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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5374064" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>This is true...and I hadn't thought of that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmmm. I could try this.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I tend to think the Psion is his/her own archetype. The difference between an Enchanter or Diviner, to my mind, is that the latter use magic (arcane and/or divine) and the Psionicist does not. Their powers are personal abilities born of their own mental energies.</p></blockquote><p>One approach I've toyed with in campaign design is saying, "This continent has <em>these</em> classes, while this island chain has <em>those</em> classes."[/QUOTE]</p><p></p><p>This is also good/requires further thought. Which is part of the reason I limited the barbarian class. You have to be a member of one of the tribes from this region to be a barbarian. It's a culture thing. A flavor thing. Someone not from that area can rush madly into battle weilding a battleaze if they wanna...but they're not a "barbarian."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Definitely. I agree in most cases.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Then she's an angry alcoholic smelly dwarf...who's a fighter...or a thief...or even a cleric....but not a "barbarian" (doesn't receive barbarian stats adjustments or tribal weapon proficiencies, etc.)...not on Orea.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then...why can't he just be a fighter and take the feats for grappling and unarmed strike and all of that? Make "Second Wind" (that's a 4e thing, isn't it?) a feat he can have...sure why not. Why does he need to be a "monk" by class?</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Precisely what I'm saying...and trying to avoid...and seems to contradict your point...unless I'm misunderstanding (always a possibility <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks to all of you for the input, guys. This is really giving me good stuff to think about.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5374064, member: 92511"] This is true...and I hadn't thought of that. Hmmm. I could try this. I tend to think the Psion is his/her own archetype. The difference between an Enchanter or Diviner, to my mind, is that the latter use magic (arcane and/or divine) and the Psionicist does not. Their powers are personal abilities born of their own mental energies. [/QUOTE]One approach I've toyed with in campaign design is saying, "This continent has [I]these[/I] classes, while this island chain has [I]those[/I] classes."[/QUOTE] This is also good/requires further thought. Which is part of the reason I limited the barbarian class. You have to be a member of one of the tribes from this region to be a barbarian. It's a culture thing. A flavor thing. Someone not from that area can rush madly into battle weilding a battleaze if they wanna...but they're not a "barbarian." Definitely. I agree in most cases. Then she's an angry alcoholic smelly dwarf...who's a fighter...or a thief...or even a cleric....but not a "barbarian" (doesn't receive barbarian stats adjustments or tribal weapon proficiencies, etc.)...not on Orea. Then...why can't he just be a fighter and take the feats for grappling and unarmed strike and all of that? Make "Second Wind" (that's a 4e thing, isn't it?) a feat he can have...sure why not. Why does he need to be a "monk" by class? Precisely what I'm saying...and trying to avoid...and seems to contradict your point...unless I'm misunderstanding (always a possibility ;) Thanks to all of you for the input, guys. This is really giving me good stuff to think about. [/QUOTE]
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