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<blockquote data-quote="Keldryn" data-source="post: 3703097" data-attributes="member: 11999">I'm in favour of a general streamlining of rules overall, but there are a few things I would like to see addressed specifically.Characters classes should adopt the &quot;Talent Trees&quot; seen in Star Wars SE, which would incorporate all of the &quot;alternate class features&quot; from various recent rulebooks.&nbsp; Some built-in customization for the core character classes could eliminate many unnecessary prestige classes and feats.&nbsp; Could even take this as far as making Ranger, Barbarian, etc &quot;Talent Trees&quot; of the Fighter class and returning to the four basic classes, although it's not necessary.Feats should scale with level, so that an early feat choice isn't a total waste later on.&nbsp; Characters don't get enough feats as it is, especially considering the number of choices.&nbsp; This would also dramatically cut down the number of feat entries for those in a chain or which are just improved versions of other feats.Skills need to be streamlined.&nbsp; Some skills should be consolidated (such as the popular Move Silently and Hide into &quot;Stealth&quot;), and cross-class skills need to go.&nbsp; Perhaps another way of &quot;enforcing&quot; archetypal skills should take its place, but the current system makes it a nightmare to generate higher-level characters.&nbsp; I'm quite okay with losing skill points and just going with the Trained/Untrained system from SW, although a lot of gamers aren't.Multiclassing needs an overhaul.&nbsp; We all know how well it doesn't work when multiclassing a spellcasting class -- to the point where we need specific prestige classes and feats to fix this.&nbsp; Not sure what the optimal solution would be; perhaps the PHB2 style classes like the Duskblade and Beguiler to represent popular &quot;multiclassed&quot; archetypes are the best way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Keldryn, post: 3703097, member: 11999"] I'm in favour of a general streamlining of rules overall, but there are a few things I would like to see addressed specifically. Characters classes should adopt the "Talent Trees" seen in Star Wars SE, which would incorporate all of the "alternate class features" from various recent rulebooks. Some built-in customization for the core character classes could eliminate many unnecessary prestige classes and feats. Could even take this as far as making Ranger, Barbarian, etc "Talent Trees" of the Fighter class and returning to the four basic classes, although it's not necessary. Feats should scale with level, so that an early feat choice isn't a total waste later on. Characters don't get enough feats as it is, especially considering the number of choices. This would also dramatically cut down the number of feat entries for those in a chain or which are just improved versions of other feats. Skills need to be streamlined. Some skills should be consolidated (such as the popular Move Silently and Hide into "Stealth"), and cross-class skills need to go. Perhaps another way of "enforcing" archetypal skills should take its place, but the current system makes it a nightmare to generate higher-level characters. I'm quite okay with losing skill points and just going with the Trained/Untrained system from SW, although a lot of gamers aren't. Multiclassing needs an overhaul. We all know how well it doesn't work when multiclassing a spellcasting class -- to the point where we need specific prestige classes and feats to fix this. Not sure what the optimal solution would be; perhaps the PHB2 style classes like the Duskblade and Beguiler to represent popular "multiclassed" archetypes are the best way. [/QUOTE]

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