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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 7946058" data-attributes="member: 926">I suppose there is a pretty hefty divide between the earlier Kits such as from the Complete Thief and Complete Fighter that were basically a social role, two bonus non-weapon proficiencies, and a reaction bonus in certain situations, to the more extensive and flavorful later ones like the Bladesinger and the Bard's Blade Kit (my favorite type of Kits, actually) and then finally the ones like the Sha'ir which were full-on subclasses with altered spellcasting systems.&nbsp; Basically anything with actual altered class abilities I would just call a subclass.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; The Dragonlance campaign book for 2E even did just that, taking a few things like the Cavalier Kit (and I believe the Barbarian, but I may be misremembering) from the Complete Fighter and turning it into a subclass just by giving it it's own XP table, which was identical to the Fighter.And oh Hell yes, the 'Realms Specialty Priests were a high mark.&nbsp; I could see unique Cleric ability progressions for each different deity, instead of more generic Domains that all gods share.&nbsp; It would take more work but it would be more rewarding.&nbsp; We actually did something like that in our last campaign, building specialty Clerics for different gods by mixing and matching Domain abilities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 7946058, member: 926"] I suppose there is a pretty hefty divide between the earlier Kits such as from the Complete Thief and Complete Fighter that were basically a social role, two bonus non-weapon proficiencies, and a reaction bonus in certain situations, to the more extensive and flavorful later ones like the Bladesinger and the Bard's Blade Kit (my favorite type of Kits, actually) and then finally the ones like the Sha'ir which were full-on subclasses with altered spellcasting systems. Basically anything with actual altered class abilities I would just call a subclass. ;) The Dragonlance campaign book for 2E even did just that, taking a few things like the Cavalier Kit (and I believe the Barbarian, but I may be misremembering) from the Complete Fighter and turning it into a subclass just by giving it it's own XP table, which was identical to the Fighter. And oh Hell yes, the 'Realms Specialty Priests were a high mark. I could see unique Cleric ability progressions for each different deity, instead of more generic Domains that all gods share. It would take more work but it would be more rewarding. We actually did something like that in our last campaign, building specialty Clerics for different gods by mixing and matching Domain abilities. [/QUOTE]

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