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The Essence of a Class - Oedipussy Rex - 09-09-2015
What is that one thing that, if removed, makes you say, "That character is no longer X." For instance, if the ability to cast spells is removed, a Magic-user is no longer a Magic-user, and a Thief without thief skills that improve with level is just a poor 0ed Fighting Man.
So, what about Druids, Rangers, Bards, Barbarians, and such? What do you think is the essence of each?
RE: The Essence of a Class - Kersus - 09-10-2015
Druids are not druids without weird rituals. Polymorphs, charms, etc. Although they'd be okay as Geourgists.
Rangers need wilderness survival skills and a broken sword.
Bards require many years of study as Fighters and Thiefs. Otherwise we're talking about wandering entertainers which seem like ridiculous characters to me unless it's a cover. Any class - especially Assassin could be a Minstrel.
Barbarian is a race.
RE: The Essence of a Class - Oedipussy Rex - 09-15-2015
(09-10-2015, 06:46 AM)Kersus Wrote: Barbarian is a race.
So it's a Barbarian Fighter, much like a Dwarven Fighter, not a Human Barbarian?
What about where race is a class?
RE: The Essence of a Class - Kersus - 10-26-2015
I think where Race is Class it falls natural to have Dwarf, Elf/Ilf, Midget, Kobold, Barbarian, and then Human whatevers. Barbarian might be to Human what Dwarf is to Gnome? Similar concepts and maybe cousins. I just can't get my head around how someone trains in an academy to be barbaric. Growing up in Aquilonia thinking, I just want to go train with the primitives about peeing in a bush.
Barbarians really would be a race of Rangers I guess that perhaps distrust anything they can't barter or beat. Wilderness skills, strength, and maybe even Beserker tendencies?
Ilf = Fighter/Magic-User
Dwarf = Fighter
Gnome = Illusionist
Midget = Thief
Barbarian = Ranger (or Fighter/Thief)
Kobold = Magic-User/Thief
As rather politically incorrect as it is, I would make Human's a class and break them into three. I would probably then add some race that are Clerics.