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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9434744" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Honestly, I kind of agree. The proliferation of new resource systems and experimental class structures just...feels like that.The Factotum is a Bard truly specialized in flexibility, for example, while Binder-type stuff is clearly the Warlock coming into its own. The Tome of Battle classes are reworks of three major martial-ish classes (Fighter = Warblade, Paladin = Crusader, Monk = Swordsage), and if the Rogue were moved in a clearly magical direction, Shadowcaster wouldn't be the worst fit for it. Truenamer, for all its horrible horrible jank, seems like an attempt to reinvent arcane casting. Etc.When I use terms like &quot;5.5e,&quot; I really do mean it--I see 5.5e as half a step toward a new edition. It isn't really a new edition. But it also isn't really the same edition, either. It's in the awkward no-man's-land where it's almost the same, but not the same. The skeleton is (mostly) the same, but the flesh is new.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9434744, member: 6790260"] Honestly, I kind of agree. The proliferation of new resource systems and experimental class structures just...feels like that. The Factotum is a Bard truly specialized in flexibility, for example, while Binder-type stuff is clearly the Warlock coming into its own. The Tome of Battle classes are reworks of three major martial-ish classes (Fighter = Warblade, Paladin = Crusader, Monk = Swordsage), and if the Rogue were moved in a clearly magical direction, Shadowcaster wouldn't be the worst fit for it. Truenamer, for all its horrible horrible jank, seems like an attempt to reinvent arcane casting. Etc. When I use terms like "5.5e," I really do [I]mean[/I] it--I see 5.5e as half a step toward a new edition. It isn't really a new edition. But it also isn't really the [I]same[/I] edition, either. It's in the awkward no-man's-land where it's [I]almost[/I] the same, but [I]not[/I] the same. The skeleton is (mostly) the same, but the flesh is new. [/QUOTE]

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