StendhalRefactoringClassBasics: Difference between revisions

* [[StendhalRefactoringClassScout| Scout]] — an dexterity/agility-based fighter, forward-observer, and master of the wilds. (Mostly the same as the current [[StendhalRefactoringClassThief| Thief]] sans Backstabbing, Unlocking, Pocketpicking)

** [[StendhalRefactoringClassPaladin| Paladin]] — (Warrior+Priest) a holy knight. (Sort of a cross between WarriorKnight and Priest allowing access to both their skills, but not advancing as quickly as either of them does.)

* [[StendhalRefactoringClassMage| DruidMage]] — an elemental magic user

Other than the obvious difference of adding in a tree of lots of classes, one of the differences in this reorganization compared to the four basic classes above is that instead of having the typical "ranged, melee; offensive magic, defensive magic" breakdown it instead has a "speed, power; holy, elemental" breakdown where the choices are orthogonal rather than opposites. You could play an offensive DruidMage (fireball...) or a defensive DruidMage (ice shield...); an offensive Priest (curse, blight, turn undead...) or a defensive Priest (ward, heal, resurrect...); a ranged Scout (i.e. Archer) or a melee Scout (just hit them really often); a ranged Warrior (e.g. Berserker with the sprinting skill) or a melee Warrior (just hit them really hard). I think this makes for more interesting play since the classes aren't so typecasted.