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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kinneus" data-source="post: 5558213" data-attributes="member: 48215">The reason I don't like blatantly underpowered choices is because people who are new to the system are unlikely to recognize that it is blatantly underpowered. When a new player joins the game and picks the Animal Master theme, they're probably imagining lots of crazy adventures with their awesome animal friend helping out, fetching keys, swooping down to rake at an enemy's eyes at an opportune moment. They're likely not imagining it dying with near-comedic frequency. But that's what they're going to get. If there was a sticker slapped onto blatantly underpowered choices that said something to the effect of: "Warning: this selection is intended to be an RP choice/challenge for more experienced players/niche option," I'd honestly be fine with them. But since I don't see that happening any time soon, I'd like it if WotC at least tried to keep some semblance of balance. Nothing sucks more for a new player than trying out a new system and finding that your favorite class/race/concept of choice is predestined to suck.</blockquote>