[SixOfSpades]

Contrary to popular belief, Ninja were more commonly used as spies and secret agents than assassins, and a good many of them were women. Also, they almost NEVER put on the black leotards that all the Hollywood Ninja today wear. Sure, in wartime a few Ninja might scale the walls of an enemy castle under cover of darkness, fire a few well-aimed arrows, perhaps start a fire or two, and depart, but most of the time they were people like your mistress or your trusted court aide (with you being completely unaware of this duplicity, of course.) Keep in mind that many Samurai families taught their daughters, as well as their sons, how to fight.

The "Ninja kit" idea is so common that just about everybody's designed one. TDD has one, and so do I--I believe both of them are variants on the Thief. My Ninja has an increased Backstab and low Thieving Points per level like the Assassin, but also increased Stealth skills, Critical Strike and Poison (the spell) abilities, but severe armor and weapon restrictions.

For Monks, I've got a Staff Monk, a Thief Monk, a Priest Monk, and a Bard Monk, while for Sorcerers, I've got a Thief Sorcerer and a Priest Sorcerer. My ideas for the Warriors are basically to allow each class of Warrior to take certain kits from the other classes (such as a Fighter Undead Hunter, Barbarian Beast Master, and Paladin Archer. Heck, we've already got a Ranger Berserker and a Ranger Wizard Slayer).