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<blockquote data-quote="redrover" data-source="post: 4430476" data-attributes="member: 70799">As long as we are speculating on the new classes, I’d like to toss in a “W”: &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; the Witch-Doctor.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; A long time ago (1e MM), nonhuman races had tribal subleader types who were either shamans or witch-doctors. The former had cleric spells and the latter had a mix of wizard and cleric spells. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The witch-doctor combined Divine and Arcane powers and could well be configured as a Primal Controller.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Primitive cultures currently have no arcane spellcaster archetype (I suppose you might patch in a Warlock, but this still leaves tribal cultures without a controller type. Druids aren't thematic for a lot of tribal cultures).&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Since the old witch-doctor was very close to the shaman, it is a fertile field for keeping the name and concept, while doing an orginal take for the new edition.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; If you were going to empower a completely Primal setting, then you’d have to fill this niche with something.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; A Witch is a long shot, IMO. I haven’t seen WotC do too many gender-specific classes in core books.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Shamans: Definitely a returning concept. It’s appeared in Dragon magazine several times over the years and there was even a 2e “Shaman” book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="redrover, post: 4430476, member: 70799"] As long as we are speculating on the new classes, I’d like to toss in a “W”: the [U]Witch-Doctor[/U]. A long time ago (1e MM), nonhuman races had tribal subleader types who were either [I]shamans[/I] or [I]witch-doctors.[/I] The former had cleric spells and the latter had a mix of wizard and cleric spells. The witch-doctor combined Divine and Arcane powers and could well be configured as a Primal Controller. Primitive cultures currently have no arcane spellcaster archetype (I suppose you might patch in a Warlock, but this still leaves tribal cultures without a controller type. Druids aren't thematic for a lot of tribal cultures). Since the old witch-doctor was very close to the shaman, it is a fertile field for keeping the name and concept, while doing an orginal take for the new edition. If you were going to empower a completely Primal setting, then you’d have to fill this niche with something. A Witch is a long shot, IMO. I haven’t seen WotC do too many gender-specific classes in core books. [B]Shamans:[/B] Definitely a returning concept. It’s appeared in Dragon magazine several times over the years and there was even a 2e “Shaman” book. [/QUOTE]

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