From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <Michael.Garramone@...>

bards are tough to categorize. if it comes down to it and a gun is put to
my head, i'll say we are hybrids and i think verant says the same. since we
bards are such a mixture of everything, let's take bards out of the
equation. now as far as the definition of hybrid: The offspring of the
union of two distinct species (or classes in this case). by definition you
can not classify shaman, cleric, or druid as hybrids.

We are looking at the "Hybrid" designation from different perspectives. I
see a Hybrid as Magic + Armor/Weapons/Skills or a Melee class. Pure
Casts/Priests all can melee with a weapon subset, hybrids get casting plus a
larger subset of weapons and true armor.

Class Armor (Plate/Magic Subset)
Wizard No
Enchanter No
Necromancer No

Cleric Yes
Shaman Yes
Ranger Yes
Shadowkight Yes
Paladin Yes

Fighter Yes/Default
Rogue Yes

Im sorry, but you have to looks at a classes restrictions. The simple fact
is, pure casters cannot wear True Armor. Hybrids can wear a limited subset,
and Melee'ers can wear all. Do you refute this basic statement? If you do
how can you deny that a druid and shaman are a hybrid.