong enough to kill men with single punches to the head after years of softer living as a king. Earlier in his life, he lifts a chunk of rock his height and width and tosses it three feet, uproots a small tree, cuts thru chainmail armour and steel helms with a mundane blade, kills a hyena by ripping out its throat and kills another by crushing its skull with his sword pommel, snaps iron chains and bars with his hands, and broke the neck of an ox.
His best strength feat is lifting a 40 foot ur-anaconda entirely off the ground. Since 30 foot anacondas weigh in the region of 500 pounds, thats a world class feat imo.
There are fewer good speed feats, he is described as being faster than a jungle cat, moves faster than the POV character can see on multiple occasions, and dodges an arrow after it has been fired at him.
in terms of combat skill, Conan is rivalled by but never defeated by a single opponent. He defeats the greatest swordsman by presentation on Hyboria, as well as other named and capable swordsmen. He fights and defeats multiple warriors at time, though often with help, but his best feat is a battle where it takes 100 soldiers to take him down. He has a wall behind him and fights for his life, and is thigh deep in enemy dead before he falls. He survives and is captured.
In terms of durability, he takes hits from demons and giants capable of killing men with single strikes and keeps on trucking, falls a 100 feet off a cliff face, and survives a crucifixion. He also suffers the death strikes of a Mythos shadow creature and lives.
He's killed demon spawn, ape men, giant spiders and snakes, wizards, fought mythos creatures, and men by the score.
He's also a genius with languages, a skilled swimmer and climber and has a will capable of resisting mystic hypnosis and the mind control spells of the wizards of the age.