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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phantomK9" data-source="post: 7704581" data-attributes="member: 6790724">SamuraiI've always been wary of the Samurai class usually because it is either an excuse to load up a class with all the cool powers + a Katana, because you know...Katana wins. Or is it a sippery slope of racial stereotypes. But this one seems to avoid those issues.To me this says that the Wisdom bonus should come into play with a good number of the Samurai's abilities, but there is only a little bit of this.Fighting Spirit - Wow....really good. Maybe too good. Comparable to the Barbarian's Rage, but with much more limited duration.Elegant Courtier - Again this doesn't seem like it should be at 7th level. While it is a bit better than the Arcane Archer and Knight 7th level abilities, the bonus to Charisma checks is not going to be that powerful or probably happen that often. At the very least this needs to be part of the class LONG before 7th level. Needs to be moved down to 3rd.Unbreakable Will - Cool ability, but seems like it should have some more oomph. Also needs to move down to 7th level. Hell I'm not even sure it is good enough for a 7th level ability.Rapid Strike - Good ability, but not sure if it is here simply because they couldn't think of anything better...also needs to be moved down to 10th level...if not lower.Strength Before Death - Love it, thematically perfect, but again, needs to move down to 15th level.A decent class but there really doesn't seem to be much to make this a "Samurai". I would expect some kind of ability for hyper-focusing in one or two weapons. I get that they want to avoid the Samurai = Katana business, but this class seems to really be lacking. Also, as described, Wisdom bonus should really come into play more.</blockquote>

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