I think this is going rather well, so I'll let you guys keep talking about that.
What I did see was people worried about certain classes not fitting the tribe's backstory, so I'll ramble a bit about that.
Lancers and archers are probably mostly self-explanatory: when hunting, you want to keep your distance from the target. So it makes sense that the majority of the tribe would focus on those disciplines (the hunting parties, anyway). But other classes can fit well too. The simplest way is to say certain characters left the tribe to study in the Guilds, with the purpose of coming back later and teaching the others.
However, I think most classes can be explained without the need to have left the tribe. Remember than in ARR's universe, pretty much all classes have flashy magical skills, so some disciplines that wouldn't work in the real world would work in Eorzea because of...well, magic. That sounds like a poor argument, though, so let's try it without magic (in some cases, anyway). For instance:
- It's probable that hunters would be subject to some hand-to-hand combat training, in case their weapons break or are unavailable, so a puglicist could be a character who maybe wasn't so good with spears but who really liked punching people (and beasts, maybe) in the face.
- Conjurers can be explained as the healers of the tribe. However, along with Thaumaturges, they also have a very nice way to fit into hunting parties: slow spells. Both classes have access to spells that (as far as gameplay goes) slow down the targets. That would be really handy for hunting.
- Axes are better than spears to smash through a beasts caparace, and even better to cut them to pieces for easier transportation. That'd be a nice way to make Marauders fit: for dangerous or big beasts, the lancers could keep pressure against it to confuse it, while the Marauder found a vantage point from where to leap and axe it in the face. Or, if we want to keep the gameplay roles consistent with RP, maybe the Marauders where the ones who distracted the beasts while everybody else poke them to death with pointy sticks.
- Gladiators are a bit tricky, as swords aren't really made for hunting. The shields would come handy when a sandworm leapt out of its hole and tried to munch on the hunting party. So let's marry gameplay and roleplay and say some of the hunters carried shields so sandworms/whatever they hunted wouldn't murder their partners so easily.
- Arcanists are a bit trickier to explain because they seem to use arcane mathematics. But, luckily, I think Naunet's character is supposed to have dwelt in that, so other arcanists could have learnt from her. Or to go back to my first way to explain all classes: some left to learn at the Guilds before coming back (or not).
With all that said, lancers and archers are probably the most common choice of weapons because, again, when hunting you want to keep your target far away but in reach. Spears would also be good to poke at the sandworms nests, I'd say. But all classes can be in the tribe.
What I did see was people worried about certain classes not fitting the tribe's backstory, so I'll ramble a bit about that.
Lancers and archers are probably mostly self-explanatory: when hunting, you want to keep your distance from the target. So it makes sense that the majority of the tribe would focus on those disciplines (the hunting parties, anyway). But other classes can fit well too. The simplest way is to say certain characters left the tribe to study in the Guilds, with the purpose of coming back later and teaching the others.
However, I think most classes can be explained without the need to have left the tribe. Remember than in ARR's universe, pretty much all classes have flashy magical skills, so some disciplines that wouldn't work in the real world would work in Eorzea because of...well, magic. That sounds like a poor argument, though, so let's try it without magic (in some cases, anyway). For instance:
- It's probable that hunters would be subject to some hand-to-hand combat training, in case their weapons break or are unavailable, so a puglicist could be a character who maybe wasn't so good with spears but who really liked punching people (and beasts, maybe) in the face.
- Conjurers can be explained as the healers of the tribe. However, along with Thaumaturges, they also have a very nice way to fit into hunting parties: slow spells. Both classes have access to spells that (as far as gameplay goes) slow down the targets. That would be really handy for hunting.
- Axes are better than spears to smash through a beasts caparace, and even better to cut them to pieces for easier transportation. That'd be a nice way to make Marauders fit: for dangerous or big beasts, the lancers could keep pressure against it to confuse it, while the Marauder found a vantage point from where to leap and axe it in the face. Or, if we want to keep the gameplay roles consistent with RP, maybe the Marauders where the ones who distracted the beasts while everybody else poke them to death with pointy sticks.
- Gladiators are a bit tricky, as swords aren't really made for hunting. The shields would come handy when a sandworm leapt out of its hole and tried to munch on the hunting party. So let's marry gameplay and roleplay and say some of the hunters carried shields so sandworms/whatever they hunted wouldn't murder their partners so easily.
- Arcanists are a bit trickier to explain because they seem to use arcane mathematics. But, luckily, I think Naunet's character is supposed to have dwelt in that, so other arcanists could have learnt from her. Or to go back to my first way to explain all classes: some left to learn at the Guilds before coming back (or not).
With all that said, lancers and archers are probably the most common choice of weapons because, again, when hunting you want to keep your target far away but in reach. Spears would also be good to poke at the sandworms nests, I'd say. But all classes can be in the tribe.
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