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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 4206882" data-attributes="member: 18">Obviously, I hope you're correct, and I do agree about many of the 3.5E base classes (the Hexblade and Dusk Sword or whatever that crude Fighter/Mage attempt was called, come to mind). However, I'm pretty sure that whilst the WotC designers will likely make fairly good use of the source/role combos (after all, they mostly seem to have so far, though the prospect of the Assassin and Necromancer as &quot;Shadow&quot; classes makes me roll my eyes), but third-parties? I think we're going to see a LOT of arbitary role-filling. Oh, there's no Shadow Defender? Time for the Tenebrous Guardian! No Arcane Leader? Looks like a job for the Wizardlord! /facepalm.It's not that they *can't* be done well, it's that the very nature of the source/role combo encourages people to make a class to fill the socket, rather than come up with a strong class idea, and see how it fits into the structure.As for the proliferation of PrCs, I think we'll see that repeated, only this time with Paragon Classes. I also have no doubt that we will see at least one book of Epic Destinies where the word &quot;Epic&quot; as been confused with &quot;overpowered and overwrought&quot; in over 60% of the Destinies present.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 4206882, member: 18"] Obviously, I hope you're correct, and I do agree about many of the 3.5E base classes (the Hexblade and Dusk Sword or whatever that crude Fighter/Mage attempt was called, come to mind). However, I'm pretty sure that whilst the WotC designers will likely make fairly good use of the source/role combos (after all, they mostly seem to have so far, though the prospect of the Assassin and Necromancer as "Shadow" classes makes me roll my eyes), but third-parties? I think we're going to see a LOT of arbitary role-filling. Oh, there's no Shadow Defender? Time for the Tenebrous Guardian! No Arcane Leader? Looks like a job for the Wizardlord! /facepalm. It's not that they *can't* be done well, it's that the very nature of the source/role combo encourages people to make a class to fill the socket, rather than come up with a strong class idea, and see how it fits into the structure. As for the proliferation of PrCs, I think we'll see that repeated, only this time with Paragon Classes. I also have no doubt that we will see at least one book of Epic Destinies where the word "Epic" as been confused with "overpowered and overwrought" in over 60% of the Destinies present. [/QUOTE]

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