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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Beef" data-source="post: 3443775" data-attributes="member: 44124">Hi everyone,I hope that I'm posting this in the right place, so if I'm not then mods please move it so I know where I can post for future reference. Let's say that I wanted to design a setting for the D&amp;D 3.5 using the OGL/SRD (I'm not sure which one I should use) to publish on the Internet. I have a few questions I hope you all can answer. 1. When making character classes for this setting, I want to give them a bit of flavor specific to my setting by changing the name of the class.Do I have to stick with the name on the Wizards Produced SRD or can I make up my own? For example instead of the Wizard Class, it would be Arcane Magic User. They would still get all their spells from mystic tomes and scrolls; just the name would change2. Are there any hard and fast rules for designing character classes for my setting other than they have to be balanced? That's one of the things I always have a hard time with is PC Class balance. I make something that looks balanced on paper, but when I give it to someone to try out they immedately find a way to break it. 2.5. Any web sites out there have any rules for designing classes?3. Say I wanted to make an Artificer Class that is different from the one in Eberron, but still call it an Artificer; could I do that? That's all I can think of for now. Any help would be appreciated and I know I'll have some in the future. Thank you,Mr. Beef</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr. Beef, post: 3443775, member: 44124"] Hi everyone, I hope that I'm posting this in the right place, so if I'm not then mods please move it so I know where I can post for future reference. Let's say that I wanted to design a setting for the D&D 3.5 using the OGL/SRD (I'm not sure which one I should use) to publish on the Internet. I have a few questions I hope you all can answer. 1. When making character classes for this setting, I want to give them a bit of flavor specific to my setting by changing the name of the class.Do I have to stick with the name on the Wizards Produced SRD or can I make up my own? For example instead of the Wizard Class, it would be Arcane Magic User. They would still get all their spells from mystic tomes and scrolls; just the name would change 2. Are there any hard and fast rules for designing character classes for my setting other than they have to be balanced? That's one of the things I always have a hard time with is PC Class balance. I make something that looks balanced on paper, but when I give it to someone to try out they immedately find a way to break it. 2.5. Any web sites out there have any rules for designing classes? 3. Say I wanted to make an Artificer Class that is different from the one in Eberron, but still call it an Artificer; could I do that? That's all I can think of for now. Any help would be appreciated and I know I'll have some in the future. Thank you, Mr. Beef [/QUOTE]

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