Was wondering as to the immortal and player opinion as to why Minotaurs aren't/can't be anti-paladins. You would think if they could manage to be a shaman they could manage to be a brute fighter with limited spellcasting magics. Just seems to fit them so well.

I mean, think about the scenario, really....

The anti-paladin guildguard says, "Oh, so you were ripped from the womb of a ritualistically raped and defiled female. Hmm. No, I don't think we can use you here. Why don't you try the warrior's guild instead?"


Immortal/Player comments, thoughts? Would it be so bad, given how limited the race is, to open minotaurs to the AP class?

nt

nt

nt

I think you mean to say verbal components. Somatic components involve some kind of physical/bodily motion, which should be fine for a Minotaur unless it involves toe wiggling.

Regarding the comments that follow:

Spell casting is remarkably different from merely conveying meaning. Taking the bloodoath, for example, is an act of pledging fealty in a particular way, not the invocation of magical power by combining specific intonations with material/somatic components. With that I don't see an issue.

Conjuring nightwalkers is more potentially confounding. Being a cabal power and not strictly a matter of magic may mitigate the possible dissonance there.

I don't see a lack of Minotaur Anti-Paladins as a sign of rejection by the guild but rather as an indication of the interests of the race/culture itself. They're an earthy, brutal race that is always one generation away from extinction; I just don't see them having a great interest in the abyssal/infernal realms.

As an aside, there are a number of things I would still like to see implemented for Anti-Paladins that would make this emphasis even less interesting to Minotaurs.

nt

nt

Immune fear, large size, decent stats (opening lots of edges), gore lag.

I could just about see it working if they couldn't cast reliably because they can't pronounce the spells. (Cap all spells at 60%, say.)

nt

Sure, you wouldn't be iceballing people to death very often, but you'd still use stuff like bloodlust and irongrip.

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