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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 6031509" data-attributes="member: 50304"><p>More specific and narrow in their niche - what they do and how they operate - is fine.</p><p></p><p>More specific and narrow in their origin options? That's completely unnecessary.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. That's what you do <strong>now</strong>. You could have an origin where you didn't sign on that dotted line until the moment you joined the class (at level 1, or maybe higher). Maybe a prior member of said organization was fatally wounded saving you and placed a signet ring in your hand and made you swear an oath, Green Lantern style. Then again, maybe you spent years training under this organization.</p><p></p><p>That distinction <u>shouldn't matter</u> for the purposes of the <strong>class</strong>, but then mean everything to the <strong>background</strong> of the character.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It certainly limits them. What if I want to play a Martial Artist who never stepped foot in a monastery? What if I learned Kung Fu by doing nothing but watching? What if I developed a variant of the Iron Fist Style from a misspent youth street fighting?</p><p></p><p>AD&D / 3E Monks say you can't. In fact, being a Chaotic or Neutral character based on lifestyle, personality, and origin means you can't advance in the Unarmed Martial Arts and Stunts the Monk has monopolized. It's a clear illustration of the problems with marrying a class to a background. The other one is the original Unearthed Arcana barbarian.</p><p></p><p>- Marty Lund</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mlund, post: 6031509, member: 50304"] More specific and narrow in their niche - what they do and how they operate - is fine. More specific and narrow in their origin options? That's completely unnecessary. Yes. That's what you do [b]now[/b]. You could have an origin where you didn't sign on that dotted line until the moment you joined the class (at level 1, or maybe higher). Maybe a prior member of said organization was fatally wounded saving you and placed a signet ring in your hand and made you swear an oath, Green Lantern style. Then again, maybe you spent years training under this organization. That distinction [u]shouldn't matter[/u] for the purposes of the [B]class[/B], but then mean everything to the [b]background[/b] of the character. It certainly limits them. What if I want to play a Martial Artist who never stepped foot in a monastery? What if I learned Kung Fu by doing nothing but watching? What if I developed a variant of the Iron Fist Style from a misspent youth street fighting? AD&D / 3E Monks say you can't. In fact, being a Chaotic or Neutral character based on lifestyle, personality, and origin means you can't advance in the Unarmed Martial Arts and Stunts the Monk has monopolized. It's a clear illustration of the problems with marrying a class to a background. The other one is the original Unearthed Arcana barbarian. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]
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