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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 5125027" data-attributes="member: 2">Let's see if I can help. The battlemind is a 4e version of 3e's Psychic Warrior -- powers that turn your skin into armor and that refocus damage. Its schtick is that of the self-sufficient warrior who has focused their mind inwards on personal improvement, turning loops of thought in traps for nearby foes. I really like this idea. I kind of get the Jedi reference, although it isn't perfect for me; I think of them more as sword-monks.The ardent's different from anything we've seen before, but they use their raw emotions to influence and affect the people around them. So what the heck does that mean? I keep coming back to the beginning of The Hobbit when Thorin and Company are singing their song and Bilbo is overcome with the desire to go out and do entirely un-hobbitish things. They emote, and their enthusiasm is catching; an ardent's emotions are living things circling their bodies like a tiger in a cage. They can then use these emotions to buff allies or demoralize foes. I kind of picture an ardent to be the life of the party; if he's having fun, everyone is. If he's mopey, his mood affects everyone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 5125027, member: 2"] Let's see if I can help. The battlemind is a 4e version of 3e's Psychic Warrior -- powers that turn your skin into armor and that refocus damage. Its schtick is that of the self-sufficient warrior who has focused their mind inwards on personal improvement, turning loops of thought in traps for nearby foes. I really like this idea. I kind of get the Jedi reference, although it isn't perfect for me; I think of them more as sword-monks. The ardent's different from anything we've seen before, but they use their raw emotions to influence and affect the people around them. So what the heck does that mean? I keep coming back to the beginning of [i]The Hobbit[/i] when Thorin and Company are singing their song and Bilbo is overcome with the desire to go out and do entirely un-hobbitish things. They emote, and their enthusiasm is catching; an ardent's emotions are living things circling their bodies like a tiger in a cage. They can then use these emotions to buff allies or demoralize foes. I kind of picture an ardent to be the life of the party; if he's having fun, everyone is. If he's mopey, his mood affects everyone else. [/QUOTE]

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