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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4915380" data-attributes="member: 54846">Also the Shaman class struck me as African and Celtic (given cultures in both have animist leanings where everything has a spirit).But really. It seems to me that the problem isn't even the Shaman's fluff.The OP is hung up on the class name. Just because the Shaman class is called &quot;Shaman&quot; does not mean that you have to play that class if you want your character to be a primitive spellcaster. I could easily take a Warlock and Multi-class it into Bard and call it a Shaman if I wanted to.But, as others have said, if you like the MECHANICS of the Shaman but the fluff is your problem, change the fluff. I've seen people use Kalasthar shamans described as &quot;pulling the target's deepest fears out of their mind and attacking them with their nightmare&quot; to using the Shaman as a Necromancer, with a bound ghost. The Spirit Companion could be a shard of the Shaman's own soul.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4915380, member: 54846"] Also the Shaman class struck me as African and Celtic (given cultures in both have animist leanings where everything has a spirit). But really. It seems to me that the problem isn't even the Shaman's fluff. The OP is hung up on the [I]class name[/I]. Just because the Shaman class is called "Shaman" does not mean that you have to play that class if you want your character to be a primitive spellcaster. I could easily take a Warlock and Multi-class it into Bard and call it a Shaman if I wanted to. But, as others have said, if you like the MECHANICS of the Shaman but the fluff is your problem, change the fluff. I've seen people use Kalasthar shamans described as "pulling the target's deepest fears out of their mind and attacking them with their nightmare" to using the Shaman as a Necromancer, with a bound ghost. The Spirit Companion could be a shard of the Shaman's own soul. [/QUOTE]

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