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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 6017532" data-attributes="member: 52734">Classes are nothing more than a predetermined package of abilities and a predilection towards a certain group of skills that someone decided fit a particular stereotype.&nbsp; It's essentially a template.&nbsp; Many modern RPGs ditch class systems all together and go for a skill-based solution, allowing you to compound a character's abilities into just about any form you want.&nbsp; While you can shoehorn just about anyone into Fighter, Rogue, Wizard, or Cleric, that's not the only &quot;classes&quot; that exist.&nbsp; Again, because a class is nothing more than a way of grouping someone based on stereotypes, you can certainly design your own classes to fit a specific stereotype.&nbsp; For example, Paladin takes the Fighter and Cleric class and combines them to make a new class that is slightly different that Fighter or Cleric alone.Some RPGs use archetypes - prebuilt characters - that are very similar to classes, but being generally part of a skill-based system, let you expand the character in whatever direction you want.&nbsp; Examples can be found in oWoD Vampire &amp; Werewolf clan books, the Star Wars d6 character templates, Deadland's premade characters and the like.For the D&amp;D game, the fighter class deals with all things martial - weapons, armor, fighting styles.&nbsp; If it's about man-to-man straight-up fighting, it belongs in the fighter class.The rogue is a little trickier.&nbsp; Unlike the fighter's strong theme of &quot;fight, fight, fight&quot;, the rogue encompasses a lot of tricky ground.&nbsp; And in a way, that's what the rogue is about - being tricky.&nbsp; They're not likely to engage in a straight up fight, tend to be self-reliant and are generally up to no good.&nbsp; They encompass all the aspects of lazy, selfish and manipulative - they embrace all the aspects of the Seven Sins.&nbsp; They lie, cheat and scam their way through life, without devoting themselves to any one passion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 6017532, member: 52734"] Classes are nothing more than a predetermined package of abilities and a predilection towards a certain group of skills that someone decided fit a particular stereotype. It's essentially a template. Many modern RPGs ditch class systems all together and go for a skill-based solution, allowing you to compound a character's abilities into just about any form you want. While you can shoehorn just about anyone into Fighter, Rogue, Wizard, or Cleric, that's not the only "classes" that exist. Again, because a class is nothing more than a way of grouping someone based on stereotypes, you can certainly design your own classes to fit a specific stereotype. For example, Paladin takes the Fighter and Cleric class and combines them to make a new class that is slightly different that Fighter or Cleric alone. Some RPGs use archetypes - prebuilt characters - that are very similar to classes, but being generally part of a skill-based system, let you expand the character in whatever direction you want. Examples can be found in oWoD Vampire & Werewolf clan books, the Star Wars d6 character templates, Deadland's premade characters and the like. For the D&D game, the fighter class deals with all things martial - weapons, armor, fighting styles. If it's about man-to-man straight-up fighting, it belongs in the fighter class. The rogue is a little trickier. Unlike the fighter's strong theme of "fight, fight, fight", the rogue encompasses a lot of tricky ground. And in a way, that's what the rogue is about - being tricky. They're not likely to engage in a straight up fight, tend to be self-reliant and are generally up to no good. They encompass all the aspects of lazy, selfish and manipulative - they embrace all the aspects of the Seven Sins. They lie, cheat and scam their way through life, without devoting themselves to any one passion. [/QUOTE]

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