It's been a while since I've read those class descriptions. Remind me what a Knight of the Rose gets that's worth giving up spell access? Is it at-will powers?
I've read both of those before and do find them interesting. Never seen either in practice though.
Given the lack of higher level abilities for the regular thief, I've wondered about the Thief-acrobat being folded into the Thief, but only if single classed (getting the benefits of both). I...
All good points. So the answer is "no one has bothered as it's not worth doing". Great.
Do you know of anyone doing something like it, but not completely borked? A "start as one class, become another, then finally get access to a super class layered on top" type of thing that's not the bard...
It may not be your intent but you're coming off rude with talk like this.
There are multiple 1E retro-clones out there. The authors often interpreting the rules differently. I find it interesting to compare them. I'm not even asking for house-rules to use, just attempts at more clear Bard...
Sorry if I wasn't clear. Yes, I meant someone would make those decisions.
If multiple people had done that and come up with different results that could be compared, even better.
Has anyone ever made an attempt to re-write the 1E Bard to make sense? Not the alternate classes, but a real attempt at making the "proto-prestige" class work?
Alright, if there's no mechanical differences, then the party will consist of:
A Carebear Fighter
A Cthulhu Cleric
A Bumblebee (the insect, not the Autobot) Rogue
A Godzilla Bard
A Can-of-beans Wizard
Mechanically, they're all humans, but lore-wise the players could still argue that they...