Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian

The following set of stats represent Robert E. Howard's Conan as he appears at the start of "The Tower of the Elephant."  In this story, Conan is relatively new to Zamora and to urban civilization; I've therefore rated his "Thief" career at 0.  He gets "Blacksmith" at 0 as well; this career reflects his childhood in his father's smithy back in Cimmeria.  The "Mercenary" rank of 1 stems from his mercenary service alongside the Aesir (depicted in "The Frost-Giant's Daughter").  "Barbarian" is of course a no-brainer for Conan, clocking in at the highest possible starting rank of 3.

At this point in his life, Conan is as fast as he is mighty, so I devoted the same number of points (2) to both Strength and Agility.  Melee is his highest combat ability; I thought about making Brawl equal in value, but Conan's fight with the spider convinced me that he knows how to avoid getting hit (and thus merits a Defense score of 1).  "Country Bumpkin" is an obvious fault for the young Cimmerian; "Sneaky" reflects his natural stealthiness; "Marked by the Gods," his uncanny instincts that repeatedly save him just in the nick of time.

Attributes

Strength 2

Agility 2

Mind 0

Appeal 0

Combat

Brawl 1

Melee 2

Ranged 0

Defense 1

Careers

Barbarian 3

Blacksmith 0

Mercenary 1

Thief 0

Resources

Lifeblood 12

Hero Points 6

Gear

Very light armor (d3-1 protection)

Sword (d6 damage)

Boons

Marked by the Gods ("You are the hand of Fate")
Sneaky ("He made no more noise than a panther stealing through the night")

Flaws

Country Bumpkin ("He . . . was too new to civilization to understand its discourtesies")