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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7567130" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>It is arguable that the 'big 4' cover all of the most elementary archetypes, with the paladin being a bit less central. However I would argue that the cleric really is kind of an odd man out in that lineup, and the paladin is perhaps more basic. I mean, you can find knights (fighters), knaves (thieves), sorcerers (magic users), and paladins in Arthurian legend, which is based on a whole cycle of earlier prototypical Welsh/Irish legends, but there's no priests at all I can remember in all of Mallory. Not one. They are mentioned sometimes in passing, but have no lines, no plot significance, don't occupy any role in society, etc. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I think in the 'grog' sense it is just a perception that these 4 are the basic toolkit. You can play a fighter as a 'paladin' in an RP sense, but you can't easily fill the other concepts unless you have those 4 specific classes. This is certainly why they appear as such in B/X.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7567130, member: 82106"] It is arguable that the 'big 4' cover all of the most elementary archetypes, with the paladin being a bit less central. However I would argue that the cleric really is kind of an odd man out in that lineup, and the paladin is perhaps more basic. I mean, you can find knights (fighters), knaves (thieves), sorcerers (magic users), and paladins in Arthurian legend, which is based on a whole cycle of earlier prototypical Welsh/Irish legends, but there's no priests at all I can remember in all of Mallory. Not one. They are mentioned sometimes in passing, but have no lines, no plot significance, don't occupy any role in society, etc. Anyway, I think in the 'grog' sense it is just a perception that these 4 are the basic toolkit. You can play a fighter as a 'paladin' in an RP sense, but you can't easily fill the other concepts unless you have those 4 specific classes. This is certainly why they appear as such in B/X. [/QUOTE]
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