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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6675483" data-attributes="member: 20323">[MENTION=40177]Wik[/MENTION]It's a question of depth. A lot of it comes down to what I am now dubbing the Cavalier Factor.For some players to feel satisfied they're playing a cavalier, they'd be happy with a horse, some heavy armor, a noble background, lawful good alignment, and maybe the Mounted Combat feat. Maybe less than that.For some player to feel satisfied they're playing a cavalier, they'd be happy with a horse with character traits, customizable heavy armor, a noble title and followers, a cavalier's code, and abilities letting them perform amazing feats of horsemanship. Maybe more than that.Neither approach is right or wrong. They're just different tastes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I believe D&amp;D 5e should be able to handle both scenarios, and the place the system is best equipped to do that is in class and sub-class design.D&amp;D 5e may not be as rules-intensive as a Pathfinder (and definitely not as heavy as Shadowrun!), but it's also not as rules-light as Savage Worlds or OD&amp;D (and definitely not as light as RISUS!). There's room enough for flavorful mechanical variety within each class without bloat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6675483, member: 20323"] [MENTION=40177]Wik[/MENTION] It's a question of depth. A lot of it comes down to what I am now dubbing the Cavalier Factor. For some players to feel satisfied they're playing a cavalier, they'd be happy with a horse, some heavy armor, a noble background, lawful good alignment, and maybe the Mounted Combat feat. Maybe less than that. For some player to feel satisfied they're playing a cavalier, they'd be happy with a horse with character traits, customizable heavy armor, a noble title and followers, a cavalier's code, and abilities letting them perform amazing feats of horsemanship. Maybe more than that. Neither approach is right or wrong. They're just different tastes. :) I believe D&D 5e [B]should[/B] be able to handle both scenarios, and the place the system is best equipped to do that is in class and sub-class design. D&D 5e may not be as rules-intensive as a Pathfinder (and definitely not as heavy as Shadowrun!), but it's also not as rules-light as Savage Worlds or OD&D (and definitely not as light as RISUS!). There's room enough for flavorful mechanical variety within each class without bloat. [/QUOTE]

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