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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7826569" data-attributes="member: 6677017">That could work too. I'm more addressing a philosophy of classes that seems to go hand in hand with PCs being the center of the universe--and a tendency I see of some people who prefer that playstyle to assume that is how everyone is playing. Style has a huge impact over these decisions.I assume there are a limited number of subclasses existing in my worlds. There might occasionally be some that are more limited or not well known, and that's how I can explain some of the monster statblocks that seem to be simplified classes with odd features. But in general, I don't like to assume their are an unlimited variety of these things. I'm also not a huge fan of prohibiting PCs from taking NPC options (if an NPC can do it, it is possible for a PC to do it), so I like to have a least a hint of an idea of how it all fits together should it happen to come up. For instance, I would create a Hobgoblin racial feat to grant a version of Martial Advantage to hobgoblin PCs or NPCs built with classes, and an Improved Drow Magic feat to grant some of the additional drow common spells to a drow with classes (including PCs).One thing that is getting a bit harder to work with is the newer subclasses WotC is putting out. I like a lot of them, but every time there is a new cleric domain I have to determine which clergies have it and if it displaces other domains. (Generally, I only have one, or at most two, domains per deity.) The same applies with other subclasses. Each new one potentially splits a previous group of characters. New druid or bard subclasses doesn't mean there are now more druids or bards in the world, it means that some druids which would have been Circle of the Land or Circle of the Moon are now Circle of Dreams or Circle of the Shepherd. With just SCAG and XGtE, I could pretty much allow all of them, at least as rarer options. But with all of the more unusual options they are playtesting now (and still no Wu Jen, Shukenja/Shaman, or Sha'ir!) I'm possibly going to have to decide that not every published subclass exists in my multiverse, and go through them one by one deciding which ones are and aren't an actual thing.</blockquote>

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