I agree, nunchucks just don’t seem to fit the Professor’s style.
There are few specifics in The Two Towers and The Return Of The King about Haradrim; it’s clear that they prefer to fight with spears and that they wear red clothes, gold jewelry, and long hair. None of those would be binding, naturally, since presumably the majority of that army were not monks. I don’t have any other texts at hand, but the Thain’s Book confirms most of that.
Think it’s bad that I learned about Arneson’s death from the Order of the Stick? I think he’d be flattered.
My group found the 1st Edition Monk difficult to play, with a mish-mash of abilities.
I recently designed a Warrior Monk class, which has worked well on its first couple of outings.
I can send it to What Exit? when I get back from holiday if he’d like.
That’s sounds great. I have only ever had a few handful of Monks run under me and only 2 were successful. I’ve only run one once myself and I have run every other class dozens of times.
For the spear: It might or might not be. As a ranger you’d have several weapon proficiencies to start with (exactly how many depending on what level What Exit starts you out at) so you could have a spear in addition to a close-quarters weapon, and probably a ranged weapon as well. A spear would be a good addition, actually, since we’re commonly in the position of being charged by an enemy who is trying to reach our archers. You might also be able to wield it over a Dwarf’s head, saving yourself the danger of being on the front line.
Yes, of course the movie images:smack: I should have thought of that. And I neglected to say that I hope everyone had a good Easter or at least a good weekend.
A Ranger sounds interesting, and would seem to fit as far as party balance goes. I take it that they are somewhere between a fighter and a thief, as far as brick-ness?
When I think Ranger I think Elf but that’s just “fantasy reflex” if you will. I l like the Beorning concept better. The difficulty of finding armor to accommodate my were-form does make me hesitate. That or a Hobbit. Can’t have too many Hobbits.
Rangers are usually great on HP but lag in armor compared to bricks. They are usually their equal though in fighting.
The Beorning would only be a problem if you are shape-shifter. This is not guaranteed. I agree you cannot have too many Hobbits. The best Rangers are the Dúnedain though. They are also the longest lived of the three races mentioned. Elves of course are the longest lives. The Domebo game will have a Noldo Ranger from Rivendell.
Do you want to be mêlée oriented or missile oriented or Ranger Skill oriented?
If missile, you might want to take the Hobbit,
If Mêlée the Beorning get a strength bonus.
If a generalist with the best Ranger skills of Tracking and Herbology, go Dúnedain.
One last question before I start the first draft. You’ll have 4 proficiencies to start. It is one per weapon type and you can and should take a specialization in one of them.
Spear is an uncommon weapon for characters but it has the advantage of Magic ones show up without ever really being claimed by party members. However Swords and Bows are of course the typical human and Elven weapons.
Do you want to specialize in Bow, Sword or Spear or something else?
