Zaruthustran said:Right there with you. If I may substitute a synonym: "The scout isn't about [scouting]"
It does sound like a poorly named class. Maybe they should have gone with... rogue/ranger.
I'm not a fan of new base classes. It decreases the need to multiclass, and is definitely a slippery slope. Once you add the Scout, why not add the Heavy Scout? Or the Mounted Scout? Or Sea Scout? With limited base classes you'd make such things with feats and multiclassing, but once you start adding more and more classes why not just make a new class?
Anyway, that's probably a discussion for a "I wonder what 4th ed will be like?" thread.
-z
fanboy2000 said:Of course, I can't think of ninjas and not be reminded of blue ticks and hedges.
Ack.WotC said:The scout isn't about reconnaissance, it's about fighting while on the move and leaving only blood and questions behind.
8. Expanded Multiclassing Options: Many of the new feats in Complete Adventurer help to make some often-overlooked multiclassing options more viable. For example, how about a singing paladin? The Devoted Performer feat lets a character stack paladin and bard levels together to determine damage for the smite evil ability as well as uses per day of bardic music.
MerricB said:Fochulcan Lyrist
GlassJaw said:I'm surprised no one jumped on this. This sounds like a prelude to 4th edition if I ever saw one. This tells me that WotC has identified and accepted that the multiclassing rules in 3ed need to be changed and that new rules are perhaps already in development.