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<blockquote data-quote="PA" data-source="post: 520817" data-attributes="member: 282">Since the times are a-changing...CHARACTER CLASSES1) Bards- More skill points.- No material components necessary for spells, for Corellon Larethian's sake! It is not much of a power-up, it is no big change rule-wise, but it would bring much in flavor.2) ClericsI only wish they weren't better spellcasters than Wizards and Sorcerors, but since it would be too much of a change, I won't dwell on that.3) Monks- More flexibility, as in OA. For instance, they could be allowed to choose among spells of a certain level, at a certain level, and be able to use the chosen spell once per day (per level?) as a spell-like ability. Thus a lot of choice for flavorful &quot;special techniques&quot; without space wasted. (Something like for the Sword Dancer in OA.)- The possibility to boost their unarmed attack bonus, so they can still be unarmed fighter at the highest levels without switching to Sacred Fist (from Defender of the Faith: this class should be used to revise the core Monk).4) SorcerersNo material component necessary for spells, here again. Theirs is an innate power.Charisma-related skills as class skills.5) ShamanOK, OA's shaman won't be included in basic D&amp;D... but I regret it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />SKILLS- Bluff and Intimidate could be bundled together.- Jump could work against set DCs, rather than relying on the current math-heavy method.- Skill Focus should give a +3 bonus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PA, post: 520817, member: 282"] [b]Since the times are a-changing...[/b] [b]CHARACTER CLASSES[/b] 1) Bards - More skill points. - No material components necessary for spells, for Corellon Larethian's sake! It is not much of a power-up, it is no big change rule-wise, but it would bring much in [i]flavor[/i]. 2) Clerics I only wish they weren't better spellcasters than Wizards and Sorcerors, but since it would be too much of a change, I won't dwell on that. 3) Monks - More flexibility, as in OA. For instance, they could be allowed to choose among spells of a certain level, at a certain level, and be able to use the chosen spell once per day (per level?) as a spell-like ability. Thus a lot of choice for flavorful "special techniques" without space wasted. (Something like for the Sword Dancer in OA.) - The possibility to boost their unarmed attack bonus, so they can still be unarmed fighter at the highest levels without switching to Sacred Fist (from [i]Defender of the Faith[/i]: this class should be used to revise the core Monk). 4) Sorcerers No material component necessary for spells, here again. Theirs is an [i]innate[/i] power. Charisma-related skills as class skills. 5) Shaman OK, OA's shaman won't be included in basic D&D... but I regret it. :p [b]SKILLS[/b] - Bluff and Intimidate could be bundled together. - Jump could work against set DCs, rather than relying on the current math-heavy method. - Skill Focus should give a +3 bonus. [/QUOTE]

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