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A Kensai is the class who's plain brown wrapper weapon gains enchantment per level like the Monk's fist. Er, at least it was meant to till somebody came along and made SoA and totally screwed up the concept of what a Kensai was meant to be and the one million reasons why a Kensai would never ever emerge from Candlekeep.
I dunno. I could see a Samurai kit being either Ranger or Paladin based. There are problems with both of course... Ranger Stealth for example in Splint.
The real problem here of course is people policing themselves.
A Samurai would never whip his katana out indoors... Well, under most circumstances. It would be rude. He would take out his companion sword, the wakizashi to deal with personal issues. Also, the game would have to be recoded a bit to allow katanas to be used as two handed swords as well as one handed, changeable on the fly, with different damages as well. A katana held two handed IIRC does 1d12 damage. It's a big long sword. The wakizashi, short as it is, can also be held two handed, for very powerful thrusts. I don't know how to translate this into game, but, the closest I could guess would be backstab like damage. It would be a piercing impaling attack, and, in real life, would lock both the Samurai and his victim into a cruel embrace of death.
The problem is, trying to cram all of what makes a Samurai into a CRPG. It's not easy. They blew it on the Kensai. Kensai's where meant to be Monk like. They can infact, wear armor, just not emcumbering armor. And there are no spidersilk tunics or highly enchanted clothing in SoA. No Pants of Power. No girdles of AC or weapon deflection. And there are hardly any items a Samurai could call his own, mostly because this is not a Kara Tur campaign. While there is splint, there is no wicker armor. There are no masks of any sort.
Thinking about it, make them a Barbarian subkit. Give them Rage. Lots of hit points, and the armor restriction is already there. They already have the movement bonus. Most of the work would already be done.
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