Amazon

[Trellian]

Does anyone remember the old 2nd edition kit called Amazon? Where every male opponent was penalized on their attacks due to underestimating her? Has anyone tried to make a prestige class out of that?

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

I remember that there was such a class, but I've never updated it to the current rules-set. I don't really remember what the kit's features were, and while I might take a look at it, I suspect that I'd end up making such a class from scratch if I needed it.

As it turns out, though, the player's most all know about the amazon cultures extant on my world and have never demonstrated interest in visiting them. No interest=no need.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I have an Amazon base class on my Destiny's Tears houserules thread in my sig, although it does not assume the (sexist) view that males underestimate females. It is also not balanced for normal play. Oh well

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

So, now you've got me thinking how I would go about designing such a class.

Nope. I'm stumped.

But. . . those of you from California who remember your fourth grade California History class might remember that California was named after a mythical island once supposed to be just west of North America. This island was said to be overflowing with gold and other natural resources (true), inhabited entirely by women (not true), and guarded by fierce griffons. (semi-true; actually just cost of living, but that's more effective anyhow).

This has me thinking about a cultural group of female gryphon-riders. They should wield spears. Spears are cool. And they should, of course, be excellent archers. These women could be immortal, comanded by the gods to guard all of that cool treasure. They could be lesbians, perhaps suffering the company of captured male intruders only long enough for them to serve the communities peculiar need, or . . . or! better yet, those born into this society who end up heterosexual are banished to the outside world, given enough wealth to get started, and commanded to bring back their daughters to be raised by the amazons . . . [plot hook] what if one did not want to give up her daughter, and kidnapped some baby the PC's care about instead[/plot hook], or perhaps these warriors reproduce asexually, or maybe they actually have both sexes, but present wild sexual dimorphism. Maybe the males are just small parasitic creatures that live in symbiosis with the females . . . oh! oh! and the males are all psions or warlocks. "She thrusts her spear violently towards you, and though it narrowly missed you, the arc of fire emanating from her middrift does not: take 8 fire damage!"

What do y'all think?

 

[Trellian]

I like your idea. This could be a good plot-hook in a mature campaign. I don't know about the hermaphrodite-thingy, but half-naked, man-hating, spear-wielding lesbians sounds terrific. Maybe the young daughters could actually be sent out into the wide world to get pregnant, and then bringing back the child (almost like a dajemma for those familiar with Forgotten Realms. And maybe the plot hook is as you said, that she doesn't want to leave the father.. or maybe the father doesn't want her to take with her the baby.

Should prove an interesting character to play, one that has to go find a suitable mate (handsome, strong, smart) and then take his baby home..

Maybe this thread should be moved?

 

[Wrathamon]

There was an Amazon in the 3.0 D&D Diablo boxset

 

[Whimsical]

You may want to check out Mongoose Publishing's Slayer's Guide to Amazons. Personally, I prefer the sexism-free D&D societies implied in D&D 3e.

 

[yennico]

The slayer´s guide to amazons uses amazons as a new race. In the book is also a new prc called red guard and the new domain: moon.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Does anyone remember the old 2nd edition kit called Amazon?

I remember the elven amazon that was in our party. That time she called the Samurai "veiled sissy". Or when she first "drugged the party paladin with feywine and then ravished him (poor fella, when he came to and saw her on top of him, he very nearly resisted ). Or when she took my character too literally when I told the others where the ogres could shove their weapons.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

The slayer´s guide to amazons uses amazons as a new race. In the book is also a new prc called red guard and the new domain: moon.

There's a whole domain for mooning? I can see where this had alternate versions of Power Word: Blind (Stun and Die, too), and the like.