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Wouldn't the kukri be more like the sickle than the scimitar? I guess 1e didn't have it and people wouldn't like a d4 when they can have a d6.
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Wouldn't the kukri be more like the sickle than the scimitar? I guess 1e didn't have it and people wouldn't like a d4 when they can have a d6.
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Ye’ll never get me Strawberry Smiggles!
I dunno, the dire flail and the double sword are giving me conniptions. I am impressed by the variety of picks and hammers with pick-ends, though.I like how most of these weapons look like they could realistically be wielded... and then there's the warhammer. (Not that I would like to try out a dire flail, but at least I could move it around)
Just to add to this, the Witch has spells from both the Arcane and Divine spell lists. The class is a bit like the adept from 3E. The hex mechanic allows, more or less, encounter powers. Its pretty unique and definitely feels different from Druid. One of my favorite PF1 classes.In Pathfinder 1e
Witch is an arcane full caster with not a lot of evocations, but has a patron, a familiar that is their spellbook, and a lot of witchy themed power options like curses and brewing potions.
Druid is a divine full caster with nature animal/plant/elemental themes, animal summoning, wildshape, and a big animal companion. Plus scimitars.
Summoners have limited arcane spellcasting but can do their at the moment choice of big quick summon monster spells or a big customizable summoned long-lasting thing/eidolon which acts as a combat brute.
Using the class chassis to execute different flavor and mechanics among spellcasting concepts.
Assuming 1D&D didn't want to proliferate the number of base classes like 3e/PF had, I could see all three classes existing under one shell, along with shamans. It's just that shell isn't really the druid class. Druid would be a great example of a subclass to a larger green mage class, but I don't think the latter works in reverse.In Pathfinder 1e
Witch is an arcane full caster with not a lot of evocations, but has a patron, a familiar that is their spellbook, and a lot of witchy themed power options like curses and brewing potions.
Druid is a divine full caster with nature animal/plant/elemental themes, animal summoning, wildshape, and a big animal companion. Plus scimitars.
Summoners have limited arcane spellcasting but can do their at the moment choice of big quick summon monster spells or a big customizable summoned long-lasting thing/eidolon which acts as a combat brute.
Using the class chassis to execute different flavor and mechanics among spellcasting concepts.
If you really want to go down the rabbit hole path dependency, I think the name Druid is a far bigger example than Scimitar.
While the original druid was a mishmash of bad Celtic lore, there is barely anything Celtic about the class as it currently sits. It's equal parts nature priest, shaman, green witch and elementalist. Sometimes you can add Summoner/zookeeper to that mix. It almost feels too limiting to have a class that could represent a variety of naturalist faiths, traditions and magic under the name of one specific cultural example. It would be akin to having the rogue class be named "ninja"; it does describe what the rogue class does but it is too specific to represent the wide array of other types of sneaky characters the rogue class currently does. (And the class was renamed from Thief for that exact reason).
But I wager inertia will keep them named druid, unless there is some major Twitter outrage about it. The class is too well known by that name (and has spread to too many other derivative fantasy works) to adjust to a more culturally neutral term.
What everyone seems to think a "ninja" is and does is about as wrong from a historical perspective as the D&D Druid is from an actual druid, too.
I always equated monks with the Bloodguard from Thomas Covenant, so I never really got the hate they often get for not being "appropriate".
Thank you for America's corn subsidies making corn the choice base for cheap sugary cereals. The funny thing I've found is that some junk food is gluten-free simply because there's so little that's natural or nutritional in them. I wouldn't live on a diet of them, but candy corn is my favorite treat this time of year. I can chow down on that without getting sick.
I can chow down on that without getting sick.
I've reported that post for the gross obscenity that it was!Oh no. Ralif ... do you know what you've summoned? You've crossed the streams ....