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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9275816" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I want to focus here for a second. Because this I think is a fundamental problem with your approach to this question. The question is &quot;What if everyone in the setting had a [Class]?&quot; And your answer is &quot;Not everyone in the setting would have a class, classes are special.&quot; You are fundamentally altering the premise of the question. And yes, you would get a positive response from those in the thread who do not like the idea of a setting where everyone has a class, but you are not actually answering the question. And secondly, your approach of &quot;just give them backgrounds&quot; fundamentally creates a massive amount of tension. Because you would have some people with a &quot;class&quot; that grants them these abilities, something they can point to. And other people, people who are usually far weaker, not having a &quot;class&quot; but something else that does not give all the benefits of the &quot;class&quot;. And since you can be born with a class, which is a necessity for Sorcerers to be a thing, then you have some people who are born more special and more powerful, in a demonstrably objective way. One of the fun things, as a person who enjoys stories where classes are a real concept within the world, is not seeing what a level 20 fighter can do, but what a level 20 Farmer or Barkeeper can do. In asking the question &quot;what does it look like to be a practical demigod in THIS field or THIS specialty.&quot; But by separating them out and declaring &quot;anyone who isn't doing combat and going to combat schools to get real classes can't do that&quot; you are taking out a big element of what makes the exercise worthwhile in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9275816, member: 6801228"] I want to focus here for a second. Because this I think is a fundamental problem with your approach to this question. The question is "What if everyone in the setting had a [Class]?" And your answer is "Not everyone in the setting would have a class, classes are special." You are fundamentally altering the premise of the question. And yes, you would get a positive response from those in the thread who do not like the idea of a setting where everyone has a class, but you are not actually answering the question. And secondly, your approach of "just give them backgrounds" fundamentally creates a massive amount of tension. Because you would have some people with a "class" that grants them these abilities, something they can point to. And other people, people who are usually far weaker, not having a "class" but something else that does not give all the benefits of the "class". And since you can be born with a class, which is a necessity for Sorcerers to be a thing, then you have some people who are born more special and more powerful, in a demonstrably objective way. One of the fun things, as a person who enjoys stories where classes are a real concept within the world, is not seeing what a level 20 fighter can do, but what a level 20 Farmer or Barkeeper can do. In asking the question "what does it look like to be a practical demigod in THIS field or THIS specialty." But by separating them out and declaring "anyone who isn't doing combat and going to combat schools to get real classes can't do that" you are taking out a big element of what makes the exercise worthwhile in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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