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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3265358" data-attributes="member: 307">I don't know. looking at it, it seems like it would work just fine converted to a feat tree aimed at characters with BAB requirements and so on.Is niche protection that important? If you pare down the classes to a handful, and then give reasonably balanced characters options to select from as they advance, doubling up on abilities will likely be self-defeating anyway. Besides, what stops people from stepping on each other's niche's right now other than not playing the same class? How is avoiding playing the same class any different than taking different character options?I think that if you want to make the overpowered fighter/caster type combinations of earlier editions, then you are right. if you want to make characters who are good facsimiles of the semi-caster classes that we have had floating around, then I think you are wrong. What are the paladin and ranger other than slighty different versions of a warrior/caster combination? Why do they need to be defined classes rather than simply multiclasses with differing feat choices? really, when you boil characters down, they amount to one of the following three things or some combination thereof: Spellcaster, Warrior, or Skillmonkey.Where I think 3e missed the boat was when it didn't recognize this and use the robust multiclassing, skill and feat system to take care of all of these combinations and permutations that are represented by the plethora of base classes. Sure, in 1e or 2e, where this sort of system wasn't in place, then there could be a reaon for this, but then you get into the point where you have things like the "Sentinel" class, and the "Bandit" class and the "Huntsman" class and so on, each with some minor schtick that they brought to the table. I say the game should dump this sort of thing and make a small number of base classes customizable to accomplish the same goal.</blockquote>

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