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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8238585" data-attributes="member: 7006">If they all use the exact same mechanics, how can they be more distinct?&nbsp; Or do you mean that by having less classes there is less fluff attached to every character, and thus players are going to create more varied fluff?&nbsp; If that's what you mean, then I agree.&nbsp; I suspect that people who say they want just two classes (warrior and caster) what they'd really like is a true classless system where they can create their PC mechanically however they want and then layer on top of it whatever fluff or story they want to describe them.Monk comes with a specific story.&nbsp; If you want to attempt to cleanse it of that story and make up a new one (like the pugilist type of character for example), a person certainly can try.&nbsp; But it's really hard to get everyone to necessarily buy into it, and there's a crapton of mechanics that you'd need to refluff and ask everyone else to go along with and remember your refluff.&nbsp; A two-class or classless system has little to no fluff and thus a person can add story on top of everything to their heart's content.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8238585, member: 7006"] If they all use the exact same mechanics, how can they be more distinct? Or do you mean that by having less classes there is less fluff attached to every character, and thus players are going to create more varied fluff? If that's what you mean, then I agree. I suspect that people who say they want just two classes (warrior and caster) what they'd really like is a true classless system where they can create their PC mechanically however they want and then layer on top of it whatever fluff or story they want to describe them. Monk comes with a specific story. If you want to attempt to cleanse it of that story and make up a new one (like the pugilist type of character for example), a person certainly can try. But it's really hard to get everyone to necessarily buy into it, and there's a crapton of mechanics that you'd need to refluff and ask everyone else to go along with and remember your refluff. A two-class or classless system has little to no fluff and thus a person can add story on top of everything to their heart's content. [/QUOTE]

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