Strange Fellow
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What the title says. What is your favourite unique sci-fi or futuristic character class? Could be from video games, tabletop, or your boundless and magical imagination. The emphasis should be on "unique" here, because "assault commando who's slightly better at picking locks than everyone else" isn't very interesting, nor are simple stat/skill presets. I think the coolest classes fill a role that no other class can, ideally with the weaknesses in other areas to match.
Video game land is rife with fantasy classes, but there aren't many sci-fi CRPGs, and even fewer with class-based systems. You have the Buck Rogers games, and... the Gadgeteer from Wizardry 8 kind of counts. The KOTORs are class-based, but you could probably play through both games failing to notice. There might be some really old and terrible ones I haven't considered as well. The future just seems to favour skill points somehow, but even so, there has to be at least a few cool class concepts. I'm hoping some tabletop players will chime in.
So feel free to pitch your coolest class. Or get into a massive argument about AD&D or whatever suits your fancy.
Video game land is rife with fantasy classes, but there aren't many sci-fi CRPGs, and even fewer with class-based systems. You have the Buck Rogers games, and... the Gadgeteer from Wizardry 8 kind of counts. The KOTORs are class-based, but you could probably play through both games failing to notice. There might be some really old and terrible ones I haven't considered as well. The future just seems to favour skill points somehow, but even so, there has to be at least a few cool class concepts. I'm hoping some tabletop players will chime in.
So feel free to pitch your coolest class. Or get into a massive argument about AD&D or whatever suits your fancy.