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Samurai Discussion - Round 1

This is a messageboard for general discussion of the samurai alternate class playtest. If you want to brainstorm ideas, or talk about things you like and don't like about the class, this is the place to do it.

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Samurai with Monk AC Bonus? Jul 13, 2011, 01:54 PM by DarthEnder — DarthEnder, Chris Kenney, Name Violation and 9 others	23 posts	Last post: Aug 5, 2011, 05:43 AM by Chris Kenney

Alternate Class? Feb 7, 2011, 05:56 AM by Kyle Smith, Role Player — Kyle Smith, Role Player, Pendagast, amorangias and 10 others	36 posts	Last post: Jul 14, 2011, 12:27 AM by Lyingbastard

Make the mount an option Jan 27, 2011, 04:07 PM by Drack530 — R_Chance, KaeYoss, vidmaster and 29 others	171 posts	Last post: Jul 13, 2011, 03:00 PM by DarthEnder

Alternate inceptions of the Samurai Apr 18, 2011, 11:51 PM by WanderingJester — WanderingJester, Pappy, DarthEnder and 7 others	13 posts	Last post: Jul 13, 2011, 02:56 PM by DarthEnder

Love the feel of the samurai Feb 15, 2011, 01:56 AM by Maddigan — STR Ranger, Andric, Pendagast and 3 others	6 posts	Last post: Jul 13, 2011, 01:24 AM by STR Ranger

Samurai (Lone Wolf) vs Cavalier (Maximus) Mar 19, 2011, 09:32 AM by Ardenup — STR Ranger, Nimon, Cheapy and 4 others	12 posts	Last post: Jul 12, 2011, 08:02 PM by Andric

Ronin.. Err.? Jun 19, 2011, 02:02 AM by Ævux — Kaiyanwang and Ævux	6 posts	Last post: Jun 19, 2011, 01:02 PM by Kaiyanwang

Remove Samurai access to Fighter feats Feb 6, 2011, 11:05 PM by Helaman — Helaman, Kaiyanwang, Pendagast and 10 others	31 posts	Last post: Jun 19, 2011, 01:49 AM by Ævux

Samurai Mounted Archery... Jun 11, 2011, 02:51 AM by ShadowGanon — Lyingbastard, Bluenose, Kilbourne and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Jun 18, 2011, 05:29 PM by Lyingbastard

Samurai is an Alternate Cavalier Jan 30, 2011, 06:46 PM by Atamis — seekerofshadowlight, magnuskn, Kolokotroni and 20 others	68 posts	Last post: Apr 11, 2011, 11:37 AM by Ævux

The Katana Sword for the Samurai Mar 14, 2011, 10:06 PM by XandarDrax — Cold Napalm, Lyingbastard, Dabbler and 27 others	87 posts	Last post: Apr 4, 2011, 07:19 PM by Ironicdisaster

Ronin Challenge Jan 25, 2011, 05:18 AM by Matthew Trent — Pendagast, Matthew Trent, Ardenup and 32 others	75 posts	Last post: Apr 3, 2011, 09:44 PM by Davor

Comparing Samurai: Ultimate Combat vs. Paths of Power Mar 14, 2011, 07:42 PM by lonewolf23k — lonewolf23k, Lyingbastard, Magus Black and hunter1828	10 posts	Last post: Apr 3, 2011, 02:29 PM by Lyingbastard

Bastard Sword Proficiency Feb 26, 2011, 03:09 PM by Artemis Arwenstar — Aberrant Templar, Joseph Caubo, James Risner and 9 others	19 posts	Last post: Apr 3, 2011, 12:08 PM by Scipion del Ferro

Katana and 'Japanese Weapon' proficiency (both Samurai and Ninja) Jan 26, 2011, 03:40 PM by Quandary — Tae Dane, IkeDoe, gamer-printer and 13 others	33 posts	Last post: Mar 27, 2011, 01:30 PM by Cold Napalm

Some considerations Mar 25, 2011, 09:38 AM by Ryuusuke — Ryuusuke	2 posts	Last post: Mar 25, 2011, 12:46 PM by Ryuusuke

Samurais with Heavy Shields Jan 28, 2011, 06:43 AM by IkeDoe — Pendagast, thiha, seekerofshadowlight and 16 others	65 posts	Last post: Mar 24, 2011, 05:35 AM by Tae Dane

Modified Samurai Class (Now with more OPTIONS) Mar 8, 2011, 09:28 AM by Tae Dane — Tae Dane, Kaiyanwang and The_Normal_Anomaly	10 posts	Last post: Mar 24, 2011, 05:15 AM by Tae Dane

Samurais don't have Orders; they have Clans Mar 11, 2011, 11:15 AM by MaximusRift — Icaste Fyrbawl and MaximusRift	2 posts	Last post: Mar 12, 2011, 12:46 AM by Icaste Fyrbawl

