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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chronoplasm" data-source="post: 4846894" data-attributes="member: 73795">Let's take a look at the classic Jungian archetypes:  The hero, who pursues a great quest to realize his destiny. The self, the personality striving towards its own complete realization. The shadow, the amoral remnant of our instinctual animal past. The persona, the mask and pretense we show others. The anima and animus, our female and male roles and urges. The mother, primarily in the sense of our need of her. The father, primarily an authority figure often inducing fear. The child, our innocent beginning with all our potential in front of us. The sage, or wise old man, one who has the profound knowledge. The god, the perfect image of the Self. The goddess, the great mother, or Mother Earth. The trickster, a rascal agent pushing us towards change. The hermaphrodite, the joiner of opposites. The beast, a representation of the primitive past of man. The scapegoat, suffering the shortcomings of others. The fool, wandering off in confusion and faulty directions. The artist, the visionary and inspired way of approaching truth. Mana and other concepts of spiritual energy. The journey, a representation of the quest towards self-realization. Life, death and rebirth, the cyclic nature of existence. Light and dark, images of the conscious and the unconscious. The tree, the growth towards self-fulfillment. Water, the unconscious and the emotions. The wizard, knowledgeable of the hidden and of transformation needed.   What do I see when I look at this? I see character classes. The Hero is the Fighter, the Trickster is the Rogue, the Artist is the Bard, and the Wizard is... the Wizard.I'd say the Tree, the Beast, Life, and maybe Water are primal classes, but I'm not exactly sure how they line up with the Barbarian, Druid, Shaman, and Warden.I think the Sage is the Cleric, the Scapegoat is the Paladin (a defender, taking a beating for everyone but dishing out little damage itself), the God/Goddess is the Invoker, and... I'm not sure what lines up with the Avenger.  Anyway, I'm thinking that we could use the Jungian archetypes as inspiration for new classes.I think some sort of class based on the Hermaphrodite, perhaps a class which focuses on bringing together opposing forces and joining them, could be pretty cool.  Your thoughts?Your interpretations?</blockquote>

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