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 Post subject: Elderkin, Wokan and Idolater
PostPosted: Dec 02, 2013 5:24 pm 
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I used to think that these three classes were based on the BECMI Monster Spellcaster Classes. Although in the ZGG books they can also be selected by human PCs, they represent "primitive" culture spellcasters.

In BECMI the classes were:
Wokan
Shaman
Druid

I used to think they would correspond to:

BECMI Wokan: Wokan
BECMI Shaman: Elderkin
BECMI (Monster) Druid: Idolater

However, now I'm not so sure. Especially in the 4E version, Wokans (Primal) seem closer to Druids. Elderkin (Divine) are clearlt based on Shamans. Idolaters (Spiritual) are tricker, but I suppose in theory they could be like primitive mages?

Any thoughts?

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 Post subject: Re: Elderkin, Wokan and Idolator
PostPosted: Dec 04, 2013 3:59 pm 
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Checking the 3E books, Wokans are described to cast Arcane spells, so my assumption of them being similar to BECMI Wokans/Wokani was not far off the mark. However, it seems that this class was radically changed in the conversion to 4E, giving them Primal Power Source, which would make them more similar to druids.

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