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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5778530" data-attributes="member: 4937">I think you could probably do it with six, but I think that to emulate all your major options you'd end up with some sort of exchangable 'kit' concept that you could apply to a class to radically alter it.  And each kit would be rather complex in itself.  I can't help but think that you might just be better off with 12 or 15 classes with slightly reduced flexibility in each compared to a six class model.I do certainly agree with you that the basic 'Fighter' class needs to be flexible enough to encompass general man-at-arms, knights, samurai's, warlords, marshalls, archers, gladiators, and so forth.  I don't think that there should be a proliferation of subclasses specific to real world cultures or slight variations in specialization.My 3e rules currently have the following PC classes:AkashicBardChampionClericExplorerFanaticFeybornFighterHunterParagonRogueShamanSorcererWizardFeyborne and Akashic are setting specific and not classes I'd expect in core.  Similarly, I consider Monk or Psion a setting specific class dropped from my setting, but which would be suitable in a setting expansion or players option book (Bard might also count as one of these for some).  Druid was dropped both because I consider it setting specific and because its OP.  But that's the whole list.  I have no PrC's and don't feel a need for them.  I manage multiclassing with a spellcaster by way of a few feats rather than a bunch of PrC's specific to the combination.  I feel though that in a very real way my character creation system is as flexible as 3.5's as whole.  I mean, there are a few mechanics you don't get access to, but as far as concepts go, with the latest rules I can well cover pretty much any concept you might have and make the class feel very distinctive.  The few concepts I don't cover - like Monk - are ones I choose not to cover.Could it be done better?  Sure.  But better wouldn't mean the literally 400+ classes available in late 3.5.</blockquote>

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