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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7266215" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>You can read the Aero hobbies thief class, since Dungeons and Beavers (the CalTech guys) used it. It's the same system, all Gary did was change it to a percentile basis, and change when you got access to the abilities. But it's the same abilities. No "inspiration" other than he wrote down what the guys told him over the phone, and then made some minor modifications. He even said directly that yes, he got it from them. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not so different. It's the same, he just changed it from always working and gaining them over levels, to percentile basis. There is no literary source. The guys from Aero hobbies invented that purely as a kit-bash on the caster. I think it was one of those, "OK we need a new ability here to replace this caster slot, what would a thief be able to do?" sort of situations. There's no literary source, and Gary was not involved in choosing those abilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7266215, member: 2525"] You can read the Aero hobbies thief class, since Dungeons and Beavers (the CalTech guys) used it. It's the same system, all Gary did was change it to a percentile basis, and change when you got access to the abilities. But it's the same abilities. No "inspiration" other than he wrote down what the guys told him over the phone, and then made some minor modifications. He even said directly that yes, he got it from them. It's not so different. It's the same, he just changed it from always working and gaining them over levels, to percentile basis. There is no literary source. The guys from Aero hobbies invented that purely as a kit-bash on the caster. I think it was one of those, "OK we need a new ability here to replace this caster slot, what would a thief be able to do?" sort of situations. There's no literary source, and Gary was not involved in choosing those abilities. [/QUOTE]
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