You've got me very curious now, I wanna give it a shot,!! Especially since I literally just found out my partner hasn't ever seen the movie after I went on a rant about it and she was looking at me baffled lol

Hard to say. IMO Paladin’s are mechanically so heavy armoured and melee based to feel satisfying as a stand in for Van Helsing with his many more technical gadgets… It’s why we wrote a specific Monster Hunter class, to try really hit the core fantasy of characters like Van Helsing rather than circle around it like Paladins and Rangers do.

@@GhostfireGaming I was speaking in terms of RP and archetype, but I disagree with your premise. Dex-based Paladins with studded leather, defense fighting style, and shield of faith max their AC at 20, enabling all kinds of fun chicanery. And just flavor their smites as swiping their sword with holy water or alchemists' fire.

Paladins are based off of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. I had never heard of Van Helsing before this video, so I could be wrong, but this video's depictions of him don't strike me as an Arthurian knight-like figure.

@@trenthobson2756 I mean, paladins can draw some inspiration from the Arthurian Cycle, but they don't have to. Text supports a more expansive reading of the archetype. Please see the vengeance, conquest, and Watcher paladins.

@@geoffdewitt6845 ya, I was just referencing the Original Player's Handbook where it is describing each class and what they were inspired by.

honestly I prefer Underworld rise of the lycans type of transformation

While it is remarkably difficult and has failed numerous times, a more powerful protagonist does not necessarily diminish the horror. Of course you can get various forms of horror with the goal only being to survive the horror in one way or another or to defeat it on a way that seems extremely difficult and all-or-nothing. But fighting horrors, while taking away the more traditional fear of defenselessnes, opens up a new avenue of vulunrabiluty; now it's no longer a vicious hunt but a full-fledged fight for survival with tooth and claw. All these horros are inherently more powerful than you through various means and if one is to beat them then never easily, always at a hair's differece. This means you can never rest, never lose focus as while you need to give it your all to even be equal to these things, they are this strong just oit from themselves, so if one makes even one mistake it's over. Now the Van Helsing movie did not convey this in any good fashion, there were singular instances were it came across somewhat o.k. but nothing more. I think this feeling can best be experienced, ironic given your comparison, in a video-game. Think the first three Resident Evil Games; sure, you can kill most zombies in one or two shots but if you slow down or aren't careful, from any angle one could come and end it.

While it is remarkably difficult and has failed numerous times, a more powerful protagonist does not necessarily diminish the horror. Of course you can get various forms of horror with the goal only being to survive the horror in one way or another or to defeat it on a way that seems extremely difficult and all-or-nothing. But fighting horrors, while taking away the more traditional fear of defenselessnes, opens up a new avenue of vulunrabiluty; now it's no longer a vicious hunt but a full-fledged fight for survival with tooth and claw. All these horros are inherently more powerful than you through various means and if one is to beat them then never easily, always at a hair's differece. This means you can never rest, never lose focus as while you need to give it your all to even be equal to these things, they are this strong just oit from themselves, so if one makes even one mistake it's over. Now the Van Helsing movie did not convey this in any good fashion, there were singular instances were it came across somewhat o.k. but nothing more. I think this feeling can best be experienced, ironic given your comparison, in a video-game. Think the first three Resident Evil Games; sure, you can kill most zombies in one or two shots but if you slow down or aren't careful, from any angle one could come and end it.

You could also take inspiration from the Vampire Lord transformation from Skyrim or Dracula's multitude of second forms from the various Castlevania games.