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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 8103177" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>Not at all. Conan never goes into a rage, no more so than any other warrior character in his stories and films. He wears little armor because <em>heavy armor didn't exist in the setting</em>, not because he's got some special class ability to make his skin hard because he's got a robust colon (that's what Constitution is, right? lots of fiber in the diet?).</p><p></p><p>Conan was a barbarian from the perspective of an American in the 30s, for cultural reasons. Most of Robert Howard's characters in that setting were also 'barbarians' from his perspective.</p><p></p><p>Sure, it's really unlikely today many folks get called 'barbarian' as a slur, but my complaint is not that the name is <em>insensitive</em>, but that it's <em>shallow</em>. You can have berserkers who are effete aristocrats who shove all their resentments and frustrations with high society down deep into their gut (or colon!), and then lash out with fury when provoked. You can have berserkers who are professional gladiators who were trained since a young age and are highly cosmopolitan warriors. You can have berserkers who are humble farmers who call upon spirit totems to infuse them with fighting prowess to defend their homes. And back in the 3rd edition Oriental Adventures, there were meditative sohei who could enter a 'ki frenzy' where they would lose their sense of selves in battle.</p><p></p><p>Not all of them are loincloth-wearing illiterate wild men.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, if I had my druthers it wouldn't be a class. It'd be a feat (or a variety of feats).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 8103177, member: 63"] Not at all. Conan never goes into a rage, no more so than any other warrior character in his stories and films. He wears little armor because [I]heavy armor didn't exist in the setting[/I], not because he's got some special class ability to make his skin hard because he's got a robust colon (that's what Constitution is, right? lots of fiber in the diet?). Conan was a barbarian from the perspective of an American in the 30s, for cultural reasons. Most of Robert Howard's characters in that setting were also 'barbarians' from his perspective. Sure, it's really unlikely today many folks get called 'barbarian' as a slur, but my complaint is not that the name is [I]insensitive[/I], but that it's [I]shallow[/I]. You can have berserkers who are effete aristocrats who shove all their resentments and frustrations with high society down deep into their gut (or colon!), and then lash out with fury when provoked. You can have berserkers who are professional gladiators who were trained since a young age and are highly cosmopolitan warriors. You can have berserkers who are humble farmers who call upon spirit totems to infuse them with fighting prowess to defend their homes. And back in the 3rd edition Oriental Adventures, there were meditative sohei who could enter a 'ki frenzy' where they would lose their sense of selves in battle. Not all of them are loincloth-wearing illiterate wild men. Honestly, if I had my druthers it wouldn't be a class. It'd be a feat (or a variety of feats). [/QUOTE]
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