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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5273013" data-attributes="member: 11437">Without giving away the farm, I can give you a very basic description of each and their associated paragon paths.Note 1: all of the attacks for the paragon paths listed below use (primary ability score), like do the theme powers.  I hope this is a trend that will continue.Note 2: Neither of the psionic themes use Power Points to augment their powers.  Instead, they have encounter and daily powers (which obviously don't have the augmentable keyword).Athasian Minstrel: Bards, rogues, warlocks, and assassins seem the best fit for this sorta sneaky, sorta social theme.  A lot of poison effects.  It has the paragon paths arms troubadour (good for melee strikers) and unwelcome guest (more poison stuff, some acid powers).Dune Trader: Some Cha-based skill utilities and generally leader kinda powers (mostly moving people around and granting extra attacks).  It has the paragon paths caravan master (more leader stuff, mostly on the warlord side of the ledger) and shady dealer (more Cha-based skill stuff, more of the bard type leader powers).Elemental Priest: This theme has an awful lot of conjurations.  I imagine this fits best with shamans, but I could definitely see controllers going for this theme.  Its paragon paths are rainbringer (an excellent healer, to be honest), and smoking crown initiate (some leader stuff, but mostly fire attacks).Gladiator: Obviously a melee combatant.  Probably best for defenders.  Its paragon paths are gladiator champion (lots of bloodied effects, gains a nice stance at 20; note: fighters can take this PP without the theme) and jazst dancer (more of a striker with light blade sort of powers).Noble Adept: A psionic theme with a controller bent to it.  More effects than big AoE powers.  Its paragon paths are mind general (more leader than controller, on the warlord and bard side of things) and psionic scholar (more AoE controller stuff; this might be a neat way to give the monk more of a "psionic" feel than it currently has - if you want that sort of thing).Primal Guardian: Surprisingly, a primal defender.  Its paragon paths are the blandly named guardian of the land (which has some nice area powers) and voice for the ravaged (energy based and some healing powers).Templar: While this has obvious implications within the campaign setting, the theme is actually a leader, which I found an odd choice, but after looking at the theme, it makes sense.  Quite a bit more healing than I would have expected.  Its paragon paths are master defiler (more defiling goodies) and praetor legate (mostly controller-y; available to sorcerer-pact warlocks without the theme).Veiled Alliance: Another arcane controller, but definitely one that fits into the setting.  They can spend minor actions to enhance their powers (!).  Its paragon paths are master preserver (lose arcane defiling, more leader/healing powers, nice healing zone at 20; any arcane class can take this PP without the theme) and veiled guardian (defender sort of powers with marking abilities).Wasteland Nomad: A primal striker.  Is more effective when no allies are adjacent.  Its paragon paths are dune strider (some striker effectiveness and movement abilities) and sand reaver (more striker stuff, focused on mainly on being bloodied or attacking bloodied enemies).Wilder: A psionic striker.  Some extra riders based on scoring critical hits.  Some controller sort of powers.  Its paragon paths are resurgent wilder (more critical hit stuff, in line with the theme) and wielder of the way (one of its powers is reminiscent of the soulknife, but other than that, it's mostly generic striker stuff; note that battleminds can take this PP without the theme).Whew.</blockquote>

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