Son of the Serpent
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It could model it. It SHOULD NOT model it best (at least standardly). Best was the qualifier there.Bold is mine...
And WHY wouldn't a Fighter class model that? It seems like a huge flaw to me.
It could model it. It SHOULD NOT model it best (at least standardly). Best was the qualifier there.Bold is mine...
And WHY wouldn't a Fighter class model that? It seems like a huge flaw to me.
Bold is mine...
And WHY wouldn't a Fighter class model that? It seems like a huge flaw to me.
Yeh probably but there are also good reasons that happens. Many of the original dragons were the size of alligators (look at St George statues) Humans have grown to be so potent we can destroy cities and likely planets we are more awesome for magic to be impressive it well it grew from the classics into a lot more boom boom.To that end, I my growing suspicion is that the answer to these types of threads is not that fighters are too weak, but that casters are generally too broad/powerful.
He was known as a prodigy too... starting out at really early age so yeh very D&D character like... he gained Well described techniques (yes called Feats - familiar word eh) some which went over the top and Perseus Gained Magic Items. Tony pointed out the latter is a very similar to D&D character hero. (but aside from one being internally developed and the other being externally acquired its rather similar.A few do, yes. I think, though, that if you went around and tallied them up, you would find that Cu Cuhlain's story (if there is a singular story that matches what you say and not several...which is also unlikely) is more of an outlier (although I know its your favorite hobby horse).
There's a reason Raglan's Hero traits list includes "reputed to be the son of a god".
Also it was a god that screwed up his life and made him need to do the labors. That was heras doing. Hera is a jerk. But hera is what truly turnes him into a hero. Ruined his life and gave him the adversity necesaary to prove himself. She should be kicking herself.Yeh probably but there are also good reasons that happens. Many of the original dragons were the size of alligators (look at St George statues) Humans have grown to be so potent we can destroy cities and likely planets we are more awesome for magic to be impressive it well it grew from the classics into a lot more boom boom.
He was known as a prodigy too... starting out at really early age so yeh very D&D character like... he gained Well described techniques (yes called Feats - familiar word eh) some which went over the top and Perseus Gained Magic Items. Tony pointed out the latter is a very similar to D&D character hero. (but aside from one being internally developed and the other being externally acquired its rather similar.
Alexander the Great also claimed Divine Heritage but not early his the career.. Hiawatha was doing things that are impossible to the current D&D fighter but not sure he has any godling myth about him.
It may just be an impression at this point but characters like Odysseus (and maybe Herakles) were not possibly not presented as divine early on... and part of the Herakles story does involve him being finally "recognized" by the and granted status among them.
Herakles labours were proof of his potency but they could have also been him developing as well.
the "MOST" magic items? In what exact way donyou mean that? Like, the most slots somehow?Also re: this conan vs hercules thing. Not every "fighting buff type" figure of myth has to be a fighter. That's a flawed assumption. As long as one or more of those legendary heroes can fit the fighter class, then that's all that is needed to justify the argument that fighters can be mythic and legendary. Jason, Perseus, etc are all good examples. Just because Hercules isn't, doesn't mean that fighters can't be.
Also, it was pointed out that Perseus has magic items. Well, yeah. Fighters also get access to the most magic items, and have been since day 1 of the game. That's another feature of the class. The game assumes magic items at some point, so factoring them and how fighters get the most options is a valid important feature.
the "MOST" magic items? In what exact way donyou mean that? Like, the most slots somehow?
Oh totally and many heroes have some sort of background that arranges for them to have well lets call it things to do...Also it was a god that screwed up his life and made him need to do the labors. That was heras doing. Hera is a jerk. But hera is what truly turnes him into a hero. Ruined his life and gave him the adversity necesaary to prove himself. She should be kicking herself.
How many suits of armor do you really need at one time? inquiring minds wanta knowBut traditionally, fighters could use more magic items appearing in the game than any other class. About the only ones they couldn't use were scrolls and some wands/staffs/rods. And most items found were weapons, potions, and armor (using the % tables), of which fighters could use all of them, and other classes couldn't.