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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5488599" data-attributes="member: 42582">Another interesting post!I think feats and powers pretty clearly tend towards the &quot;padding&quot; end of the spectrum.Class, paragon paths and epic destinies at least in principle tend more towards the other end of the spectrum, in that these are the devices the game offers for players to make the game reflect their thematic concerns. (Of course, even here there is quite a bit of padding - how many &quot;uber-archer&quot; ranger paragon paths do we really need, for example?)If we're talking about 4e, I would use more than four classes, but only offer a fixed build of each (or a very limited range of options). The idea would be to make the range of thematically vibrant options as great as possible, while making the work of actually building a PC as straightforward as possible.(Dunno what I'd do about feats. Maybe a very limited pool of Expertise, Focus, F/R/W-boosting feats, and maybe a couple of skill enhancing feats.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 5488599, member: 42582"] Another interesting post! I think feats and powers pretty clearly tend towards the "padding" end of the spectrum. Class, paragon paths and epic destinies at least in principle tend more towards the other end of the spectrum, in that these are the devices the game offers for players to make the game reflect their thematic concerns. (Of course, even here there is quite a bit of padding - how many "uber-archer" ranger paragon paths do we really need, for example?) If we're talking about 4e, I would use [I]more[/I] than four classes, but only offer a fixed build of each (or a very limited range of options). The idea would be to make the range of thematically vibrant options as great as possible, while making the work of actually building a PC as straightforward as possible. (Dunno what I'd do about feats. Maybe a very limited pool of Expertise, Focus, F/R/W-boosting feats, and [I]maybe[/I] a couple of skill enhancing feats.) [/QUOTE]

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