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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 1846274" data-attributes="member: 20323">origin of the name dervishWell, I'm taking a different approach from the other comments. Mine have to do with the flavor, not the mechanics. You've got some great combat abilities in there, but the dervish are you are presenting him is extaordinarily limited! Historically, dervishes were branches/sects of Sufism (the Sufism was Islamic mysticism). Many think they came from central asia, though their true origins remain a mystery. While they had been in Iran and Afghanistan (Persia) for many years, they came into prominence in the early part of the 13th century, during the time of Jellaludin al-Rumi (a wonderful poet). Their ideas caused considerable unrest in the political field; dervishes were radicals, advocating massive changes in rulership, education, and especially spirituality. While there are rare incidences of Sufis being drawn into armed conflit, that is the exception to the norm! I would suggest you do some research into this rich tradition; after all, you can only gain a heap of great ideas for your campaign!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 1846274, member: 20323"] [b]origin of the name dervish[/b] Well, I'm taking a different approach from the other comments. Mine have to do with the flavor, not the mechanics. You've got some great combat abilities in there, but the dervish are you are presenting him is extaordinarily limited! Historically, dervishes were branches/sects of Sufism (the Sufism was Islamic mysticism). Many think they came from central asia, though their true origins remain a mystery. While they had been in Iran and Afghanistan (Persia) for many years, they came into prominence in the early part of the 13th century, during the time of Jellaludin al-Rumi (a wonderful poet). Their ideas caused considerable unrest in the political field; dervishes were radicals, advocating massive changes in rulership, education, and especially spirituality. While there are rare incidences of Sufis being drawn into armed conflit, that is the exception to the norm! I would suggest you do some research into this rich tradition; after all, you can only gain a heap of great ideas for your campaign! ;) [/QUOTE]

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