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<blockquote data-quote="Arcane Runes Press" data-source="post: 1955209" data-attributes="member: 402">I guess it might be, but I see woodsman as a more generic term, one that would make people gripe even more about the ranger's specific mix of class abilities. That's sort of what I'm talking about. The Holy Warrior's mechanics match the thematic broadness of the class' name. The Holy Warrior as a concept is one step less generic than the Fighter, just as &quot;samurai&quot; is one step less generic than the fighter. But the mechanics of the Holy Warrior, as I recall, match the broadness of the class' name - you can do a lot with the holy warrior, and explore many archetypes.The Complete Warrior samurai, conversely, does not have mechanics to match the theme. It takes a broad thematic concept - the samurai - and channels it into a very specific, very narrow mechanical concept. The name samurai brings to mind many different archetypes, but the mechanics only serve a single one of those archetypes. That's where I think the CW Samurai fails, and the OA samurai succeeds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arcane Runes Press, post: 1955209, member: 402"] I guess it might be, but I see woodsman as a more generic term, one that would make people gripe even more about the ranger's specific mix of class abilities. That's sort of what I'm talking about. The Holy Warrior's mechanics match the thematic broadness of the class' name. The Holy Warrior as a concept is one step less generic than the Fighter, just as "samurai" is one step less generic than the fighter. But the mechanics of the Holy Warrior, as I recall, match the broadness of the class' name - you can do a lot with the holy warrior, and explore many archetypes. The Complete Warrior samurai, conversely, does not have mechanics to match the theme. It takes a broad thematic concept - the samurai - and channels it into a very specific, very narrow mechanical concept. The name samurai brings to mind many different archetypes, but the mechanics only serve a single one of those archetypes. That's where I think the CW Samurai fails, and the OA samurai succeeds. [/QUOTE]

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