Making a Samurai: AC and Armor problem

[Sitara]

I want to use the fighter class to do make a samurai, using the core books, AV and Martial Power.

Now, first of all scale armor just doesn't seem samurai-like to be. I was thinking lightly armored, like hide armor at most. In order to take advantage though I would have to bump Dex to at least 16.

Thoughts?

So my statblock would be 16 STR, 16 DEX, 14 Con, 12 Wis. The +2 fromhuman would go towards STR.

Thoughts?

 

[DracoSuave]

Not a bad concept.

Seeing as you're going light armor, you can go daisho-style with tempest fighter, taking a short-sword as your wakizashi and wp:Bastard sword as your katana. Combined with two-weapon defense and later two-weapon fighting you'll be an efficient machine of conquest for your daimyo.

 

[Gort]

Yep, this works nicely because as a sword-wielder you'll find that having a nice high dex boosts a good number of your encounter powers.

 

[Sitara]

But see I don't want dual weilding, or I could just go ranger and file off the nature part.

I will probably reskin the Fullblade as a No-Dachi and use that. Footwork lure would work as my 3rd at will from Martial Power and represent the samurai's mobility.

What do you think? come on Enworld experts, help me out otherwise I will have to goto rpg.net!

 

[NilesB]

Now, first of all scale armor just doesn't seem samurai-like to be

Here is a picture of some real life scale armor

Seem samurai like enough?

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I want to use the fighter class to do make a samurai, using the core books, AV and Martial Power.

Now, first of all scale armor just doesn't seem samurai-like to be.

File the flavor off of scale armor, and call it lamellar armor instead. That should solve that problem.

I wonder if you'd want to take a bit of rogue. If you could somehow score First Strike, you could replice iado. But I don't think multiclassing covers that.

 

[ArmoredSaint]

Now, first of all scale armor just doesn't seem samurai-like to be.

Seriously?

Scale Armor is pretty darn close to the laced lamellar that I mentally picture when I hear the word "samurai."

http://k43.pbase.com/v3/49/544849/2/51424145.SAMURAIARMOR.jpg
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http://www.koutouclub.net/english/ieyasuharamaki.jpg

In D&D 4th Edition terms, I can't think of a better description for the above armours than Scale.

I don't understand where the idea of thinking of samurai as "lightly-armoured" comes from. They occupied a niche on the battlefield similar to that of the Western Knight--heavy cavlary. Those samurai armours aren't light!

 

[Armisael]

If you have MP, yes it does. It's a waste, though.

But I don't think such a focus on DEX would be good for a samurai that doesn't dual wield. IMO, a focus on WIS would fit much better.

 

[Engilbrand]

I seem to recall Samurai being expert archers. They only pulled the swords when they had to. Am I incorrect?

 

[MadLordOfMilk]

I seem to recall Samurai being expert archers. They only pulled the swords when they had to. Am I incorrect?

Yes and no. Samurai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia