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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 3909046" data-attributes="member: 1465">I actually agree with this article main idea....I like niche protection of classes, to me it's perfectly fine that Sneak Attack is only for Rogues, Rage only for Barbarian, and (YES!) Use Magic Device only for Bards/Rogues.If someone wants two sticks, they can always multiclass (if multiclass rules are solid enough, there should be no major problem).The hard part is the decision of what should be a feat and what should be a class ability. The simplest criteria is that if it's conceivable for everyone to be able to learn this, then it should be a feat... However this criteria, as simple as may be, is the cause of why Fighters in 3ed have really nothing special. Nothing major is Fighter-only, because every class is theoretically qualified to learn about combat, and the consequence is that the Fighter becomes a utility/support class to dip into for a few extra combat feats and then pursue another, more interesting class path.edit:So how is it that I have nothing yet to criticize this time...? Let me think... got it! I dislike the magnitude of the new feats. Actually, they are not that large compared to the 3e feats... but overall 4e is another step into the hero-ization of D&D (to quote Hong). By the time we get 6th edition, player characters will start with a Divine Rank.</blockquote>