we want more denizens!!!

[Michael Thayne]

Originally Posted by Carlos

After multiple frustrated experiences playing Karate-based DF martial artists, I would love to see a book that make the unarmed master archetype being as viable as the others swing damage armed combatants.

The trouble is that the whole Ye Olden Times fantasy genre is very much about swords (and the elf's bow! and the dwarf's axe!) You might be able to find the occasional kung-fu-cinema-influence exception, but making unarmed combat on par with armed combat is probably not what most fans of the genre want. Which is not to say nobody wants it—a significant minority of players evidently do—but I don't see a way to make everyone happy here.

Unrelated: the more I think about this, the more I really want to see the Bard get some more love. As-is, Bards are in this weird place where they're split between being a spells-and-powers template like Clerics and Druids, and being a "face man" type. You might think there'd be synergy here but I mostly struggle to find it. Fictional charming rogues mostly do not resort to mind-control. I guess you could use Telesend to work your charms on someone you couldn't otherwise get face time with, or fast-talk your way into exactly the right place to make best use of Mind Control, but those mostly feel like edge cases.