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<blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 1291005" data-attributes="member: 4545">For those of you against the Class term to describe a character, but in favor of some other term, like adventurer, sellsword, mercenary, Mage, magician, minstrel, etc... what's wrong with the generic D&amp;D term that was originally picked because it seemed the best generic term for such a character?&nbsp; If people in a world stereotype (which, by the way, everyone does because the brain works more efficiently that way... our brains simply don;t seem to be able to handle dealing with dealing with everyone as an individual, so we stereotype based on many thing, professions being one of them.&nbsp; For instance, &quot;Who's Bill?&quot; response, &quot;Oh, he's that Lawyer I've told you about.&quot;)We often categorize by the vaguest of terms in professions.&nbsp; Lawyer instead of Board Certified Lawyer specializing in bankruptcy cases; Teacher instaed of High school French teacher teaching French 1, 2 and 3.&nbsp; Professor instead of Grad Student Teacher's assistant.&nbsp; Really, wat's so wrong with someone saying, &quot;Oi, that guys one hell of a Fighter.&nbsp; Be careful when ya deal with him.&quot;&nbsp; Or, &quot;He's one a them rangers.&quot;&nbsp; Sterotyping is a very natural and some psychologists would claim necessary way for our brain to deal with information it recieves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Harlock, post: 1291005, member: 4545"] For those of you against the Class term to describe a character, but in favor of some other term, like adventurer, sellsword, mercenary, Mage, magician, minstrel, etc... what's wrong with the generic D&D term that was originally picked because it seemed the best generic term for such a character? If people in a world stereotype (which, by the way, everyone does because the brain works more efficiently that way... our brains simply don;t seem to be able to handle dealing with dealing with everyone as an individual, so we stereotype based on many thing, professions being one of them. For instance, "Who's Bill?" response, "Oh, he's that Lawyer I've told you about.") We often categorize by the vaguest of terms in professions. Lawyer instead of Board Certified Lawyer specializing in bankruptcy cases; Teacher instaed of High school French teacher teaching French 1, 2 and 3. Professor instead of Grad Student Teacher's assistant. Really, wat's so wrong with someone saying, "Oi, that guys one hell of a Fighter. Be careful when ya deal with him." Or, "He's one a them rangers." Sterotyping is a very natural and some psychologists would claim necessary way for our brain to deal with information it recieves. [/QUOTE]

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