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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6212791" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>I'm not enamored of the cries for a narrower, more focused class. I think at the level of focus that NEXT seems to be pegging for, a narrow class isn't a good thing. A class is a blurry, indistinct, mutable, suggestive general bucket, not a strict kind of character. Like I've sort of mentioned with the warlock: you could view clerics that way. Heck, you can view some wizards or rogues or fighters that way ("I've sworn an oath to this blade, to bathe it in the blood of my enemies, and this is why it serves me well."). It's not a strict kind of character, so I've got no problem with it enfolding the various types and pacts and whatnot. Sure sure.</p><p></p><p>The other side of the coin would be to make the Blade Feylock its own class and the Chain Hellock its own class and the Book Starlock its own class (or whatever), and be very specific about who they are are in the world. As much as I think there's a lot to gain from that view, I'm not sure it's something D&D can easily do, because of what people expect from D&D as a game. </p><p></p><p>The only way you could get a narrower, more focused class would be to exclude folks from the class, and that's not within NEXT's agenda, really. I imagine they're going to want a Warlock that 3e warlock fans and 4e warlock fans can look at and say, "Yep, looks like I can play my warlock with this." And it looks like they're gunning for it pretty OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6212791, member: 2067"] I'm not enamored of the cries for a narrower, more focused class. I think at the level of focus that NEXT seems to be pegging for, a narrow class isn't a good thing. A class is a blurry, indistinct, mutable, suggestive general bucket, not a strict kind of character. Like I've sort of mentioned with the warlock: you could view clerics that way. Heck, you can view some wizards or rogues or fighters that way ("I've sworn an oath to this blade, to bathe it in the blood of my enemies, and this is why it serves me well."). It's not a strict kind of character, so I've got no problem with it enfolding the various types and pacts and whatnot. Sure sure. The other side of the coin would be to make the Blade Feylock its own class and the Chain Hellock its own class and the Book Starlock its own class (or whatever), and be very specific about who they are are in the world. As much as I think there's a lot to gain from that view, I'm not sure it's something D&D can easily do, because of what people expect from D&D as a game. The only way you could get a narrower, more focused class would be to exclude folks from the class, and that's not within NEXT's agenda, really. I imagine they're going to want a Warlock that 3e warlock fans and 4e warlock fans can look at and say, "Yep, looks like I can play my warlock with this." And it looks like they're gunning for it pretty OK. [/QUOTE]
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