Barbarian will it be the only illiterate class again

[Falling Icicle]

Everyone should be illiterate and PC's just have to learn it like any other skill.

I agree. In most ancient and medieval societies the ability to read and write was a privilege reserved for the elite and priests. Common people rarely had an education to speak of. I think that a character should be literate only if he/she is trained in at least one "knowledge" type skill (arcana, history or religion).

I think the problem is that Illiteracy is OK if 'Barbarian' is a culture, but not so much if 'Barbarian' is a class / set of abilities.

I've always thought the Barbarian was an odd choice for a class. It's a culture, and "barbaric" people can include anything from fighters to hunters to spirit healers. What was the Barbarian class should just be included in the fighter class, or be represented by a Berserker paragon path, IMO.

 

[pukunui]

The name "Barbarian" always was uber-idiotic for what one should simply consider a Fighter-subclass (or fighting man, if you're that old) whose special schtick was simply to rage and be a berserker.
If they only had called it a Berserker, it would make so much sense. But making a cultural designation a class/set of abilities always irked me. That said, I prefer playing a Barbarian instead of a Fighter, simply because they're overall better statswise. But I rather prefer to call them Berserker.

This.

I agree. In most ancient and medieval societies the ability to read and write was a privilege reserved for the elite and priests. Common people rarely had an education to speak of. I think that a character should be literate only if he/she is trained in at least one "knowledge" type skill (arcana, history or religion).

I like this as well.

I've always thought the Barbarian was an odd choice for a class. It's a culture, and "barbaric" people can include anything from fighters to hunters to spirit healers. What was the Barbarian class should just be included in the fighter class, or be represented by a Berserker paragon path, IMO.

Or they could just call it a berserker. I don't mind it being a separate class. It's like the warlord. A good class concept with a bad name. The term "warlord" would have been so much more appropriate as a paragon path name (I'm not sure I agree that berserker would be better for paragon, though).

 

[DandD]

Yes. I hope the game designers read this and will change the name Barbarian to Berserker, or something equally appropriate. Just because it was so in D&D 3.X, doesn't mean that you have to repeat the same mistakes.

 

[pukunui]

Yes. I hope the game designers read this and will change the name Barbarian to Berserker, or something equally appropriate. Just because it was so in D&D 3.X, doesn't mean that you have to repeat the same mistakes.

And since the barbarian isn't cemented in print yet, they can still change it (unlike the warlord)!