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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 5771724" data-attributes="member: 8277">One of the selling points so far on 5e is the idea of it being as basic / nuanced as you want depending on play style. One way I can think of to accomidate this is by having there be only 4 base classes, and adding optional "talent trees" to these that allow the player to customize the character.So if there were a basic Warrior, Rogue, Priest, and Mage class; each might be able to be customized to make variants of the player's design; many of which would mimic traditional other classes.A Ranger for instance might be a Warrior with some abilities allowing tracking, favored enemies, and emphasis on bow/2-weapon fighting.  To "buy off" some of these abilities, he may "buy down" from heavy armor to only light armor familiarity, or take some other restrictions that fit his concept. A Bard may be a Rogue with some abilities to play music and minor spellcasting with expanded weapon and armor choice, but at the cost of trapfinding.  I'm thinking they could take a page from 2e Skills & Powers or 3e Unearthed Arcana for some ideas here?  Any thoughts?</blockquote>