diablo, baal, mephisto, belial, azmodan, lilith, loads of the paladins abilities, etc... all come directly from Christianity.
barb- obviously based on the germanic tribes of northern Europe and of course the norse
amazon- were a nation of all-female warriors in Greece
necromancer- heavy populations of necromancers throughout europe. i dont know much about them other than they were very prevelant all over europe in the dark ages and middle ages.
sorceresses- ie wizard, again tales of them throughout europe. Merlin anyone?
paladin- based on the knights templar from europe. or any other sort of crusading knight very fanatical but pious in nature.
druid- druids originated in the celtic society a long long time ago. and then stayed in mythology for some time so that it became part of irish, scottish, welsh and english society.
assassins- occured everywhere on the planet, however were extremely prevelant in europe as feuding lords often saught quick means to end possible conflicts which in many cases lasted for years at a time.
fantastic.
Lilith is a wind demon from before Christianity itself.
Diablo is simply devil, Islam has a devil too.
There were many Ba'als in ancient times, none were directly connected to Christianity.
Belial is hebrew for "without worth" but appears in the bible.
Mephisto is the devil.
Though it has christian ties, christianity itself has ties to other religions,
On to the second part, all this nonsense about european characters. Blizzard is not worried about that. Witch Doctor, owned... (oops sorry i stepped on your post a lil kenzai)
No - I can only handle so much Asian influence on a game that is not intended to be influenced by that many Asians (Nothing against asians, I just think that's not what Diablo's about).
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and i know its been said before i just wanted to reiterate that point
Diablo is simply devil, Islam has a devil too.
There were many Ba'als in ancient times, none were directly connected to Christianity.
Belial is hebrew for "without worth" but appears in the bible.
Mephisto is the devil.
Though it has christian ties, christianity itself has ties to other religions,
On to the second part, all this nonsense about european characters. Blizzard is not worried about that. Witch Doctor, owned... (oops sorry i stepped on your post a lil kenzai)
Fuck you, I'm a dragon.