Gladiator, Healer, and Martial Desciple question

[IKI]

It's great to offer a lot of new classes, but they should also add the races that have one of these classes as favourite or prohibited class.

Does such a document exist??

 

[VincentDarlage]

I would presume no race (other than Hyborian) has them as favoured and no race has them prohibited.

Think about it. Virtually all races have healers of some kind or another. A gladiator is anyone who fights as a gladiator, regardless of race. A martial disciple is someone who has learned those techniques. It seems unlikely they would be prohibited.

I really don't think any of the races specialise in those classes, or REH would have mentioned it, so I don't think anyone favours them.

You can find a fuller discussion here:
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31446

 

[IKI]

I really don't think any of the races specialise in those classes, or REH would have mentioned it, so I don't think anyone favours them.

I don't agree.
The Kithai are one of the most known Martial Artists in the game world of Connan, so they should have the Martial Desciple as one of their favorite classes.

 

[VincentDarlage]

Well, then make it favoured for them. That was easily handled, wasn't it?

Warning, though - most of the people on here think the Martial Disciple is fairly broken as a class (I'll link a few of the discussions). I don't allow any of those three classes in my games. YMMV. (Even the author of the article admits he was "worried less about balancing the class than about making it 'cool'.")

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13320
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24008

 

[David St-Michel]

Warning, though - most of the people on here think the Martial Disciple is fairly broken as a class (I'll link a few of the discussions). I don't allow any of those three classes in my games. YMMV. (Even the author of the article admits he was "worried less about balancing the class than about making it 'cool'.")

That is a fairly risky point of view in a tabletop RPG based on a certain sense of realism (where a battleaxe to the head can effectively kill you).

"Wanting the classes to be cool" is not too far a step away from "So explain to me again why my level 16 Sorceror can't cast fireballs..."