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<blockquote data-quote="Wyvern" data-source="post: 7744780" data-attributes="member: 2374"><p>I just discovered this series today, so I'm going to use this space to comment on the series as a whole. I love the idea, but there are a couple of improvements you could make:</p><p></p><p>First, it would be nice to see what backgrounds you chose for them. Based on the number of skills listed for each, it appears that they do *have* backgrounds, but I can't always figure what they are. Aladdin is obviously an Urchin, and Musashi appears to be a Soldier, but I don't know what to make of Joan of Arc. (I would've pegged her as a Folk Hero, but she doesn't have Survival proficiency listed, and "Divine Connection" isn't a feature of any background in the book. Also, she has one more skill listed than she'd normally get from bard + background, which could be accounted for by taking the feat + skill option at 1st level -- but that leads to me wonder why none of the others have that extra skill.) Lancelot is proficient in Deception, which means his background must be either Charlatan or Criminal, and Achilles' proficiency in Religion could only come from either Acolyte or Hermit.</p><p></p><p>(All of this assumes that you're going by-the-book, of course. But that seems to be the case in other respects, so...)</p><p></p><p>Secondly, I'm puzzled by the fact that you've consistently given the feats different names from the book. Since their descriptions are accurate in all other respects, I can only assume it's intentional, but I don't know why you'd do that.</p><p></p><p>As for suggestions for future people to cover, I'm pretty sure that all my ideas have already been mentioned, but I'll just echo the requests for Robin Hood, Beowulf, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Daedalus, Odysseus and Sinbad. And if you're willing to entertain the inclusion of more recent literary figures, I'd love to see the Scarlet Pimpernel. Judge Dee, too, though I'm not sure how well he fits into any of the classic D&D archetypes (you could always write him up as an NPC, though).</p><p></p><p>Wyvern</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wyvern, post: 7744780, member: 2374"] I just discovered this series today, so I'm going to use this space to comment on the series as a whole. I love the idea, but there are a couple of improvements you could make: First, it would be nice to see what backgrounds you chose for them. Based on the number of skills listed for each, it appears that they do *have* backgrounds, but I can't always figure what they are. Aladdin is obviously an Urchin, and Musashi appears to be a Soldier, but I don't know what to make of Joan of Arc. (I would've pegged her as a Folk Hero, but she doesn't have Survival proficiency listed, and "Divine Connection" isn't a feature of any background in the book. Also, she has one more skill listed than she'd normally get from bard + background, which could be accounted for by taking the feat + skill option at 1st level -- but that leads to me wonder why none of the others have that extra skill.) Lancelot is proficient in Deception, which means his background must be either Charlatan or Criminal, and Achilles' proficiency in Religion could only come from either Acolyte or Hermit. (All of this assumes that you're going by-the-book, of course. But that seems to be the case in other respects, so...) Secondly, I'm puzzled by the fact that you've consistently given the feats different names from the book. Since their descriptions are accurate in all other respects, I can only assume it's intentional, but I don't know why you'd do that. As for suggestions for future people to cover, I'm pretty sure that all my ideas have already been mentioned, but I'll just echo the requests for Robin Hood, Beowulf, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Daedalus, Odysseus and Sinbad. And if you're willing to entertain the inclusion of more recent literary figures, I'd love to see the Scarlet Pimpernel. Judge Dee, too, though I'm not sure how well he fits into any of the classic D&D archetypes (you could always write him up as an NPC, though). Wyvern [/QUOTE]
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