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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8592596" data-attributes="member: 42582">I've inserted bolded numbers to label the two suggestions.Number (2) I'll leave alone. My OP talks about specific ability scores feeding into particular class abilities but doesn't make a more general claim. Whether it's better to have wizards be stat-neutral, or instead to have wizards, sorcerers and warlocks as we currently do to allow various magician builds around various stat combos, I don't know: there's a lot of D&D tradition in there and I don't know if it's all bad.The first one I'll tackle. I personally don't think all associations between class and cultures are objectionable. Paladins evoke romantic notions of mediaeval knighthood - they don't have to be confined to that, but that's where they start. For me at least, Monks evoke Tai Chi Master and The Bride With White Hair and Hero - again, they don't have to confined to that, but it's where I start from.But there is a difference between presenting a trope or an archetype, and buying into a stereotype. Maybe you're suggesting the line is so fine, or sufficiently subjective, that it's better to try and step right away from the issue?</blockquote>