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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8764223" data-attributes="member: 4937">As big as I am on unifying the martial classes, "Barbarian" is a concept distinct enough from "master of martial arts" that I choose not to kill it.  What I did do however is broaden it into the class "Fanatic", of which a member of a secret warrior society in a primitive tribal culture would be just one example of many.  The distinction between "Hulk" style characters and "Steve Rogers" style characters to me feels real enough that they deserve separate classes.  However to me "Barbarian" carries more baggage than it needs to, and sort of distracts from the class's core ideas of channelling your emotion into a mystical state where you acquire power in battle.  The fighter is a cerebral/intellectual take on combat IMO, that very much stands in contrast to unleashing your rage and anger.</blockquote>