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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6126240" data-attributes="member: 1465">I have to say that these all now feel quite inappropriate to me.We have to understand that there are &quot;gamist&quot; players who like these, but to &quot;casual&quot; players there could be horribly nondescript: &lt;&quot;Striker&quot; must obviously be a Fighter, right?&gt; &lt;No, it's a Rogue of course&gt; &lt;Why do I have to be a Cleric to be a Leader?&gt; &lt;Because &quot;Leaders&quot; are Clerics or Wizards by the rules&gt; &lt;I am a Wizard and I am an Expert at...&gt; &lt;No, stop there, you have to be a Rogue to be an &quot;Expert&quot;&gt; and so on, these keywords could mean anything and are almost arbitrary. Pretty much all of them. OTOH, a &quot;Gladiator&quot; clearly is a type of Fighter, while a &quot;Necromancer&quot; is a type of Wizard. There can be some overlap, such as Necromancer being also a Cleric (debatable, but possible of course), but at least these names tell you who you are as a whole, while all the above rather tell you about your tactics.It's hard to think of a Necromancer Fighter or a Gladiator Wizard. They are definitely not impossible, but clearly they are advanced concepts compared to a Gladiator Fighter and Necromancer Wizard. OTOH an archer Fighter and an archer Wizard are both totally understandable to everybody, they are not advanced concepts at all, they are just characters who wield a bow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6126240, member: 1465"] I have to say that these all now feel quite inappropriate to me. We have to understand that there are "gamist" players who like these, but to "casual" players there could be horribly nondescript: <"Striker" must obviously be a Fighter, right?> <No, it's a Rogue of course> <Why do I have to be a Cleric to be a Leader?> <Because "Leaders" are Clerics or Wizards by the rules> <No, stop there, you have to be a Rogue to be an "Expert"> and so on, these keywords could mean [I]anything [/I]and are almost arbitrary. Pretty much [B]all of them[/B]. OTOH, a "Gladiator" [B]clearly[/B] is a type of Fighter, while a "Necromancer" is a type of Wizard. There can be some overlap, such as Necromancer being also a Cleric (debatable, but possible of course), but at least these names tell you [B]who you are[/B] as a whole, while all the above rather tell you [B]about your tactics[/B]. It's hard to think of a Necromancer Fighter or a Gladiator Wizard. They are definitely [I]not impossible[/I], but clearly they are [B]advanced[/B] concepts compared to a Gladiator Fighter and Necromancer Wizard. OTOH an archer Fighter and an archer Wizard are both totally understandable to everybody, they are not advanced concepts at all, they are just characters who wield a bow. [/QUOTE]

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