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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadrik" data-source="post: 5952959" data-attributes="member: 14506">Doing some logic here:Themes are a collection of feats. You can choose not to take a theme and select your feats individually (advanced style of play), you can select themes (normal style of play), themes are not used (basic style of play). Fighters get more feats, that is their thing while rogues get more skills, that is there thing. Rogues get two backgrounds (ie skills) and fighters get two themes (ie feats). I am fine with this approach. However... if themes and backgrounds are not in use the rogue still gets a roguish background via a scheme, fighters should get a fightery theme via a scheme of their own.So by this bit of logic I would say no, fighters should not get two themes (but instead have a fighter scheme) and certainly all characters should not get two themes as a default. Perhaps as a campaign option, if those at the table would like to play that way. You are basically doubling the number of feats that characters get. Some may like that others may not.One final point, I think themes should not be switching around all over the place during a character's career. 20 level themes are fine. I can see where having a point where you can opt out of a theme and jump into another but I would rather not see that as the standard. Same goes with backgrounds. If you start out as a reaver, you can be a reaver for 20 levels. Perhaps give the option to jump tracks at certain points, say reaver for 1-5, clobberer 6-10, ie switching every 5 levels. Basically you lose the feat options reaver was going to give you on 6-10 and pick up the clobber 1-5 feat options instead. Interesting question, if say reaver 1-5 gives you a pool of 5 feats to select from, should reaver 6-10 add 5 more feats to select from (perhaps more powerful feats that make you want to stay a reaver) or the other option would be reaver 1-20 gives a pool of 10+ feats. When you take a new theme would you lose access to the previous feat list? Idk</blockquote>

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