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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5577741" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'll hold my tongue at most of the post this was taken from to only address this (regarding Scheherezade):Dude, that's a classic strawman regarding D&D and mapping figures of myth, legend and fiction to its character classes.There is seldom, if ever, a perfect fit.  The skalds and other singing characters of northern European myths didn't use whips or rapiers...and many favored heavy blades & axes.  On the flipside, Orpheus wasn't much for wearing armor or fighting at all.Most D&D classes are chimaera; catch-alls of characteristics from a variety of sources so that you can take a broad range of characters and shohorn 'em in.  Sometimes, they'll be overbroad.  Sometimes, they'll seem oddly restrictive.Let me ask you, would you have typed out a similar reply if I had said Achilles should probably be a Fighter because he didn't wear Chainmail or Plate and probably wasn't proficient in crossbow, Glaive and bastard swords?  Is Aragon any less a D&D ranger because he doesn't have an Animal Companion or cast spells?  Are Jeanne D'Arc, Lancelot du Lac and Roland not paladins because they couldn't summon a mount from thin air?Wouldn't you use the D&D Monk for a martial artist in a classic Chinese wushu film even if he mixed his Kung Fu with a spear?Replies like the one I quoted don't help anyone's arguments.</blockquote>