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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7382376" data-attributes="member: 22779">That was kinda my point.&nbsp; People are familiar with paladins because of D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's pretty likely that almost no one has heard of Have Gun Will Travel (my father is a HUGE western fan, so, that's why I knew it).&nbsp; Same goes with Three Hearts and Three Lions.&nbsp; If it hadn't appeared in the appendix in the AD&amp;D DMG, it would likely be about as well remembered as 99% of the era's fantasy, as in, not at all.The idea that we need a class name that's well known to everyone before we can use it seems a bit strange considering the class names we already have in the game.&nbsp; Sure, a D&amp;D player thinks of cleric as heavy armor dude in plate mail.&nbsp; But, anyone else?&nbsp; Well, then again, since clerics have made the move from D&amp;D to MMORPG's and other computer games, we've managed to cement &quot;cleric&quot; in the cultural zeitgeist.&nbsp; But, my point is, these terms are popular because of D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7382376, member: 22779"] That was kinda my point. People are familiar with paladins because of D&D. It's pretty likely that almost no one has heard of Have Gun Will Travel (my father is a HUGE western fan, so, that's why I knew it). Same goes with Three Hearts and Three Lions. If it hadn't appeared in the appendix in the AD&D DMG, it would likely be about as well remembered as 99% of the era's fantasy, as in, not at all. The idea that we need a class name that's well known to everyone before we can use it seems a bit strange considering the class names we already have in the game. Sure, a D&D player thinks of cleric as heavy armor dude in plate mail. But, anyone else? Well, then again, since clerics have made the move from D&D to MMORPG's and other computer games, we've managed to cement "cleric" in the cultural zeitgeist. But, my point is, these terms are popular [I]because[/I] of D&D. [/QUOTE]

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