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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 9403197" data-attributes="member: 6803643">This. My concern is that generalist character archetypes get shafted when you push towards highly specialized archetypes. Look at the last UA version of the Psion – it was essentially a d8 Hit Die and some proficiencies, as a carrying chassis for 4 otherwise unrelated Psionic subclasses. Or look at the Spells and Powers Ranger and how if you choose not to specialize and instead invest in all of the archetypal features, you're seriously behind the curve (v3.X had the same issue but with the Rangers' skills being too segregated and not having enough skill points to do everything a Ranger could do in past editions). Specializing can and should be an option, but not at the expense of the generalist essentially being 5 different 1st Level Rangers with only 1 action in a party otherwise filled with 5th Level characters. The trick is balancing specialists and generalists. It's one of the hardest things about game balance!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 9403197, member: 6803643"] This. My concern is that generalist character archetypes get shafted when you push towards highly specialized archetypes. Look at the last UA version of the Psion – it was essentially a d8 Hit Die and some proficiencies, as a carrying chassis for 4 otherwise unrelated Psionic subclasses. Or look at the[I] Spells and Powers[/I] Ranger and how if you choose not to specialize and instead invest in all of the archetypal features, you're seriously behind the curve (v3.X had the same issue but with the Rangers' skills being too segregated and not having enough skill points to do everything a Ranger could do in past editions). Specializing can and should be an option, but not at the expense of the generalist essentially being 5 different 1st Level Rangers with only 1 action in a party otherwise filled with 5th Level characters. The trick is balancing specialists and generalists. It's one of the hardest things about game balance! [/QUOTE]

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