Round 2 Playtesting for Samurai Mar 8, 2011, 03:35 AM by Kyle Smith, Role Player — Kyle Smith, Role Player, BobChuck and Dragonborn3	5 posts	Last post: Mar 9, 2011, 08:27 AM by Kyle Smith, Role Player

Samurai and their mount, something doesn't feel right. Feb 14, 2011, 08:56 AM by Pendagast — Pendagast, KaeYoss, LazarX and 11 others	41 posts	Last post: Mar 8, 2011, 11:24 PM by Brambleman

Ancestral Blade (Samurai Archtype) Feb 4, 2011, 05:53 PM by Scipion del Ferro — Scipion del Ferro, Sakrileg, gamer-printer and 4 others	18 posts	Last post: Mar 8, 2011, 10:48 AM by Tae Dane

Bonus Combat Feats Feb 1, 2011, 07:48 AM by Razz — Pendagast, Ardenup, Kaiyanwang and 4 others	11 posts	Last post: Mar 2, 2011, 07:05 AM by Pendagast

Samurai and proficiency question Feb 22, 2011, 03:31 PM by Akahi — Starglim, Akahi and Pendagast	5 posts	Last post: Feb 27, 2011, 06:29 AM by Pendagast

What about shuriken? Jan 28, 2011, 11:44 PM by RJGrady — RJGrady, Helaman, TwilightKnight and 3 others	10 posts	Last post: Feb 26, 2011, 10:22 PM by TwilightKnight

Samurai Misconceptions Jan 27, 2011, 08:28 PM by gamer-printer — Pendagast, gamer-printer, Bruno Kristensen and 23 others	139 posts	Last post: Feb 25, 2011, 01:24 PM by Rezdave

Saumrai rules to revise / change / explain Jan 25, 2011, 10:27 AM by Drejk — Akahi, Kaiyanwang, zombiemaster86 and 11 others	18 posts	Last post: Feb 23, 2011, 11:42 AM by Akahi

Failed Samurai Variant Feb 19, 2011, 12:15 AM by Gaiben — Gaiben	1 post	Last post: Feb 19, 2011, 12:15 AM by Gaiben

Ijitsu: class feature or combat maneuver Feb 14, 2011, 12:02 PM by Gaiben — Gaiben, gamer-printer, Akahi and 4 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 18, 2011, 11:44 PM by Gaiben

Post Counts Jan 25, 2011, 11:47 AM by Gorbacz — Scipion del Ferro, Pendagast, ciretose and 8 others	15 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2011, 05:37 PM by Scipion del Ferro

Ronin order ability without master, redundant? Feb 6, 2011, 08:51 PM by Pendagast — Betatrack, Benchak the Nightstalker, Shadow_of_death and Pendagast	4 posts	Last post: Feb 7, 2011, 02:13 AM by Betatrack

Please adjust the Samurai / Fighter Feat level process Feb 6, 2011, 01:39 PM by Glutton — Helaman, Pendagast, Betatrack and 4 others	9 posts	Last post: Feb 7, 2011, 02:09 AM by Betatrack

Daisho Jan 30, 2011, 09:49 PM by Pendagast — Pendagast, Skaorn, thiha and 22 others	58 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2011, 07:00 PM by Scipion del Ferro

A 3PPs view on the Samurai Jan 26, 2011, 05:57 PM by Sagawork Studios — Sagawork Studios, Quandary, Lyingbastard and 3 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2011, 06:08 PM by Quandary

Banners? Samurais didn't carry around banners Jan 31, 2011, 12:59 AM by super_radish — Kaidan Booster, Skaorn, Rezdave and 30 others	52 posts	Last post: Feb 4, 2011, 07:32 AM by Skaorn

Last Stand + Antimagic Field = Unkillable? Jan 31, 2011, 01:27 PM by Jiraiya22 — Shadow_of_death, Gregg Reece, Bobson and 8 others	16 posts	Last post: Feb 3, 2011, 07:26 PM by Shadow_of_death

Half Orc Samurai Ferocity and Resolve Feb 2, 2011, 01:00 PM by Pendagast — Shadow_of_death and Pendagast	2 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2011, 02:30 PM by Shadow_of_death

Samurai: A dissertation. Combat at levels 5, 10, 15, 20 + Reflections (Moved to Playtest Results - Round 1) Feb 2, 2011, 12:37 PM by CDProtocol —	26 posts	Last post: Feb 9, 2011, 11:23 PM by CDProtocol

Samurai and Fighter specific feats Feb 2, 2011, 05:01 AM by phalen — Pendagast, Kaiyanwang and phalen	3 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2011, 10:08 AM by Pendagast

Samurai / Cavaliers Need More Mount Options Jan 31, 2011, 10:59 AM by YuenglingDragon — Pendagast, YuenglingDragon, stringburka and 2 others	8 posts	Last post: Feb 2, 2011, 09:42 AM by Pendagast

