Priest/Trader?

[Penchant]

Profit or no profit which is small either way doesn't matter because for the priests that have an estate, they don't need to worry about gold since they have nothing to spend it on except for their religion. If they are a lord they might use some on the region but they still don't need to pay for a unit to get it or to maintain which allows them to become quite wealthy.

[Tom]

What's more medieval than a wealthy priest/abbess profiting from the trade which flows through their market? Or is that just an English thing?

They profited from taxes, not from doing the trading themselves.

[JPierreD]

They profited from taxes, not from doing the trading themselves.

So... is that a no to the idea?

[Chenier]

They profited from taxes, not from doing the trading themselves.

Yet muslim merchants were key to the spread of islam to the various parts of the world where it can today be found.

[Tom]

Yet muslim merchants were key to the spread of islam to the various parts of the world where it can today be found.

Yet they were not priests. Traders can be members of a religion, no problem at all.

[Chenier]

Yet they were not priests. Traders can be members of a religion, no problem at all.

But they cannot spread the faith in any way. Only priests can convert the masses, and only elder priests can convert nobles. Yet in the real world, it wasn't bishops that were sent to convert foreign people from all over (or their Muslim equivalents).

[egamma]

Priest/Trader doesn't seem like a very realistic combination.

[vonGenf]

Priest/Trader doesn't seem like a very realistic combination.

What about Priest/Cavalier?
Or Courtier/Hero?

It was forbidden because it was found impossible to balance it. Realism never came into play before, why should it now?

[egamma]

What about Priest/Cavalier?
Or Courtier/Hero?

It was forbidden because it was found impossible to balance it. Realism never came into play before, why should it now?

I would be okay with locking out those as well as Priest/Hero.

[JPierreD]

I would be okay with locking out those as well as Priest/Hero.

Don't lock my character, plox.

[egamma]

Don't lock my character, plox.

I have a courtier/hero as well, lol. I meant prevent new users from selecting the combinations.

[Draco Tanos]

Yet they were not priests. Traders can be members of a religion, no problem at all.

They weren't warriors either.  They were traders, merchants.  We're not changing Trader into its own main-class option, are we?

[Marlboro]

They weren't warriors either.  They were traders, merchants.  We're not changing Trader into its own main-class option, are we?

I think you just accidentally suggested a really great idea.

[Draco Tanos]

While it would fix many of the issues in the current discussion, is there really enough for a lone Merchant/Trader to do that would justify its own main class?

[Indirik]

Nope.