I would break down the various subclasses into "talent trees" and make telent trees accessible to multiple classes. The idea is that you could completely re-create a particular subclass by hyper focusing your talent tree, but you could also do a little mix and match. I am inclined to want to open up all talent trees to all classes but in practice it wouldn't work because a lot of them rely on specific class features (rage, ki, etc).
I've played wizards, warlocks and sorcerers that were sufficiently distinct that having individual classes made the experience worthwhile. You combine them and you lose that granularity. Better to provide all three classes and let the game table/GM decide if he wants to limit one or more in the setting.
Whoa, whoa whoa. You can't go about limiting player options like that. it is in the PHB ergo it is universally allowed.
I don’t think new players are complete idiots, but I have had the experience of new players being overwhelmed by options when they have to choose a subclass or a feat. Different players have different levels of savvy for RPG mechanics, and keeping the bar for entry very low is beneficial for getting the largest number of players into the game.
I've come to dislike subclasses, but find them doable. I greatly prefer prestige classes as a way to specialize if the generalist aspects of the base class do not satisfy. I also like feat trees, but that seems to lead to 100s of feats that say either "+1 to this" or "perform this one thing from another class". I find a hundred spells or feats to be fine, but not hundreds. I also find that it can be used to show membership in guilds or fellowships where time spent (levels) is a bit more important than simply learning a specific technique (feat or "treasure").
I tend to assume people are capable of making decisions and expressing concepts, especially when they have an experienced guide.
The old level title for a first level fighter is "veteran". Old school first level characters aren't ordinary people, who sometimes have as many or less hit points than wizards.
See answer one.
I concur, which is why I redesigned most of them. I peeled off most of the prereqs, and condensed most of of them to 5 levels. The underlying concept, however, I find excellent.Horwath said:
There are tons of really bad taco joints in the world. That doesn't mean tacos are a bad food.
That's why the solution was not to bother. Pick the one that fit your character concept and not worry about being overpowered or not.
you can have the bar low and still be able to give give complexity to starting characters.
Which is why I enjoy tacos?
