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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 90950" data-attributes="member: 2572">I will make an attempt to help answer the original question without getting into the low magic discussion. Why I am not playing a Shaman myself, there is one in our current campaign. We are playing an OA/Rokugan with some Realms thrown in. Our Shaman has not complained publicly about his choice and seems to be having fun. What is his role then. He is our cleric equivalent (There are no clerics in Rokugan), without much direct combat (This last part may be more his playing style) His job is to provide healing and buffing, our other spellcaster who is the "howitzer" makes him invisible after the buffing, and then he runs around providing healing to those in need. His turning has been helpful on at least one occaision as well. Does this mean that the shaman can't be used more offenceivly without a spellcasting "howitzer" to back him up I do not know. Is the Shaman a bad class, I don't think so. Should it be played if you want to be the center of attention in combat, probably not.As for needing a spellcasting power to deal with encounters it is up to the DM and his choices. Our current DM in the nature of his eastern campaign focuses less on monsters and more on leveled humans with only a few shadowlands creatures thrown in. This is in no way though a low magic campaign, with magic having played an important part of several encounters, both good and bad. We are mostly facing Sammuri, Shugenja, and Rogues at this point, and I have no complaints since this fits in well with his storyline.</blockquote>

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