Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Not optional proficiencies that have nothing to do with what the class represents. The class is a set list of abilities related to the class and what it represents. There are monk class abilities that don't represent ninja class abilities, so it fails to be a ninja class unless you are willing to kludge a square peg into a round hole and settle. I'm not willing to do that.What to you think a class is?
Mechanics don't back that up in D&D. In D&D they are a set list of abilities that represent the class concept and everyone who takes that class anywhere in the world has the exact same abilities. Subclass will give some variety, but even then there is no variance within a subclass. Everyone who takes the subclass has the same exact abilities and options.I see it as a description of a set of powers a PC can have. It’s a model, it’s not something that exists in any real sense any more than classes exist in the real world.
They are very often solitary. Enough that they wouldn't have an ability dedicated to only allies. That they sometimes operate in groups is why I said either enemies or both enemies and allies.And were you talking about ninja? They weren’t solitary, they often operated in groups, even rather like the SAS.