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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Osgood" data-source="post: 3715970" data-attributes="member: 32792">I was in the seminar where this was mentioned.  There are some points that should be added.  One of the concepts they said was important to 4E was that of power sources--arcane and divine are two we are all familiar with... the PHB has a sub-heading of "Arcane, Divine, and Martial characters."  So it will focus on these sources, with martial power being the source of abilities we find in the Book of Nine Swords.  Character classes are made by combining the power source and the role; for example a fighter is a martial defender, while a paladin is a divine defender.  Presumably this means we might see arcane healers or martial controlers and so on.  I'm pretty sure there aren't 12 classes, so I am certain that there will not be a seperate class for every role/power source combo, but this may be achieved through talent selection.They indicated that PHB2 would provide three new sources, one of which will be psionic.  I have no idea what the other sources might be, but I would imagine we will see things like pacts and maybe even steam/technology  in the future (making the gnomes more like the Krynn tinkers would fit well with that last idea).Pure specualation on my part, but I wonder if this means that the DMG and MM sequels will be themed along the same lines as the PHB... with many psionic monsters in MM2 and the like.</blockquote>