Let’s Play D&D With… Oh Dang, It’s Kang!
Grab your TemPad and at least one or two variants of yourself, this week we’re playing D&D at the castle at the end of time with He Who Remains.
The season finale of Loki brought us He Who Remains as an alternative version of Kang. And now he’ll be returning in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. We’re looking forward to seeing how the MCU continues to tackle this character after all of the timey-wimey fun of Loki‘s Time Variance Authority and now that he’s going quantum. While we wait for him to make his big re-debut, let’s invite him to the table for a bit and Play D&D with…
Kang the Conqueror
While this version is less conquer-y than Kang Classic, I think a lot of the general background is supposed to be similar enough. Originally Kang was Nathaniel Richards, a descendent of Reed Richards, and therefore human. And while I don’t think alignment means much in the grand scheme of gaming, I waffled between Lawful Neutral and Lawful Evil for longer than I would have liked. He’s not good by any stretch because good people probably care a little when you destroy an entire timeline and the lives of everyone on it. But the Kang we’ve seen so far is all business and the big picture and not completely malicious.
He also doesn’t have a ton in the way of weapons or armor, which I’m sure more conquering-minded variants will have… even if his Loki outfit was a nod to some classic Kang threads. This version is a guy who mostly reads books and does desk work. Sure, that deskwork is the-entire-timeline, but he deals with physical confrontation by using his TemPad to avoid it. And I feel like he uses his spells in much the same way.
Similar to his lack of weaponry, his spells were chosen on the basis of “is this time magic?” and then spells that were good for charisma, convincing, teleportation, planer shifts, and so on. Similarly, I gave him Feats that boosted his leadership skills, an uncanny ability to talk people into trusting him, and very complete understanding of life the universe, and everything.
But there’s one big thing about this sheet that you may have noticed. Kang is the first character whose level I’ve ever maxed out. Twenty is usually reserved for the very end of your adventure and signifies characters who are practically godlike. When last we saw He Who Remains he is sitting at the end of the universe in a castle knowing the outcome of every decision and pulling every string. He even throws actual Norse gods for a loop. That’s pretty darn godlike. And with how long he’s been around, how could he not have leveled all of the way up by now?
Soon.
What do you want to see from Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania? How would you have made He Who Remains for D&D? Which TV shows, movies, or games should I make sheets from next? Let us know in the comments!
Happy adventuring!
