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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sammael" data-source="post: 5989009" data-attributes="member: 4475">I'll give you a reply as to why I see those 4 classes as essential archetypes and why I chose them for my own revision of the system.Rangers do not rely on formal martial training. Instead, they focus on speed, guerrilla tactics, and the use of the environment to their advantage. While a tactically-minded fighter will also make good use of the terrain to help him win a battle, he will primarily win the battle because of his skill at arms. Not so with the ranger, who will make the terrain win the battle for him.Champions (Paladins), likewise, do not gain their combat prowess as much as from training as they draw upon their belief and divine inspiration. A Champion manifests those beliefs through his aura (helping allies and/or hindering foes), uses them to boost his defenses and attacks, and, finally, can release all that concentrated power by smiting those who oppose his beliefs. Druids are not just nature priests. They act as nature's avatars, able to shift their own form to take on nature's various aspects, and harness the raw power of elements to produce magical effects that do not break the natural world but draw upon its most powerful phenomena (storms, earthquakes, quicksand, etc). Whereas clerics receive their power from prayers (classical Vancian casters), I think that druids represent their archetype much better by being spontaneous casters.Finally, bards harness the power of words and sounds, both mundane and magical. They are unparalleled diplomats, negotiators, and liars, and the only class that can resolve almost any encounter non-violently through the power of their bardic songs. Their repertoire may be limited in scope, but I've taken a cue from 3.x warlocks and made the bardic songs a non-expendable resource. The bard can use his song as often as he desires, and the only limitation is that he cannot have multiple songs active at the same time. That's a very different type of magic than that practiced by mages.</blockquote>

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