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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 6144595" data-attributes="member: 2518">Theoretically yes. But previous editions, especially 3E, have imo shown that this is not the case.Many players will look at the rules, and they will expect the rules to be used. Prestige classes started out as something optional mainly for NPCs and members of specific orders. And yet players demanded to have them and tailored their PCs towards them (supported by WotC to sell more books). They also looked at magical items and started to expect certain items to appear, even without crafting as they tailored their PCs for it.In the same way, those players will look at the downtime rules, decide which offers more advantages and tailor their characters to succeed there. Some minmax more than others and some use more or less RP to influence decision on downtime skills, but in the end, modular or not, the players will expect either the rules or no downtime at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Derren, post: 6144595, member: 2518"] Theoretically yes. But previous editions, especially 3E, have imo shown that this is not the case. Many players will look at the rules, and they will expect the rules to be used. Prestige classes started out as something optional mainly for NPCs and members of specific orders. And yet players demanded to have them and tailored their PCs towards them (supported by WotC to sell more books). They also looked at magical items and started to expect certain items to appear, even without crafting as they tailored their PCs for it. In the same way, those players will look at the downtime rules, decide which offers more advantages and tailor their characters to succeed there. Some minmax more than others and some use more or less RP to influence decision on downtime skills, but in the end, modular or not, the players will expect either the rules or no downtime at all. [/QUOTE]

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