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<blockquote data-quote="GM Dave" data-source="post: 5815753" data-attributes="member: 6687992"><p>I believe that by 'Exploration' Play they are referring to what is usually considered the 'skill monkey' jobs.</p><p></p><p>Ranger is the 'skill monkey' for the woods. The ranger gives up some of the Fighter's fighting prowess to be better at navigating hazards in the wilderness.</p><p></p><p>Rogue is the 'skill monkey' for the city. The rogue has abilities like Thieves Cant, Climb Walls, and Open Locks that makes her better in an urban environment then going toe to toe with a dragon. The class trades combat skill for being able to walk on ledges and do cart wheels to get behind opponents.</p><p></p><p>Bards are better at role-playing because they have abilities that support charming people. This does them little good when they have an ooze or a purple worm to contend with. Show them a King and a Princess and they rocket to the head of the class.</p><p></p><p>Wizards and Clerics make trade offs in having more knowledge based skills compared to a fighter. The fighter is designed to hit things and keep hitting things all day while a Wizard or Cleric will consider working out puzzles as part of their 'schtick'.</p><p></p><p>This is just the base consideration of what most designers see as the differentiation of these classes.</p><p></p><p>3e with skills, feats, multi-classing, and prestige classes allowed players to take a particular class and customize it for a broader set of encounters (strengthen weak points so a fighter might choose to know diplomacy or dancing).</p><p></p><p>4e allowed all classes to pick up a reduced value in all skills. It also allowed Paragon classes and Epic classes to offer some broadening of the roles but most of the powers were aimed at combat application.</p><p></p><p>I think the usage of Themes and Backgrounds in 5e will be used to do things like the mentioned Fighter in DDXP which had a Nobility Background to allow the Fighter to have some Role-playing skill mixed into her normal Fighting role (Fighter that is a 1/2 Bard).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GM Dave, post: 5815753, member: 6687992"] I believe that by 'Exploration' Play they are referring to what is usually considered the 'skill monkey' jobs. Ranger is the 'skill monkey' for the woods. The ranger gives up some of the Fighter's fighting prowess to be better at navigating hazards in the wilderness. Rogue is the 'skill monkey' for the city. The rogue has abilities like Thieves Cant, Climb Walls, and Open Locks that makes her better in an urban environment then going toe to toe with a dragon. The class trades combat skill for being able to walk on ledges and do cart wheels to get behind opponents. Bards are better at role-playing because they have abilities that support charming people. This does them little good when they have an ooze or a purple worm to contend with. Show them a King and a Princess and they rocket to the head of the class. Wizards and Clerics make trade offs in having more knowledge based skills compared to a fighter. The fighter is designed to hit things and keep hitting things all day while a Wizard or Cleric will consider working out puzzles as part of their 'schtick'. This is just the base consideration of what most designers see as the differentiation of these classes. 3e with skills, feats, multi-classing, and prestige classes allowed players to take a particular class and customize it for a broader set of encounters (strengthen weak points so a fighter might choose to know diplomacy or dancing). 4e allowed all classes to pick up a reduced value in all skills. It also allowed Paragon classes and Epic classes to offer some broadening of the roles but most of the powers were aimed at combat application. I think the usage of Themes and Backgrounds in 5e will be used to do things like the mentioned Fighter in DDXP which had a Nobility Background to allow the Fighter to have some Role-playing skill mixed into her normal Fighting role (Fighter that is a 1/2 Bard). [/QUOTE]
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