What class is he?

Started by Cerberus, September 18, 2009, 10:57:30 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

RevengeIsADish


TeufelHunden

Barbarian, if you watch the whole movie he totally rages out on that one guy with the gambling machines.

VonVonnen

The class is called Brawler.

Cerberus

Brawler, Hmm... Was that a base class in the 3.0 fighters handbook or something?
 
Anyway... Thats one of the things I meant to discuss/debate. How would you make some PC concepts. To me it's the concept that makes the character not the class names. If I wanted to make a brawler and had his 1st level be monk and 2nd and up be all fighter then he's a brawler, not a monk/fighter and saying I have to play him like some shaolin priest is just silly. Just because he has monk in him doesnt mean that's what he is, to me it's just part of the build. For instance take the brawler. Lets say he was the son of a tavern owner and born and raised living in a bar. By the age of 16 he knows more about the bar/tavern life than most people. He's watched and been in many bar brawls and knows how to take a hit and how to hurt people with his hands and feet. If you stay away from adding lots of skill points to monk skills, avoid things like shurikens and stick to the skills associated with this build he is NOT a monk/fighter, he's a brawler.
 
So saying things like there is no such thing as a kobold monk is just silly to me. I might even agree that there are no Shaolin kobolds, but who's to say there is no such thing as a kobold wildfighter (monk/ftr/rogue).
 
To me it's the concept that makes the character and restricting things that are mechanically possible kinda takes away from the creativity of the game.
 
Just because a PC named Tarzan has a single level of druid in him shouldn't mean he has to join every druid circle he runs across or care about the balance of politics in a nearby city. 1 level of druid, 1 level of barbarian the rest all ranger should be a Tarzan of the apes concept, not a druid/barb/rngr.
 
Ok, I'm rambling, I'll stfu and see if any of you understand what I'm talking about...