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<blockquote data-quote="DMaple" data-source="post: 62365" data-attributes="member: 947">Okay so I used metagame concepts to discribe the arcane / divine spells, it doesn't remove the problem to think of it in none metagame terms.If you do say &quot;the priest diety gives him access to fire spells&quot; and multiclass to sorcerer to represent this, even if he only picks fire spells form the sorcerer list it doesn't stop him picking up a wand of frost and using it. As a Cleric he gets the ability to turn undead even if it isn't part of the character concept, and also the ability to fight in heavy armour.Now you have the problem of gaining a whole range of abilities that aren't part&nbsp; of the character concept just because they are all tied into the class if you want one part of it you have to take them all. Otherwise you need to develop &quot;House Rules&quot; and your own character classes.Classless systems let you do this sort of thing 'straight out of the box'.Classless systems do have their drawbacks and Class based systems do have their advantages but that's not what the original poster asked about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMaple, post: 62365, member: 947"] Okay so I used metagame concepts to discribe the arcane / divine spells, it doesn't remove the problem to think of it in none metagame terms. If you do say "the priest diety gives him access to fire spells" and multiclass to sorcerer to represent this, even if he only picks fire spells form the sorcerer list it doesn't stop him picking up a wand of frost and using it. As a Cleric he gets the ability to turn undead even if it isn't part of the character concept, and also the ability to fight in heavy armour. Now you have the problem of gaining a whole range of abilities that aren't part of the character concept just because they are all tied into the class if you want one part of it you have to take them all. Otherwise you need to develop "House Rules" and your own character classes. Classless systems let you do this sort of thing 'straight out of the box'. Classless systems do have their drawbacks and Class based systems do have their advantages but that's not what the original poster asked about. [/QUOTE]

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