Confessor (class idea) from Terry Goodkind Books/Show

[SmootRK]

What is the collective thoughts on including this Quasi-Class into the main Quasi-Class document?

I have been working (again) on the second release of Quasi-Classes, mostly because the original OpenOffice drafts were somehow lost by me, and I have had to recreate much of the material by copying from PDF back into a odt document. Sucks, because I had already made several improvements since the pdf was available as well, but they are forgotten now. Trying to update and improve as I go, so that when the Quasi-Classes release 2 is actually made available, it will be much more useful than before. I really hate having to redo this stuff... have proper backups folks!! Link is here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=124#p1912

Main stuff that one does not see in the release 1 is:
Tweaked Archer & Barbaric q-classes
Modified Holy characters (several minor modifications)
Added Sage quasi-class
Added Bard as a quasi-class... this one is really nice.

and wondering if Confessor should make the cut or remain separate as a curiosity or niche offering?

Also, any new ideas for Quasi-Class? Something that hasn't made an appearance yet?

[_Silveredged]

I'm currently in the middle of book 2 of the sword of truth series, so I think this might be fun. The problem I saw with this concept for roleplaying is that, if taken directly from the books, this class would be pretty overpowered, but with the temporary drop in health/etc it could balance out.
making up a seeker might be fun. a boundary warden is pretty much a ranger...
anyways, good job smoot!

[SmootRK]

I'm currently in the middle of book 2 of the sword of truth series, so I think this might be fun. The problem I saw with this concept for roleplaying is that, if taken directly from the books, this class would be pretty overpowered, but with the temporary drop in health/etc it could balance out.
making up a seeker might be fun. a boundary warden is pretty much a ranger...
anyways, good job smoot!

Seeker strikes me as just a fighter (or perhaps a ranger) that has a sword and a prophesy to fullfill... not so much a set of skills or powers. But my views are based upon the TV series; perhaps the books have some features that were not shown in the broadcasts.

I have not used the class yet, but plan to soon. My daughter loves the show (on netflix)... it really is a great show to pull in girls into the fantasy genre. Its not all unicorns, faeries, and such... the women have powers, or are tough, and all that, all the while there is romantic gobblety-gook going on.

[Joe the Rat]

A Seeker might be borderline Paladin - or at least those that master the white blade are. I say borderline because they are sort of champions of... well, something. It's pretty subjective... by design, apparently.

It might be easier to treat it as less of a class, and more of an Artifact sword with some associated rituals and quests to counter the gollumization from long-term use without mastery. I'm not even going to take a stab at how to balance this in relation to the rest of the party.

Richie was closest to a ranger-type when we first see him (the whole competent woodsman thing), but quickly picks up some weapon specialization (one of the perks of the mastered sword is that it acts as a trainer). From there, we require a full 3/3.5 ruleset. You'll get there soon.

[_Silveredged]

Seeker strikes me as just a fighter (or perhaps a ranger) that has a sword and a prophesy to fullfill... not so much a set of skills or powers. But my views are based upon the TV series; perhaps the books have some features that were not shown in the broadcasts.

yeah, much different than the tv series... as joe said, its kind of close to a paladin some senses, but veers widely. The seeker and confessor are hard to translate well to a game setting where players need to be balanced.

As Joe said, perhaps treating the sword as a special artifact with some requirements for wielding bears the best way to utilize in a game. Thats how I would do it if I were going to attempt it. The true Seekers were recognized by a great wizard for having the qualities that would make for a proper seeker: wisdom and insight. It was only later that the Sword, which was the mark of a seeker, became just an item to be bought and sold to whomever could attain it, assuming that the powers of real Seeker came with owning the sword.

I would make it a questline for the character in question who is given (or finds) the sword to go through some trials to prove his worth of the sword and thus the position of Seeker.

[SmootRK]

If anyone uses this quasi-class in play, make sure you post any observations about it.

Underpowered? Overpowered? needs more explanation or clarification? Special situations where special consideration is needed?... etc.

Considering this is an altogether new sort of suite of abilities, it likely needs refining over time.

[rredmond]

Looks really good though. Thanks for the write up!

[SmootRK]

Looks really good though. Thanks for the write up!

Thanks. Please share your observations and feedback if you utilize this.