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Would blending rangers and barbarians fix what is wrong with barbarians?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 3413969" data-attributes="member: 1288"><p>I disagree with your basic assumption. To my mind, while there's a bit of overlap, the two classes are fundamentally different.</p><p></p><p>The berserker, the rage-driven warrior, is a <em>very different</em> archetype from the woodland hunter. You're comparing Conan with Aragorn, and asking us to accept that they're one and the same.</p><p></p><p>Your problems with the barbarian seem to stem from a conflict between the class and the common usage of the term. But the barbarian class in D&D represents one specific archetype. It's not meant to apply to every member of every culture that might be "barbaric," any more than every individual who fights is a fighter, or every individual who performs is a bard.</p><p></p><p>If you think of the barbarian as a specific type of wilderness-oriented warrior, and not a representative of all barbarian cultures, I think you'll be a lot happier. There's nothing at all wrong with the class as it stands. And I submit that if you've never seen someone RP a barbarian as barbaric, the problem is not with the class, but with the players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 3413969, member: 1288"] I disagree with your basic assumption. To my mind, while there's a bit of overlap, the two classes are fundamentally different. The berserker, the rage-driven warrior, is a [i]very different[/i] archetype from the woodland hunter. You're comparing Conan with Aragorn, and asking us to accept that they're one and the same. Your problems with the barbarian seem to stem from a conflict between the class and the common usage of the term. But the barbarian class in D&D represents one specific archetype. It's not meant to apply to every member of every culture that might be "barbaric," any more than every individual who fights is a fighter, or every individual who performs is a bard. If you think of the barbarian as a specific type of wilderness-oriented warrior, and not a representative of all barbarian cultures, I think you'll be a lot happier. There's nothing at all wrong with the class as it stands. And I submit that if you've never seen someone RP a barbarian as barbaric, the problem is not with the class, but with the players. [/QUOTE]
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