Shattered Kingdoms

How about space aliens as a playable race?

I'm not saying ninjas wouldn't be cool, just that I like that the game doesn't change quickly and that the changes are carefully considered... the first time I realized that Minotaurs are now a playable race I was very surprised. I think that has worked out well but there were years and years of whining about needing another race to balance out Griffons before that happened. If and when they put ninjas in, there will be a lot more thought put into it than just that it'd be cool. I could be wrong but I don't think this is the first "Give Us Ninjas" thread.

Or to cast off something old.

Ninja

Armor type: Light armor and clothing
Innate abilities: No loss of experience when fleeing from battle and increased damage and accuracy with throwing weapons.
Races allowed: human, half-elf, halfling, deep-elf and sprite
Alignments allowed: scrupulous, unprincipled, anarchist, aberrant, miscreant and diabolic

Skills:
Amateur
dagger
sling
spear/polearm
staff
sword
dodge
trip
haggle
hide
Novice
dirt kicking
pick lock
sneak
Initiate
parry
tumbling
second attack
climb
Apprentice
disguise
crossbow
fast healing
stealth
Journeyman
disarm
endurance
self defense
flash
Veteran
brawling
enhanced damage
third attack
Expert
enhanced parry
enhanced throwing
Mentor
skirmish
acupressure
Master
vanish


[Skills help] stealth

Syntax: automatic

Stealth allows a person to move about the realms with creating little to no noise at
all. The skill is more difficult to use when jogging, and even more so when running,
but allows a master of stealth to wander about the realms in silence

See also: sneak


[Skills help] stealth

Syntax: flash <target>

Flash gives an adventurer a chance to momentarily blind a single target, or several targets in a group, he or she is
currently in melee with. The flash itself does no damage but it does give the user a
temporary advantage in battle, as their foe's accuracy will diminish significantly, not
to mention an opportunity for escape if needed. The use of this skills is not restricted if the target happens to be flying.

See also: blind


[Skills help] enhanced throwing

Syntax: throw <object> <target>

In association with the throw command, enhanced throwing allows the user to throw an
additional projectile at the same time. Enhanced throwing can only be used with
daggers and throwing stars, as the ability to throw more than one large weapon at a
time would be extremely difficult. Although throwing a weapon does slightly more
damage than simply using it in melee, this is compensated for by the loss
of the weapon itself. To ensure that you get the most from this skill, be sure to
always have extra weapons in your inventory.

See also: throw weapons 'auto fire' siegecraft


[Skills help] acupressure

Syntax: acupressure <target>

An experienced ninja has extensive knowledge of the body and how it works. With such
knowledge, the ninja can apply extreme pressure to specific parts of the body to attain
specific result. If acupressure is performed correctly, the result can induce the
inability to speak, yell, order, sing or cast spells, as the vocal cords become
paralyzed. A partialy successful attempt may result in stunning the target very briefly,
but a failed attempt may leave ninja vulnerable for a moment.

See also: cast order sing


[Skills help] vanish

Syntax: vanish

Vanish allows a ninja to retreat from battle in nearly a blink of an eye. Using the
arts of distraction, a ninja lets forth a blast of dust or smoke as cover for their
escape. When a ninja uses vanish, he or she will end up one room or league away from
their foe in a random direction. Keep in mind that vanish does not take as much
physical energy as recalling, but it still takes a fair amount.

See also: retreat

honestly?

I think I'll go ahead and bring it out now.


Let's just switch to a classless system, if you're going to do that. In the end, it is less code planning.

Rank all the abilities in terms of power, buy them as you level. Mix and match. Let certain low-level selections enable or disable higher-level ones. No shield block without at least light armor, that kind of thing.

It would be quite a breath of fresh air into the game.