WIP - Class Specializations

[Goblin-King]

No flashy moves or hollywood style will serve in a real fight.

But it will however serve before the fight. Intimidating your opponent is not to be underestimated! That can even prevent the actual fight which is the best outcome possible.

[el_flesh]

If twirling it intimidates your opponent enough to prevent it, you really have nothing to fear from him in the first place. heh.
But that is indeed a good goal - the best victory is one you don't have to fight to obtain; whenever you fight you can lose.
CLee, do you know what style BURRRRP sorry your friend used?

(OK I dunno if I'm making any1 els laugh but I think it's funny)

[cynthialee]

No I do not know the name of his style.

[Daria]

That's something to think about, but how would he be any more or less powerful than the Spellsinger (an elf with two schools of magic)?

Battlemage may equip weapons and armour otherwise unusable by the Wizard. The Battlemage may only use two schools of elemental magic.

I think this makes the battlemage too strong. Not only can he get as well protected as the other, but he can also use the juicy weapons to get a good close combat offense ability. Taking away just one school of magic seems too little a downside to me...

My first thought was to allow him only one school, but that would make him very much like the elf. I would say, maybe only allow him to use weapons, but not armour, and two schools? Or perhaps, let him use both waepons and armour, but he only gets one spell each from the three schools he chooses? This would mean less spells, but most likely very powerful ones...sounds like a battlemge to me

Just my opinion though...

[Patroclus]

Very good ideas, I almost like them all. Of course if those chars enter the original quests, we could talk about a real massacre. They are overpowered and you have two options. Put one or two more monsters in each room to the original quests, or give to the GM the ability to use some skills too (like heal or revive, or a limited number of special defenses).

[Templar]

That's something to think about, but how would he be any more or less powerful than the Spellsinger (an elf with two schools of magic)?

Battlemage may equip weapons and armour otherwise unusable by the Wizard. The Battlemage may only use two schools of elemental magic.

I think this makes the battlemage too strong. Not only can he get as well protected as the other, but he can also use the juicy weapons to get a good close combat offense ability. Taking away just one school of magic seems too little a downside to me...

My first thought was to allow him only one school, but that would make him very much like the elf. I would say, maybe only allow him to use weapons, but not armour, and two schools? Or perhaps, let him use both waepons and armour, but he only gets one spell each from the three schools he chooses? This would mean less spells, but most likely very powerful ones...sounds like a battlemge to me

Just my opinion though...

Yeah, just remembered that in the American version you don't get the protective cloak and the bracers...
that would indeed make them very similar, although the spellsinger has the edge with more life points. At first he is even better, with a starting attack value of 2, but in the long run they even out.

However, if you play with bracers and cloak, i think the Battlemage is clearly better, since he can get access to the wizard only items in addition to all the others. A 2 dice "advantage" in defense is a pretty big deal...

But honestly, I can only make sketchy arguments at best...I should make a more thorough analysis, with different hero/monster match-ups, but really, who has the time
I just commented on intuition

[Big Bene]

No flashy moves or hollywood style will serve in a real fight.

But it will however serve before the fight. Intimidating your opponent is not to be underestimated! That can even prevent the actual fight which is the best outcome possible.

Only against an unexperienced fighter. An opponent who knows something about fighting / martial arts will know these moves are useless, and will use your show to learn something about you and your style. Plus, it will exhaust you, at least somewhat. You may be fit, but your opponent may be even fitter. You never know berfore, so spare your reserves.

[Daria]

Well I guess to solve the cloak and bracers issues you could just stipulate that a battlemage can not wear normal wizard armour.

[Nerrad72]

forget the staff, you should see me with a cricket bat

[ken]

Welcome Daria, I am always mindful of my Feminine side, like El Flesh.