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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tolen Mar" data-source="post: 1596825" data-attributes="member: 1295">The sudden lack of interest is kinda depressing...But still, Ill soldier on for a while longer.Ok, a friend of mine asked me the other day why I wasn't allowing PC's to start as Akashics, so I figured I'd go ahead and explain why.First, the way I see the akashic memory working is a lot like a library.  Akashics can tap into it and with enough time, patience, and skill, find anything anyone knows or ever knew.  (I don't see the record being useful in providing information about the future.)  Trained akashics could theoretically study the information available, and come up with a prediction based on trends and other such information buried in the record.Second, the akashic memory contains the memories and knowledge of everyone, but humankind hasn't been on the planet very long (while 400 years seems a long time, its not when you think about it).  Therfore, human knowledge in the memory isnt very widespread in the memory.  Each human enclave would act to a trained akashic as a node of human memory.  Third, while the humans do have fortune tellers, and psionics and magic, the concept of the akashic record is still alien to them.  The natives on the planet have developed the ability to tap into this, but relations with the 'primitives' has been rocky at best.What it boils down to, is that Akashics exist, but primarily only among the other races.  Since the PC's are all human, being an akashic would have to come from an unusual background (taken in by an elven mentor, for example).  They would be the exception among human parties.As to other class restrictions, we come to the cleric and paladin.  I've said before that for this campaign at least (and in reality, most campaigns for me), that the idea of a worshipper getting spells and power from his god indicates a different kind of relationship than the one implied when most people think of priests.The gods perform miracles because it suits their plans and whims, not because their legion of clerics constantly asks them to do it.Within this campaign, 90% of the priesthood fits more along the line of expert than cleric.  Those who might be clerics (as described in the rulebooks) would be very rare, very high ranking, and certainly not single classed.  The upper echelons of any of the various religions would be expert/clerics.  More often, if a cleric uses magic power, then he did it the same way any of the other magic users did: either studying to learn how (as the magister), or developing the powers through mental discipline (as the psionic classes).  As an example, Marinek the Elder before his mind deteriorated might have been an Aristocrat 18/Magister 6.  Also, my personal feeling is that the paladin class should have been a PrC.  To fit the idea of a holy warrior, a character should have to prove his faith in a manner that satisfies his superiors, and be well-trained in martial arts.  (Not that kind!  Though thats possible.)  Therefore, any paladin would first be a multiclassed fighter (or other warrior)/cleric (see above).Now, I will concede that the idea of cleric and paladin do fit the setting.  However, I am going to put a spin on them that fits the campaign I'm developing.  Clerical abilities may still be relegated to experts and aristocrats, but the paladin as PrC fits well, especially since each religious group could develop their own style of paladin.So there you go, thats why I dissallowed those classes.  Comments?</blockquote>

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