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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7495563" data-attributes="member: 6775031"><p>That doesn't change any of the fluff around the mechanical aspects of the class, though. Even if your particular rogue is an oddity among rogues, with a higher Strength than Dexterity, their sneak attack ability is still a precise strike made with a light weapon rather than a clobber over the head. That is to say, a class isn't the only aspect to a given character; your rogue may vary from other rogues, in ways that have nothing to do with your shared rogue aspect, but your rogue-ness is the same as their rogue-ness. There are different paths to the same power, but that power is the same regardless of who uses it.</p><p></p><p>Class descriptions are descriptions. They aren't definitions. They describe what members of that class are like. Scholars, skalds, and scoundrels all have something in common; and that commonality is part of what it means to be a bard. There are other types of people which also fit in with that description. It's natural language, and there's some interpretation required as to what exactly qualifies as a bard, but it's possible to play within that vaguely-defined sandbox without re-defining the class to cover something that it was never intended to cover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 7495563, member: 6775031"] That doesn't change any of the fluff around the mechanical aspects of the class, though. Even if your particular rogue is an oddity among rogues, with a higher Strength than Dexterity, their sneak attack ability is still a precise strike made with a light weapon rather than a clobber over the head. That is to say, a class isn't the only aspect to a given character; your rogue may vary from other rogues, in ways that have nothing to do with your shared rogue aspect, but your rogue-ness is the same as their rogue-ness. There are different paths to the same power, but that power is the same regardless of who uses it. Class descriptions are descriptions. They aren't definitions. They describe what members of that class are like. Scholars, skalds, and scoundrels all have something in common; and that commonality is part of what it means to be a bard. There are other types of people which also fit in with that description. It's natural language, and there's some interpretation required as to what exactly qualifies as a bard, but it's possible to play within that vaguely-defined sandbox without re-defining the class to cover something that it was never intended to cover. [/QUOTE]
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