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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7385179" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>Subclasses and races are about all we need--and only the ones that can't already be satisfactorily modeled. Who decides what counts as "satisfactory"? Why, me of course!</p><p></p><p>The Mystic psion class is already in design, so it doesn't need mention. Also, I'm not recounting things we already have in current D&D books, like Kensai, Samurai, Ninja (the word "Ninja" is literally right there in the PHB for Way of Shadow).</p><p></p><p><u>Dragonlance</u></p><p>Races:</p><p>-Kender</p><p>-Krynn Minotaurs</p><p>-Irda</p><p>Subclasses:</p><p>-Knight of Solamnia (This one is hard since you have to move up the ranks, and the first rank doesn't get spells. One could build it with current materials by saying you start as a Fighter, and have to switch before 3rd level to paladin if you don't want to stick with order of Crown (in which case you take Knight). Then you take Devotion if you want to stick with Sword, and if you take more fighter it has to be Knight). If you want to go Rose you take Oath of the Crown, and then can advance in paladin and fighter, and if you take more fighter you have to take banneret (Purple Dragon Knight). It's kind of a mess that way though.)</p><p>-Wizard of High Sorcery (Wizard)</p><p>-<em>Maybe</em> 5th age mystic as a cleric subclass, but I don't particularly care about 5th Age, so we could skip all that material.</p><p></p><p><u>Dark Sun</u></p><p>Races:</p><p>-Half giant</p><p>-Thri-kreen</p><p>-Mul</p><p>Subraces:</p><p>-Athasian elf</p><p>-Most likely the rest can use existing subraces</p><p>Subclasses:</p><p>-Templar (Cleric) (Could possibly just go War Domain)</p><p>-<em>Maybe</em> Gladiator (Can probably just go with Battle Master)</p><p>Feat:</p><p>-Defiler</p><p></p><p><u>Mystara</u></p><p>Races:</p><p>-Dog people (don't recall the name)</p><p>-We already have Tortles and catfolk, so we're fine there</p><p></p><p><u>Greyhawk</u></p><p>-Nothing</p><p></p><p><u>Eberron</u></p><p>-I don't know much about the setting, but I can't imagine we need more classes than the Artificer. Races, subraces, subclasses, and feats, as needed.</p><p></p><p><u>Al-Qadim</u></p><p>Subclasses:</p><p>-<strong>Sha-freaking-'ir</strong> (Warlock) (It's absurd that we don't have this yet, as it's absolutely essential)</p><p>-We really don't need the rest--that book was full of kit bloat. Some fluff mentioning some of the more prominent character themes would do it.</p><p></p><p><u>Kara-Tur/Oriental Adventures</u></p><p>Races:</p><p>-Spirit folk</p><p>-Hengeyokai</p><p>-<em>Maybe</em> Vanara</p><p>Subraces:</p><p>-Korobukoro</p><p>Subclasses:</p><p>-Shu[g/k]enja (Cleric) </p><p>-Wu-jen (Wizard)</p><p>-<em>Maybe</em> Sohei (Paladin) (Can probably just use existing subclasses)</p><p></p><p>That's all I can think of at the moment. So for 7 settings, that's a grand total of:</p><p>9 races + Eberron</p><p>2 subraces + Eberron</p><p>1 class</p><p>4 or 5 subclasses</p><p></p><p>Don't bloat us. That's all we need to be consistent with 5e design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7385179, member: 6677017"] Subclasses and races are about all we need--and only the ones that can't already be satisfactorily modeled. Who decides what counts as "satisfactory"? Why, me of course! The Mystic psion class is already in design, so it doesn't need mention. Also, I'm not recounting things we already have in current D&D books, like Kensai, Samurai, Ninja (the word "Ninja" is literally right there in the PHB for Way of Shadow). [U]Dragonlance[/U] Races: -Kender -Krynn Minotaurs -Irda Subclasses: -Knight of Solamnia (This one is hard since you have to move up the ranks, and the first rank doesn't get spells. One could build it with current materials by saying you start as a Fighter, and have to switch before 3rd level to paladin if you don't want to stick with order of Crown (in which case you take Knight). Then you take Devotion if you want to stick with Sword, and if you take more fighter it has to be Knight). If you want to go Rose you take Oath of the Crown, and then can advance in paladin and fighter, and if you take more fighter you have to take banneret (Purple Dragon Knight). It's kind of a mess that way though.) -Wizard of High Sorcery (Wizard) -[I]Maybe[/I] 5th age mystic as a cleric subclass, but I don't particularly care about 5th Age, so we could skip all that material. [U]Dark Sun[/U] Races: -Half giant -Thri-kreen -Mul Subraces: -Athasian elf -Most likely the rest can use existing subraces Subclasses: -Templar (Cleric) (Could possibly just go War Domain) -[I]Maybe[/I] Gladiator (Can probably just go with Battle Master) Feat: -Defiler [U]Mystara[/U] Races: -Dog people (don't recall the name) -We already have Tortles and catfolk, so we're fine there [U]Greyhawk[/U] -Nothing [U]Eberron[/U] -I don't know much about the setting, but I can't imagine we need more classes than the Artificer. Races, subraces, subclasses, and feats, as needed. [U]Al-Qadim[/U] Subclasses: -[B]Sha-freaking-'ir[/B] (Warlock) (It's absurd that we don't have this yet, as it's absolutely essential) -We really don't need the rest--that book was full of kit bloat. Some fluff mentioning some of the more prominent character themes would do it. [U]Kara-Tur/Oriental Adventures[/U] Races: -Spirit folk -Hengeyokai -[I]Maybe[/I] Vanara Subraces: -Korobukoro Subclasses: -Shu[g/k]enja (Cleric) -Wu-jen (Wizard) -[I]Maybe[/I] Sohei (Paladin) (Can probably just use existing subclasses) That's all I can think of at the moment. So for 7 settings, that's a grand total of: 9 races + Eberron 2 subraces + Eberron 1 class 4 or 5 subclasses Don't bloat us. That's all we need to be consistent with 5e design. [/QUOTE]
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