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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 6178328" data-attributes="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 FighterBook 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.</blockquote>