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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 1460783" data-attributes="member: 8243">Thanks for your time on this. It is really helping me to get it sorted. Your work up of the Fighter/Rogue gestault as Samurai makes a lot of sence. Mobility was prized, particularly as armour was not generally worn on a day to day basis. And while the sword was their signiture weapon, they were quite capable with a range of "covert" weapons. The metal fan being my particular favourite.What concerns me is the differentiation of the classes. The Fighter/Rogue Samurai kinda gets it all. I was wondering how you would distinguish the Ninja from the Samurai. The Rogue/Fighter gestault as Ninja would provide minimal difference. While the ninja was capable with as sword, he was not, in  general, able to go toe-to-toe with a Samurai. I was thinking that a Fighter/Aristocrat or Expert gestalt as Samurai would provide the skill base for the social (and bureaucratic) aspect of their lives. Other elements could be accounted for with Feats.The ninja cultivated the belief that they had "magical" powers through trickery and deception. Slightly submerged rocks placed across a body of water allowed them to "run on water". "Flash bombs" and prepared hidy holes allowed them to "dissappear". The Rogue/Adept gestalt as Ninja would provide a neat analogue for a world in which magic does infact exist.~ just thinking aloud here ~Then there are the Priests. Monks? Clerics? Both? Samurai > Fighter/RogueNinja > Rogue/SorcererPriest > Cleric/MonkIt could work but feels a little too condenced.Samurai > Fighter/Aristocrat or ExpertNinja > Rogue/Adept or ExpertPriest > Cleric/Aristocrat or ExpertI was thinking of including the Ranger as the martial arm of the Taoist (animalist) religion. The Toaist religion is in decline, having largely withdrawn to the mountains and forests. The Buddist's hold the sway in the cities. The two do not get along. Although they dislike each other, they don't dislike each other nearly as much as they dislike the different sects of their own faith. Conflict is common between sects.Magic is the domain of the Emperor. All who weild it are bonded to him. I'm thinking of using Hong's "blood magic" for this - its very dark. Gotta dash. Thanks again.</blockquote>

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