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dicehoard · 8 years ago

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Pen and Paper Classtalk (Warrior’s)

Time to talk about the Swiss Armyknife when it comes to Roleplaying. The Warrior, is in most Games or Shows carying a Sword and Shield. But they are far from limitation and generic to that. A Warrior is often capable to wear a wide variety of equipment, a class build around Weapon and Armor giving them bonusperks in several Videogames and Pen and aper. there are many subclasses. Knight, Paladin, Dark Knight, Barbarian or Berserk. just to name a few.

Good examples for Warriors are Link from the Legend of Zelda franchise, many Final fantasy protagonists. Lord of the Rings.... the list goes on and on, the Warrior basicly is the posterboy of Fantasy. Charismatic, heroic, a Good leader.and usualy among the rather good or neutral affinitations.

Starting the Adventure:

Usualy starting with just the basics, a light armor above clothing and a Sword, the Warrior maybe lacks a bit in the erarly phase of Pen and Paper, depending on the game they unlock special skills when they level up, so make shure to defense up at the begining. Invest in Weapons and Armor, this is your Butter and Bread. “A Warrior is only as good as his equipment”

Personality’s:

Often portryed as rather stupid or havign an iqlevel of sliced bread due to the skillpoints used for strengh rather then inteligence. Warriros can be quet smart, often havign to in order to use basic magic in battle or for becoming Vanityclasses (Paladin for example). Just becasue you wear a sword you are not a retard, or mute.

Warriortype characters have an easy to write backstory, often following teh lines of “in there Fathers footsteps” or to “defend there hometown/king/country” and maybe “training there skills out in the World”

Among the most used characteristics is a strong sense of guarding the weak, and defenseless, making him a the perfect frontliner, taking a beating from the enemys and letting there friends do the damage. These shield wielding Warriros are called TANK due to a heavy armor and defense skills.

But not every Warrior is a tank, they can get quiet agressive, and leaving just a smear of his enemy on the walls. Hit hard and dont fool around.

Weapons/Shields:

a Warrior has a big toybox to choose from, be it onehand or twohand weapons, going with two weapons one huge oen or carying a shield. all this is up to the player and there preferences.

Some of the Weapons are Sword’s, Axes, Hammer, Mace, Polearms, Glaves, Spears, Flails. you can go on for hours, but keep in mind that knives and otehr small weapons are for scoundrels or mages monks and priests. Why should a warrior wear a letteropener?

The Shields can also among all sizes and shapes , Buckler to wear together with a small Weapon in a hand to go dual wield. the more bulkier shiels are among the Towershields, Big and heavy Walls of Wood and Metal. its big and heavy, remember you can hit with those too.

A warrior takes his time to maintain his equipment, if you keep your gear in check, it will keep you save when you keep your party save. choose wisely and keep spare, if you play a game with equipment durability. keep it in shape, and teh blades sharp. (no one in a cave will wait for you to hand you a mighty magical blade that shoots lasers)

Classvariations:

alright lets talk about the Flavours the wariors can have. all tasting like the real deal, meele combatiants. carying murderequipment

The Classic one:

there is not much to say about it, realy, if you have read any fantasy novel or played videogames you know them.

The Barbarian:

The Barbarian is the one who carry’s the biggest adn heavyest weapons and heavyest Armor. They are slow Hitters, good for one thing. and that is taking down enemys. Respecting just one thing, Strengh. If they need more then one blow they did something wrong

Paladin:

A Meelepriest in heavy armor? That’s a Paladin. Holy Warriors fighting evil and unrightfullness in all forms. often using Healing, Fire and Lightmagic helping them in a Fight against all Demonic and Undead. (the just dont get along anything shifty) often starting with a squire carying there things around. paladins are helpfull on any position in a pen and paper, be it healer guardian, or fighter. a Paladin is ratehr smart and very charismatic. For a background they coudl wander the world spreading the holy word and scoutign for squres for there order.

Black Knight:

The 180° turn from the Paladin. Dark Knights, Death knights, Warnecromancer, they all share the same thing. They dont fool around, take a delight in torture, and often use Dark magic in combat. “forcechoking” caster, tearing peasnts apart limb by limb to show they dont want to waste time asking. or raising the udnead. because of masochism they rarely carry shields but more likely two weapons. be it axes sicles or swords in most cases. The best word to describe these fellas is “EDGY” Background storys could be searching for mighty artefacts, revenge, or just doing it for the kick. As tool of dark Gods prepairing the world for there arival. or just being Insane.

THE TANK:

The personification of stuborness and unshakable will. Tank’s are there for just one thing, stayign between friend and foe. Specialisation in Defense taking damage. a Tank has a thick armor a thick and big shield and thick Skull. Never giving up, never letting go never gonna say godbye or let them hurt you. Rather Slow in movement but just gonna make a door when they cant find one. a tank is a good choice for roleplayers to start a warrior. mostly the generic backgrouddstory is that they lost somethign or someoen important and wont have that happen again, so they dedicate there life to protect weaker people.

Berserk:

A berserker, raging Beast’s hidden in a humble body. Berserks are known for having a little problem with Angermanagement. they realy dont like to be aroudn crowds, small groups, People in general. A Berserker wears only the most basic of Clothing and rarely any armor. there Weapons are usualy realy Big (Cloud strife big in most cases), or two Weapons, or plainly Barehanded. The Berserk trades defenseskills for even more attackskills, beign the travelguide for a world of pain. Think about Hulk having Hemoroids, rootchanalinfection and a Hangover at the same time. You got the idea now. if they are not angry they dont often speak, among the most used backgroudn storys are being mercenary, or searching for a cure of there illness or curse.

Crusader:

The Crusader is a mixture between Tank and Paladin. Sacrificing charisma and healingskills for a short temper, Defence and righeous Fury. Shadow’s burn away in there presence. as they carry a sigilengraved armor protecting them from evil influence. a holy aura engulfs them, protecting them from enemy magic. usualy wielding along there shild blunt Weapons like Flails, Hammer or Maces. often the elite of a holy order wandering the lands only in the greates of dangers from Hell itself.

The Adventurer:

Best described as Jack of all trades, but master of non. Okay in all places and scenarios but wont ace in any of it. A fun classvariation. Best friend with the randomised stats Dice.

RACES:

Pretty much any Race is fair game, from a small gnome, to the Biggest Minotaur. from a small girl to the reanimatet King. a werewolf, a demon. it does not matter, anything can be a warrior.

Well. thast all for this time. may the d20 be in yoru favour.

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