A suggestion for Resolve Feb 1, 2011, 09:01 PM by Helaman — Helaman	1 post	Last post: Feb 1, 2011, 09:01 PM by Helaman

A little praise Feb 1, 2011, 12:05 PM by Freesword — Freesword	1 post	Last post: Feb 1, 2011, 12:05 PM by Freesword

Dashio or the Big and Little Jan 30, 2011, 06:32 PM by calagnar — seekerofshadowlight, calagnar, Helaman and 2 others	7 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2011, 03:34 AM by Helaman

Strike True + Destructive Aura Jan 30, 2011, 01:37 PM by Belarias — Muser, TriOmegaZero, MaxAstro and Belarias	4 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2011, 01:11 AM by Muser

Mount why is there no alternative Jan 26, 2011, 11:29 PM by Kenjishinomouri — Kenjishinomouri, seekerofshadowlight, Gregg Reece and 18 others	59 posts	Last post: Jan 31, 2011, 12:54 AM by Muser

Samurai is an Alternate Cavalier Jan 30, 2011, 06:46 PM by Atamis —	1 post	Last post: Jan 30, 2011, 06:48 PM by seekerofshadowlight

Samurai swordplay (two-hander defense?) Jan 28, 2011, 07:38 AM by Kryzbyn — Kryzbyn, IkeDoe, Mortagon and 5 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2011, 04:18 PM by Mortagon

Samurai Reception Jan 26, 2011, 06:25 PM by Mikael Sebag — Pendagast, Kaiyanwang, Merlin_47 and 20 others	59 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2011, 02:36 PM by Kaiyanwang

Basing the Samurai class as Ronin Jan 29, 2011, 03:35 PM by Skaorn — Skaorn, Quandary and Pendagast	5 posts	Last post: Jan 30, 2011, 11:39 AM by Skaorn

Question about future samurai... stuff... (Iaijutsu) Jan 28, 2011, 01:35 PM by Foghammer — Foghammer, Helaman, Anburaid and 4 others	12 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2011, 08:09 PM by Helaman

Not enough Resolve points per day Jan 28, 2011, 06:25 AM by Tanis — Tanis, IkeDoe, Betatrack and Helaman	7 posts	Last post: Jan 29, 2011, 03:06 AM by Betatrack

Samurai First impressions Jan 24, 2011, 05:20 PM by Abraham spalding — Kaiyanwang, Cartigan, Abraham spalding and 37 others	81 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2011, 07:40 PM by Realmwalker

Terrible Jan 25, 2011, 07:07 PM by Michael Wadden — seekerofshadowlight, Marc Radle, Evil Lincoln and 10 others	19 posts	Last post: Jan 28, 2011, 09:22 AM by gamer-printer

My apples to apples on the Samurai Jan 27, 2011, 07:05 AM by Helaman — Helaman, Pendagast and Starglim	4 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2011, 06:06 PM by Helaman

Probably my L5R influence, but... Jan 25, 2011, 05:10 AM by Matthew Trent — Kegluneq, gamer-printer, Rhidian and 24 others	33 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2011, 04:19 PM by gamer-printer

Mounted Archery and Weapon Expertise Jan 26, 2011, 10:48 PM by d@ncingNumfar — d@ncingNumfar, Helaman and Kenjishinomouri	4 posts	Last post: Jan 27, 2011, 07:20 AM by Helaman

Personal Thoughts and Findings: Samurai Jan 26, 2011, 09:59 AM by CalebTGordan — CalebTGordan, Pendagast and Magus Black	7 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2011, 08:33 PM by CalebTGordan

New armor Jan 25, 2011, 11:31 PM by Ceefood — Severed Ronin, Kegluneq, Kierato and 3 others	10 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2011, 11:05 AM by Pendagast

Katana Fail Jan 25, 2011, 03:28 PM by RJGrady — RJGrady, Pendagast, Araziel and 48 others	98 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2011, 10:33 AM by Jason Bulmahn

Samurai orders Jan 26, 2011, 02:17 AM by ulgulanoth — Helaman and ulgulanoth	2 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2011, 09:14 AM by Helaman

Samurai with Bluff? Jan 25, 2011, 08:57 AM by Todd Morgan — Todd Morgan, Zurai, Quandary and 3 others	7 posts	Last post: Jan 26, 2011, 07:29 AM by Todd Morgan

Ronin: A small proposal Jan 25, 2011, 07:49 PM by Starglim — Starglim	1 post	Last post: Jan 25, 2011, 07:49 PM by Starglim

Notes and Impressions Jan 24, 2011, 06:27 PM by Cartigan — Foghammer, Shisumo, Quandary and 4 others	9 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2011, 03:30 PM by Quandary

Another Objection Jan 25, 2011, 07:42 AM by Rocket Surgeon — Ross Byers, Kaiyanwang and Rocket Surgeon	3 posts	Last post: Jan 25, 2011, 09:46 AM by Ross Byers