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<blockquote data-quote="Randolpho" data-source="post: 139931" data-attributes="member: 3016">Re: Hmmm...you know, Randolpho...No, but the translation of the setting into the rules was the reason they were &quot;core&quot; classes. If Tracy Hickman were to have created Dragonlance *today*, rather than in the 80s, those classes would be prestige classes.The Test was setting flavor. Putting it at 3rd level was affixing the setting to the currently available rules set. Again, if the setting had been created today, rather than in the 80s, High Sorcerers would be a prestige class.Crown, Rose, Sword knight. These are ranks, not skill sets. They shouldn't even warrant their own class. If they do, they should be a prestige class, to reflect the particular skill focus a particular rank might use.I don't buy it. DL has always been about D&amp;D. The two are linked. Variant classes are about changing classes to fit a setting that doesn't support that particular archetype -- a setting with a magic different from standard D&amp;D, for example. Dragonlance is not such a setting. Dragonlance *is* D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randolpho, post: 139931, member: 3016"] [b]Re: Hmmm...you know, Randolpho...[/b] No, but the translation of the setting into the rules was the reason they were "core" classes. If Tracy Hickman were to have created Dragonlance *today*, rather than in the 80s, those classes would be prestige classes. The Test was setting flavor. Putting it at 3rd level was affixing the setting to the currently available rules set. Again, if the setting had been created today, rather than in the 80s, High Sorcerers would be a prestige class. Crown, Rose, Sword knight. These are ranks, not skill sets. They shouldn't even warrant their own class. If they do, they should be a prestige class, to reflect the particular skill focus a particular rank might use. I don't buy it. DL has always been about D&D. The two are linked. Variant classes are about changing classes to fit a setting that doesn't support that particular archetype -- a setting with a magic different from standard D&D, for example. Dragonlance is not such a setting. Dragonlance *is* D&D. [/QUOTE]

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