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<blockquote data-quote="Troll's Choice" data-source="post: 91665" data-attributes="member: 2461"><p>Hi, all! Holy cats, Batman. I didn't think we'd start dismissing the paladin as a prestige class.</p><p></p><p>If the paladin is a prestige class masquerading as a character class, then a can think of TONS of prestige classes I'd like to masquerade as character classes.</p><p></p><p>hong, Joshua Dyal...does this mean you're going to change the paladin in your campaigns into a prestige class? I suspect that there's plenty of folks that'd find that a bit too much to tolerate. Paladins can be fun, and being forced to wait until 5th or 6th level to become one would repel many people.</p><p></p><p>Ace, RangerWickett....I'd say that the rogue actually is a variant of the expert (or vice versa).</p><p></p><p>The core character classes in the Player's Handbook are more than sufficient if you're playing a generic D&D campaign. My needs are different, however. My campaign has a different setting. Oriental Adventures uses some different core classes, yet that's fine because it works FOR THAT CAMPAIGN.</p><p></p><p>I suppose my point is that an unorthodox setting might use different archetypes than "traditional" D&D. Think of Oriental Adventures, or perhaps Dark Sun (if Dark Sun can still indeed be considered a D&D setting).</p><p></p><p>Would the world truly end if you had a 1st level Holy Liberator in your party?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troll's Choice, post: 91665, member: 2461"] Hi, all! Holy cats, Batman. I didn't think we'd start dismissing the paladin as a prestige class. If the paladin is a prestige class masquerading as a character class, then a can think of TONS of prestige classes I'd like to masquerade as character classes. hong, Joshua Dyal...does this mean you're going to change the paladin in your campaigns into a prestige class? I suspect that there's plenty of folks that'd find that a bit too much to tolerate. Paladins can be fun, and being forced to wait until 5th or 6th level to become one would repel many people. Ace, RangerWickett....I'd say that the rogue actually is a variant of the expert (or vice versa). The core character classes in the Player's Handbook are more than sufficient if you're playing a generic D&D campaign. My needs are different, however. My campaign has a different setting. Oriental Adventures uses some different core classes, yet that's fine because it works FOR THAT CAMPAIGN. I suppose my point is that an unorthodox setting might use different archetypes than "traditional" D&D. Think of Oriental Adventures, or perhaps Dark Sun (if Dark Sun can still indeed be considered a D&D setting). Would the world truly end if you had a 1st level Holy Liberator in your party? [/QUOTE]
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