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The 5e Ninja, would it be a class or a subclass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 9875873" data-attributes="member: 6802951"><p>First; define your Ninja.</p><p></p><p>If you want ninja to be able to run the gamut of the historical espionage agents, hollywood's "monks, but in black!", or naruto-style spellcasters, then a background, or even just membership in a faction is all that should be required. These are all quite well covered by existing classes. and a single class can't really cover all those mechanical concepts.</p><p></p><p>The alternative is to decide what a "ninja" is to <em><strong>you</strong></em>, and what they should be able to do mechanically to realise that concept, and then create a class around that.</p><p>We can certainly help with that, but were going to need an idea of what you want first.</p><p></p><p>"Assassin" is similar. To me it means someone who kills specific people, generally for payment or politics, with the minimum of fuss, collateral, and personal risk. To others it means someone who kills their way through an entire compound. For some it denotes a style of doing things, for others just a profession or calling that any class could perform in their own way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 9875873, member: 6802951"] First; define your Ninja. If you want ninja to be able to run the gamut of the historical espionage agents, hollywood's "monks, but in black!", or naruto-style spellcasters, then a background, or even just membership in a faction is all that should be required. These are all quite well covered by existing classes. and a single class can't really cover all those mechanical concepts. The alternative is to decide what a "ninja" is to [I][B]you[/B][/I], and what they should be able to do mechanically to realise that concept, and then create a class around that. We can certainly help with that, but were going to need an idea of what you want first. "Assassin" is similar. To me it means someone who kills specific people, generally for payment or politics, with the minimum of fuss, collateral, and personal risk. To others it means someone who kills their way through an entire compound. For some it denotes a style of doing things, for others just a profession or calling that any class could perform in their own way. [/QUOTE]
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