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<blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 4753323" data-attributes="member: 40398">To everyone who brought it up, yes of course I realize power sources aren't new to D&amp;D, or any rpg really. Don't get me wrong, I love having class fluff. I love the Tome of Magic from 3e because of its fluff. I just don't like this plethora of lame little tags that encourage players and DMs to assume that power sources are rigid identifiers that need to be accompanied by mechanics. If WotC is going to devote 3-4 lines of text to class fluff, they'd be better filled with fluff unique to that class. And keep the fluff as fluff, leave the mechanics out.&nbsp;&nbsp;Runestar, you make me smile.&nbsp;Why all the joygasms over new power sources? You can refluff the PHB classes into just about any variation of 'magic' or 'non-magic' power source you can think of. Heck, psions already exist right in the PHB. (A class that uses elemental energy and intellect to control the battlefield...it supposedly needs a spell book but doesn't.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tequila Sunrise, post: 4753323, member: 40398"] To everyone who brought it up, yes of course I realize power sources aren't new to D&D, or any rpg really. Don't get me wrong, I love having class fluff. I love the Tome of Magic from 3e because of its fluff. I just don't like this plethora of lame little tags that encourage players and DMs to assume that power sources are rigid identifiers that need to be accompanied by mechanics. If WotC is going to devote 3-4 lines of text to class fluff, they'd be better filled with fluff unique to that class. And keep the fluff as fluff, leave the mechanics out. Runestar, you make me smile. Why all the joygasms over new power sources? You can refluff the PHB classes into just about any variation of 'magic' or 'non-magic' power source you can think of. Heck, psions already exist right in the PHB. (A class that uses elemental energy and intellect to control the battlefield...it supposedly needs a spell book but doesn't.) [/QUOTE]

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