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<blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 5449080" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>Probably because (a) nobody has written up an example of what sort of elf-powers would be used in lieu of things like archery, acrobatics, glamour-casting and the like, or (b) choices like the ranger class seem to emulate what people have in mind when they think of "elf-powers," or (c) both, really. If you had the presence of an elf class, they could: the only obstacle is that vampires are getting a class-style writeup before elves are. </p><p></p><p>What we're seeing here is an extrapolation of the idea that "class" is a rules mechanic, but not at all necessarily an in-character perception for any given fantasy world. There's nothing that says that any given character within a world would assume that a vampire must by necessity "have a class," or even that they would know what a mechanical "class" is. A class isn't a law of reality akin to the law of gravity -- it's a mechanical way of apportioning out powers as a character advances in level. And when you look at it under that skin, it's pretty evident that this purpose can be used to create things other than professions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barastrondo, post: 5449080, member: 3820"] Probably because (a) nobody has written up an example of what sort of elf-powers would be used in lieu of things like archery, acrobatics, glamour-casting and the like, or (b) choices like the ranger class seem to emulate what people have in mind when they think of "elf-powers," or (c) both, really. If you had the presence of an elf class, they could: the only obstacle is that vampires are getting a class-style writeup before elves are. What we're seeing here is an extrapolation of the idea that "class" is a rules mechanic, but not at all necessarily an in-character perception for any given fantasy world. There's nothing that says that any given character within a world would assume that a vampire must by necessity "have a class," or even that they would know what a mechanical "class" is. A class isn't a law of reality akin to the law of gravity -- it's a mechanical way of apportioning out powers as a character advances in level. And when you look at it under that skin, it's pretty evident that this purpose can be used to create things other than professions. [/QUOTE]
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