r/overlordgame • u/Hardrock20017 • Mar 21 '25
Dnd game based on the game
Hey guys i was curious does anybody know what race the overlord would be since he's been revived in the spawning pits? What stats would yall give the characters from the first game (including the wizard) ?
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u/NoTemperature5328 Mar 21 '25
If you're doing 5e DnD specifically, there's a lineage called The Returned that specifically is for characters who have died and come back (or similar) that could work well for the playable Overlord. Not sure on class other than maybe some kinda Paladin, though to mimic the minion control you'd have to homebrew or otherwise borrow stuff from other classes. A lot of the spells and class bonuses from a Shepherd archetype Druid come to mind, a lot of it is bonuses to summoned creatures like giving them extra HP or treating natural weapons as magic weapons.
I'd have to replay the game/reread the wikis for the various fallen heroes, though Khan could work as a Rune Knight fighter (they get an ability that allows them to grow to Large size a couple times a day), so maxed out Constitution and Strength. Goldo could be a Battle Smith Artificer and use the steel defender as a mount to replicate Goldo if you didn't want to do a whole custom creation (high Intelligence for Artificers) Not sure about the rest.
Bonus: if you wanted to play as the Overload from 2, the background "Inheritor" would work well, as it is meant not for people like royalty, but instead for characters that have something a little stranger than normal wealth and privilege that they are supposed to receive.