Transcending the mundane. How to make martial classes epic.

[Tun Kai Poh]

(wow thread necromancy!)

I've always been for giving martial warriors the same kind of supernatural and superhuman abilities that you see in games like Exalted.

I particularly like how the newer 4e-influenced games don't separate "magical" from "nonmagical." Games like ICON by Tom Parkinson-Morgan (it's a free download, take a look) allow the melee types to fling shields that bounce off heads and slam enemies across the battlefield, or to leap so far that they temporarily gain flight. They get these abilities from starting levels.

ICON playtest by Massif Press

Mythic fantasy in a vast green world

massif-press.itch.io

 

[Haiku Elvis]

Despite the fact that Superman has better powers, Batman is a better character (cue outrage), precisely because all he has is training, wits, drive, and a boatload of money, nothing supernatural.

I belive this was covered in the Lego movie 2.
If I may quote Batman himself -
"We worked for our powers (Whoo) 'cause we're self-made men.
We didn't just get them from the sun like an entitled alien"

 

[theCourier]

Just give 'em Mighty Deeds