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D&D Next Q&A: More Classes/Subclasses, Retraining & Playing Without Subclasses
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<blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 6178328" data-attributes="member: 20187"><p>It's mostly so that they can reference the classes in future supplements. For example, let's set up the following situation in a world without subclasses:</p><p></p><p>Book A: Has a class called Fighter</p><p>Book B: Has a class called Knight which is like a Fighter, but more emphasis on mounted combat.</p><p>Book C: Has a feat which is only usable by Fighters.</p><p></p><p>Can the book C feat be used by Knights? Not in this formulation.</p><p></p><p>But if Knight is a subclass of Fighter, then anything which applies to Fighters also applies to Knights, even if Book C does not know that the Knight exists.</p><p></p><p>It's essentially an attempt at future-proofing classes. One of the issues with multiple classes in previous editions is that the classes in the PHB got a lot of extra options from supplements. But a class that came out in a supplement tended to be static, and never really got any benefits from future supplements, especially if it used unique mechanics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GSHamster, post: 6178328, member: 20187"] It's mostly so that they can reference the classes in future supplements. For example, let's set up the following situation in a world without subclasses: Book A: Has a class called Fighter Book B: Has a class called Knight which is like a Fighter, but more emphasis on mounted combat. Book C: Has a feat which is only usable by Fighters. Can the book C feat be used by Knights? Not in this formulation. But if Knight is a subclass of Fighter, then anything which applies to Fighters also applies to Knights, even if Book C does not know that the Knight exists. It's essentially an attempt at future-proofing classes. One of the issues with multiple classes in previous editions is that the classes in the PHB got a lot of extra options from supplements. But a class that came out in a supplement tended to be static, and never really got any benefits from future supplements, especially if it used unique mechanics. [/QUOTE]
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