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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Camelot" data-source="post: 5253978" data-attributes="member: 82617">Erm, I guess I need to brush up on my RPG terms.  That's not what I meant by core, I don't think. I thought "Player's Options: Heroes of Shadow" wasn't part of Essentials, but some people have linked them as if it is part of it.  I thought it was just going to be another "normal" book, outside of Essentials, just like a Player's Handbook 4 would be. Abdul said "If they aren't going to put rules for hybrids into Essentials, which I kind of doubt they will, then perhaps the new approach will be a somewhat better MCing to let you do something very similar."  If the Shadow book isn't part of Essentials, then it doesn't have to adhere to the Essential rules and can still include hybrid versions of its new classes. I doubt Essentials will have hybrids too, but I also doubt they're going to create another multiclass system.  They'll probably have new multiclass feats for their classes, and use the already established multiclass rules.  Hybrids are for people with the PH3 and/or DDI, and it makes sense for new classes to have hybrid versions alongside them.</blockquote>