<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=254080.msg12616786#msg12616786">Quote from: Miroque on 31-08-2016, 16:17:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Fighter without armor is = stupid design. IRL everyone that could, put as much armor on, as they could. Sure, RPG are not RL, but if you want to go unarmored, dont go fighter.. <br/>Monks dont have armor, and are pretty descant warriors (not just knights, but..) Think Swordwielding fighter from any Wuxian movie.. they are chinesse knights :)<br/><br/>Barbarian is in many ways better than fighter (and less armor, more hide), and still formidable in combat.<br/><br/>You could even build "warlock" to be an "unarmored" fighter.. as well as you could do same on Sorceror.. Bard would not be bad there aswell... and Rogue.. all "less armored" fighters if your going toward naked and atleast semi usefull. Fighter without armor is not useful, just an rogue, without special abilities/tricks/skills...<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Given the choice Maria will wear armor.  I was just hoping she could have a propensity to end up in situations where she<em>has</em>to fight naked.  :P That's actually another reason I'd like to get her some magic abilities -one could argue Mage Armor is a waste of a spell slot, but it would be very useful in such situations.  I'd thought maybe she could get some form of nerfed spellcasting at level one (maybe she only gets one spell slot?) in exchange for not getting her fighting style until she hit level 3 but I have reservations about swapping things around like that even if the intent is for things to balance out and proceed as normal once she hits level 3.  (Well, I'm worried about what others will think at least.)<br/><br/>I did actually consider going warlock.  I thought maybe the knights in Maria's order make pacts with a (homebrew) chivalrous patron.  But warlocks are limited to light armor and simple weapons and that doesn't really fit her knightly image.  One possible solution would be to have her take fighter as her first level, then follow up by going warlock for L2.  I'd even thought we might be able to time things so that IC she ends up pacting with her patron (thus becoming a full fledged member of her order) while in a bad spot down in the dungeon.  But that would require cooperation from the GM timing wise (getting her captured or otherwise in trouble just when she hits level 2) and I worry about how long it might take to get to that point.<br/><br/>Maybe I should just give up on the idea.