From: moudgill@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Mayan Moudgill)
Subject: AD&D: class request

Some time ago people were posting alternate character kits/classes.
The ones I remember were the Sword dancer and the Kensei (something
out of AD&D-1 Oriental Campaigns, modified for 2nd ed.)

Does anyone have them archived anywhere? Also, does anyone have any
other kit/classes/mythoi (for priests) which they've used/seen used/
proposed. How did they balance? How much fun were they (from the
_GM_s point of view, too :) )?

IMHO, the warrior kits are a neat idea. (Apart from the cavalier :( )
However, I have my doubts about mixing priests with the straight AD&D2
cleric. Who do you give the Turn Dead ability to? and whom don't you
give it too. Or even better:

Priestess of Diana:
Requirement:
14 Dex
12 Con
11 Str
Races
Human Elven Half-Elven (Halfling ?)
Weapon specializations:
Bows and Javelin only.
Non-weapon
Hunting
Trapping etc.
Armor:
Non-metal only
Spheres of Magic:
All, Animal and some others.
Alignment:
(lawful) Nuetral
Misc:
Tracking a la Ranger
A _lot_ of the Druid stuff.
+2 to hit with bow/thrown javelin
+3 for reaction roll wrt all animals with animal intelligence only
(Maybe) gets a unicorn (like a paladin) at some level.

Kind of a ranger with priest(druid) spells. Hey, maybe what I'm describing
is a ranger(ess). She certainly doesn't resemble a mace-weilding, dead-turning,
heavily armored spell-loaded cleric of AD&D-1!!!!

The kits/mythoi etc are really blurring the distinction between classes.
Carried to it's ultimate, it may be a champions "I want x of this and
y of that and maybe intrinsic levitation 3 times a day-- whoops! too many
points-- okay once a day" :(

Not that I dislike it, mind you. It's nice to be able to have all these
sects, with their restrictions on abilities. It's nice to be able to
go beyond the choices of Fighter/Paladin/Ranger Mage/Illutionist Cleric/Druid
But I have a feeling that pretty soon some these divisions will start
feeling pretty arbitrary.

Oh, well.
:)
mayan

I'm sure I'll get flamed. As a matter of fact, I know I'll get flamed.
I was me, I'd flame me,too.
