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<blockquote data-quote="Psionicist" data-source="post: 3591504" data-attributes="member: 1874">Thank you Pickaxe and T. Foster for the most insightful posts I've read in a very long time. I had never thought about this myself but it is very true; the rogue is not really needed as a concept. And classes are concepts, not professions.I think the biggest problem conceptually is most people equate the rogue with what we in real life call professionals, but forget that they are adventurers first and professionals second. Indiana Jones for example, as an archaeologist, or MacGyver who you could say is in law enforcement. How do you portray a skilled worker who happens to also be an adventurer in the rules?Enter the rogue, which is a hacky way to introduce a character class that doesn't really exist in fantasy settings but people relate to in movies and real life. Just because archaeologist is a profession now in the 21:st centuary, doesn't mean it have to be a class. In the same vein, I wouldn't call &quot;doctor&quot; or &quot;lawyer&quot; or &quot;computer programmer&quot; character classes. This is just a skillset. The class? Commoner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psionicist, post: 3591504, member: 1874"] Thank you Pickaxe and T. Foster for the most insightful posts I've read in a very long time. I had never thought about this myself but it is very true; the rogue is not really needed as a concept. And classes are concepts, not professions. I think the biggest problem conceptually is most people equate the rogue with what we in real life call professionals, but forget that they are adventurers first and professionals second. Indiana Jones for example, as an archaeologist, or MacGyver who you could say is in law enforcement. How do you portray a skilled worker who happens to also be an adventurer in the rules? Enter the rogue, which is a hacky way to introduce a character class that doesn't really exist in fantasy settings but people relate to in movies and real life. Just because archaeologist is a profession now in the 21:st centuary, doesn't mean it have to be a [i]class[/i]. In the same vein, I wouldn't call "doctor" or "lawyer" or "computer programmer" character classes. This is just a skillset. The class? Commoner. [/QUOTE]

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