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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 8066725" data-attributes="member: 6795602">So maybe it helps to step back a moment and ask “what is a class”?a class is a form of narrative authority given to the player whereby he is assured a certain bear minimum of fiction is true about his character in the game world.In 5e any character can serve the gods. You pick a cleric when you want to be assured that divine power comes with that fiction.any character in 5e can study the arcane and spells. You pick a wizard when you want to be assured that you’ll be able to learn to cast spells.&nbsp; But any character given time and inclination could potentially learn to cast a spell without becoming a wizard, right?In short, the whole point of classes is to give players a guaranteed path to a particular kind of character so he doesn’t have to rely on dm graciousness.&nbsp; I think we’ve had classes so long and gotten used to them that their original purpose has been forgotten.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 8066725, member: 6795602"] So maybe it helps to step back a moment and ask “what is a class”? a class is a form of narrative authority given to the player whereby he is assured a certain bear minimum of fiction is true about his character in the game world. In 5e any character can serve the gods. You pick a cleric when you want to be assured that divine power comes with that fiction. any character in 5e can study the arcane and spells. You pick a wizard when you want to be assured that you’ll be able to learn to cast spells. But any character given time and inclination could potentially learn to cast a spell without becoming a wizard, right? In short, the whole point of classes is to give players a guaranteed path to a particular kind of character so he doesn’t have to rely on dm graciousness. I think we’ve had classes so long and gotten used to them that their original purpose has been forgotten. [/QUOTE]

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