I definitely agree with Uther here. There's a very specific set of criteria for becoming a proper Dragoon by lore standards. There are many, many ways to make a character who fits the Dragoon archetype of a heavily armed spearman, but making an honest to lore Dragoon has a set of criteria that most just can't plausibly fit. I can be done! But please do it right.
Dogberry, for example, learned to use a spear on board a whaling ship where heavy armor is pretty unreasonable. (Even though Marauders wear it. Dogberry thinks they're all crazy.) He will seldom use heavy armor, but you bet he'll know how to jump like crazy. Jumping from boat to boat, or occasionally from boat to giant sea creature, goes with the territory. But even though he's a spearman who can jump like a freak, he is not, and will never be a Dragoon even if he parades around in fancy armor. Maybe he'd have made a wonderful Dragoon, but it just wasn't in the cards for him, and he has no interest of ever joining their ranks. It's entirely likely that any Dragoon who saw him fight would see his style as a bastardization of their art. That would actually make for some awesome RP. Dragoon is an OOC class that I have to play to make the character do what I want him to do. It's not something Dogberry would ever claim to be.
I can definitely jive with that. I'd say Ishgard opening its gates is an inevitability and us having access to the area in game is a matter of time. Personally, I'd wait until then and the lore releases that come with it, but I'd say you've got a good concept for a capital D Dragoon that leaves lots of room for a clear character development arc to role play.
Dogberry, for example, learned to use a spear on board a whaling ship where heavy armor is pretty unreasonable. (Even though Marauders wear it. Dogberry thinks they're all crazy.) He will seldom use heavy armor, but you bet he'll know how to jump like crazy. Jumping from boat to boat, or occasionally from boat to giant sea creature, goes with the territory. But even though he's a spearman who can jump like a freak, he is not, and will never be a Dragoon even if he parades around in fancy armor. Maybe he'd have made a wonderful Dragoon, but it just wasn't in the cards for him, and he has no interest of ever joining their ranks. It's entirely likely that any Dragoon who saw him fight would see his style as a bastardization of their art. That would actually make for some awesome RP. Dragoon is an OOC class that I have to play to make the character do what I want him to do. It's not something Dogberry would ever claim to be.
Quote:If the lore itself states how they're training people up, even if some of them are foreigners, then perhaps it'd work? If not, then I guess he can at least try and have his dream denied. I just want to be certain that it's absolutely impossible, otherwise, spitting on the lore would be for him to be unable to join the Dragoon ranks, while other strangers are.
I can definitely jive with that. I'd say Ishgard opening its gates is an inevitability and us having access to the area in game is a matter of time. Personally, I'd wait until then and the lore releases that come with it, but I'd say you've got a good concept for a capital D Dragoon that leaves lots of room for a clear character development arc to role play.
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