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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 309800" data-attributes="member: 4779">In my last run, one of the players used the Monte Cook's Alternate Bard.&nbsp; It just worked better with the setting.&nbsp; I liked the music-as-magic feel and the ability to customize the spellnotes.&nbsp; Plus, the player is a musician so he probably liked it a bit more.&nbsp; <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=":)" />In my current campaign, two of the PC's are playing &quot;Alternate&quot; classes.&nbsp; Again, both were written by Monte Cook.&nbsp; One PC is using the Sorceror variant and the other is using the now famous Alternate Ranger.I have always tweaked classes in my experience as a DM and d20 makes it even easier.&nbsp; I have used Monte's variants because I know they have been tested out and won't upset my game balance (some say his variants are a bit overpowered).&nbsp; If a player wants to have some kind of variant class (like the ones mentioned above by others), as long as they have a RP reason I would now feel comfy to tweak the class a bit.Honestly, a small softcover supplement (around 100 pages) could be created on this topic.&nbsp; It should have both the &quot;crunchy&quot; &amp; &quot;fluffy&quot; bits as that would be the sole reason to make changes.&nbsp; I think it would be a helpful companion to DM's who are starting to customize things for their homebrews and should give DM's already doing this some fresh ideas.Just a thought.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 309800, member: 4779"] In my last run, one of the players used the Monte Cook's Alternate Bard. It just worked better with the setting. I liked the music-as-magic feel and the ability to customize the spellnotes. Plus, the player is a musician so he probably liked it a bit more. :) In my current campaign, two of the PC's are playing "Alternate" classes. Again, both were written by Monte Cook. One PC is using the Sorceror variant and the other is using the now famous Alternate Ranger. I have always tweaked classes in my experience as a DM and d20 makes it even easier. I have used Monte's variants because I know they have been tested out and won't upset my game balance (some say his variants are a bit overpowered). If a player wants to have some kind of variant class (like the ones mentioned above by others), as long as they have a RP reason I would now feel comfy to tweak the class a bit. Honestly, a small softcover supplement (around 100 pages) could be created on this topic. It should have both the "crunchy" & "fluffy" bits as that would be the sole reason to make changes. I think it would be a helpful companion to DM's who are starting to customize things for their homebrews and should give DM's already doing this some fresh ideas. Just a thought. :D [/QUOTE]

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