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barkyn
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can all playable races select any class in the game? not a fan of mmos where races are restricted from using certain classes.
"Just because im short and stumpy doesnt mean im not fast and nimble. my thirst for treasure keeps me...shall we say...more athletic than most dwarves" Dakoldin Quiverbeard (Dwarven Ranger)
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Judging from the videos, it looks like there will be no restrictions on that. Though some race bonuses lend themselves to certain classes better than others.
I don't really believe they will allow such a thing as it will break the lore of the game.
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St. Augustinus
This would mean make a completely different character with completely different abilities and role. No, it's not possible.
St. Augustinus
What's wrong with dwarf rogues? We had Dorna Trapspringer in NWN: SOU and if I remember correctly Aribeth was supposed to be full elf in early designs. Those combos seem to fit perfectly in the lore
What's wrong is that dwarf lore hardly fits rogue fluff, at least imho. But, i guess that my example was "viable". Then i'll put in the fray a mythical figure: the halfling wizard.
St. Augustinus
Made me remember the "Yo!!" wizard in Daggerdale game
I was going to say dwarven wizard instead of rogue, but then I remembered part 2 of NWN-OC.
You see, stories like to have characters who break norms - like good drow for example. Then slowly they become so overused that they become the norm.
So I completely am with denkasaeba with it
Because all the classes have been announced and what we have is final yes?
Cryptic has stated that they really are only limited to the Classes and Races that WotC allows them to put into the game and that they plan on continually adding new races and classes as the game progresses after release. Whether the classes and races we see now are the ones at release, not even us Moderators know for sure if there will be more Classes and Races prior to launch. We just know they plan on continuing to add more after release, for sure. Heck, we were just as surprised and happy at seeing the Great Weapon Fighter announced as many of you were!
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I perfectly know that Dwarves are the third most common race in FR, after human and halflings. I have never said that dwarves need to be only 2handed drunken wielders. I just find weird, as most old school players do, dwarven rogues.
St. Augustinus
St. Augustinus
That was not the actual meaning
When dwarves were first introduced they were (and still are to some extent) more bent towards divine stuff. So instead of choosing arcana, they chose divine or martial category. As a dwarf in NWN2 says (Khedgar) - "A dwarven monk?".
Even the evil dwarves who were bad, took up powers from evil gods - those who left Moradin.
However, as I said before, when something is rare, it tends to be overused in stories and ends up being "too commonly uncommon". Drizzt is a fine and most recent example of it. Emo and Good drow are norms now. Dwarves were a popular race and people liked to break the norms making dwarf arcanists. Not to say it is not possible, just that it was rarer than rest.
Dwarves can't be wizards...in D&D to D&D 2nd ed. It was a restricted class based on race and other classes had level limits. Ahh those were the days and see my earlier posts if you hunt for it about auctioning off a dwarven wizard for the RPGA (charity) in those Living City days.
Now of course, since 3rd edition all races may be all classes. But it always wasn't that way. In this game 13 years wasn't that long ago!
If there were restrictions on playable race/class combos, this is a perfect way to make special NPC. This is why such characters appear in stories.
Polymorph Any Object also works well if you're just Race/Gender jumping.
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Blargh, that would be up until 4e anyway, which would be replaced with DM fiat given the nature of that spell. So Cookies!
That would be amazing! Sadly, I think I have a better chance of being sucked into the mists myself than seeing a Ravenloft MMO....
Guess we'll see.