Warrior Geezer
suggested by Charis

Based on Nystul's Geezer Variant (OLD)...

Class: Warrior
Tag: WOLD

Introduction

The Sorcerer is not the only class with adventurers who have been around a while. There are warriors as well who know what is was like "back in the old days..."

"Why, back then, we didn't have none of this fancy plate - full, gothic, field. Back in mah day, plate was plate, and that's wot men wore to battle. And we swung swords, not axes or hammers! Ya would think a country sends their lumberjacks and carpenters out to battle these days. And for shields, they came in two sizes. Small and large. We didn't fly kites or have fancy-pants Gothic stuff. Nor did we sit in no tower or use a tiny dinner plate buckler to protect us!"

"Back in mah day, we didn't go make our priests fight, or drag any holy relics out on the field. We cherish valor, glory and awesome deeds, and wore armor to match. Likewise, whoever heard of a King on the front line of battle!? What are you, nuts?! The Kings and Lords sat on their duffs and told us wot to do. The Warrior's and Soldier's were the veterans of warfare. The Knights were what we called Lieutenants, and those greenhorns didn't know manure from shinola!"

"Jewelry? Good grief man, this ain't a fashion show! How do those youngins ever hope to win a war worried about if they got the right ring for the occasion? Sword, armor and helm, thank you very much. And that we chose for armor value, any other plus is a bonus."

"Artifacts? Heck I remember some of the great blacksmiths who MADE 'em! Oustanding weapons like the Grandfather and the Bonesaw. And we appreciate quality - some of the goods ones are darn near indestructible! We might find a lot of use for artifacts, but none of them newfangled stuff with names I can't even pronounce- Gotterdamerwhat, Messersaywhat, Sprits (what the heck is a Sprit??), or anything by that foreigner Naj. Oh, and if it lights up or sparks, it's too newfangled for me! (e.g. Sparking Mail, Schaefer's Hammer, Lightsabre, Dreamflange, Royal Circlet) Nor will ya find me using some animal body part (Carapace, Talon, Claw...) While I'm thinkin' off it, there is one axe uniquely designed for battle - the Stonecleaver. Scratch that silly Wizard dagger too!"

"Magic? I couldn't be bothered. We learned first aid of course (Heal, Heal Other and Res), and travel by train, for which ya need a ticket, there's no free rides you know! (Town Portal by Scroll only)"

See you on the battlefield - showin these whippersnappers how ta fight!

Items

Armor/Helm/Shields
Up to regular plate
No crowns
Small and large shields

Weapons
Swords with limited pref/suff,

Allowed Enchantments
Prefixes: Valiant, Glorious, Awesome, Warrior's, Soldier's
Suffixes: If and only if there is an allowed prefix.

Allowed Uniques
Demonspike Coat and Leather of Aut are ok.
Gnarled Root and Stonecleaver are ok.
Most unique swords are ok, except for The Falcon's Talon, Ice Shank, Inferno, and Gryphon Claw.

Dream Gear
Awesome (Regular) Plate of Precision
Awesome Great Helm Precision
Awesome Large Shield of the Tiger
Soldier's Sword of Haste

No resistances possible except with unique swords. Fire resistance from Inferno/Ice Shank, some resist all from Gnarled Root/Shadowhawk.

On melee levels this gives max AC 207, dex 100, tohit +40. Other good options are a Glorious Shield of Accuracy, Sold/Prec.

Spells

Heal, Heal Other.

Town Portal and Resurrect from scrolls.

Questions for Nystul

- Disallow DSC +10 Str, +50% Res Fire, -6 dfe ??
- Disallow speed? (Swiftness instead)
- Bows? (I don't think so, but if "of Speed" is killed, no ranged attack, and no teleport... ouch)

Two Alternatives

GLOLD, Glorious Geezer
Same as above, but just can't get over talking about "The Glory Days".

Any base armor or shield is used, but once a Glorious armor, shield or helm is found he'll always choose that as the prefix.

MAX AC now goes to 235 with perfect +dex armors.

SOLD, Senile Geezer
Somewhere along the way this guy really got his wires mixed up.

It's the Geezer rules/mentality but with the Warrior class.

Geezer spells, Guardian emphasis, no MS or Stone Curse.

Leather of Wolf for best armor, and TC allowed for helm.

Jewels ARE allowed for readers however, or he'll have no spells.

Likewise, the delusion suggests that Sorcery armor is normal for him.

Mindcry is allowed and nice, as is Rod of Onan, and Dragon's Wiz and Arch-Angel's are available as well as other staffs.

One other thought- he has to keep his medicine on him at all times, and wears an Amulet to carry it. Drag/Wiz is recommended ;)

Even with the Amulet and Leather Sorc, max magic using TC is 130, and max mana for a clvl 30 is 359. These seem like good monster chew toy ranges.