Fighters in ten levels, and what happens after
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:26 am
Since, it's obvious that people do not like 20th level fighters being able to be just as powerful as 20th level spell casters.
I'll be honest, that's bullshit, but whatever. I prefer to think that a character like say, Paul Atredies or Duncan Idaho. Seriously.
They start as "humans". They advance, and are taught, and are lucky, and are raised in situations that make it possible for them to grow intelligent and healthy in a feudal styled Sci-Fi.
In the "Dune" setting, people range widely in terms of power and resources (unlike a modern society where most people benefit, and the differences aren't so widely pronounced. There are places where the lowest class are treated like slaves or serfs (Haarkonen) or, where every member of their territory is worthy of respect (Atredies). It's really a lot more like a medieval setting than most other settings.
Anyway, Duncan and Paul get abilities like Suggestion at will; or Mind Blank at will, or several other spells, or powers; that they did not have before.
Later on, one of the Atredies descendants, Miles Teg, is reborn, and has the ability to see No-Ships. Ships that cannot be detected on any type of scanner. Not heat, not mass, nothing; they're just not easily visible.
So... like... True Seeing.
Meaning that a high level 'Fighter' is casting specific Wizard or Cleric spells at will.... or that their progression involves specialzied and non-standard training.
In Dune, every character seems to gain their own, personal, supernatural ability or abilities.
For other characters....
Cuchullain? Divine Power with his fighter/warrior/soldier HD, at level 2-6 is a big deal. At level 7 he gets Righteous Might, and an Artifact spear that auto-kills people.
I'll be honest, that's bullshit, but whatever. I prefer to think that a character like say, Paul Atredies or Duncan Idaho. Seriously.
They start as "humans". They advance, and are taught, and are lucky, and are raised in situations that make it possible for them to grow intelligent and healthy in a feudal styled Sci-Fi.
In the "Dune" setting, people range widely in terms of power and resources (unlike a modern society where most people benefit, and the differences aren't so widely pronounced. There are places where the lowest class are treated like slaves or serfs (Haarkonen) or, where every member of their territory is worthy of respect (Atredies). It's really a lot more like a medieval setting than most other settings.
Anyway, Duncan and Paul get abilities like Suggestion at will; or Mind Blank at will, or several other spells, or powers; that they did not have before.
Later on, one of the Atredies descendants, Miles Teg, is reborn, and has the ability to see No-Ships. Ships that cannot be detected on any type of scanner. Not heat, not mass, nothing; they're just not easily visible.
So... like... True Seeing.
Meaning that a high level 'Fighter' is casting specific Wizard or Cleric spells at will.... or that their progression involves specialzied and non-standard training.
In Dune, every character seems to gain their own, personal, supernatural ability or abilities.
For other characters....
Cuchullain? Divine Power with his fighter/warrior/soldier HD, at level 2-6 is a big deal. At level 7 he gets Righteous Might, and an Artifact spear that auto-kills people.