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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7682413" data-attributes="member: 996">Lots of classes have similar or identical things going for them.  Caster share tons of spells, for instance.That is a very real danger, yes.  A whole full class relegated to a PrC would be even deeper in the option ghetto than a merely optional one, and even if you could get at it, would allow for much less play of the concept, both because it'll narrower than the full class, and because you'd have to qualify before you even get to play it - the problem with a sub-class in lieu of a full class, only worse.That would be a terrible abuse of the mechanic.  It should be used for narrowly-defined concepts with a definite link to the world based on that 'deed' you must perform. 5e has categories?But, if we're being reasonable:  only if they're done badly or somehow abused (by 3pps or, very hypothetically, by a designer with an ax to grind).  If they're used just to create very narrow campaign- or setting- specific mini-classes, they should only enhance the game, and have no impact on anyone not using them.</blockquote>