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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7918289" data-attributes="member: 22779">Umm, in 5e, that's certainly not true.&nbsp; Your paladin and my paladin might look completely different, depending on our different sub-classes.&nbsp; Telling me you are playing a paladin, in 5e, doesn't really tell me anything about your character anymore.&nbsp; The days when class=character are long gone.&nbsp; Niche protection has eroded to the point where there are multiple paths towards representing the same archetype.Is that Raven Queen Battle Nun a paladin, a cleric, a monk, a warlock?&nbsp; Who knows.&nbsp; All four classes could easily represent that concept even before we get into reflavoring anything.&nbsp; My last priest of Kord was a rogue who believed (after eating a stew of mushrooms of rather questionable provenance) that he had dined with Kord and had thus been chosen by Kord to be his representative on the world and was thus tasked with building a tabernacle to Him.&nbsp; His holy symbol was the very spoon that touched Kord's lips.While some classes do come somewhat more tightly parceled with world building flavor, not all do. Classes are there to provide guidelines - but, they should never be straight jackets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7918289, member: 22779"] Umm, in 5e, that's certainly not true. Your paladin and my paladin might look completely different, depending on our different sub-classes. Telling me you are playing a paladin, in 5e, doesn't really tell me anything about your character anymore. The days when class=character are long gone. Niche protection has eroded to the point where there are multiple paths towards representing the same archetype. Is that Raven Queen Battle Nun a paladin, a cleric, a monk, a warlock? Who knows. All four classes could easily represent that concept even before we get into reflavoring anything. My last priest of Kord was a rogue who believed (after eating a stew of mushrooms of rather questionable provenance) that he had dined with Kord and had thus been chosen by Kord to be his representative on the world and was thus tasked with building a tabernacle to Him. His holy symbol was the very spoon that touched Kord's lips. While some classes do come somewhat more tightly parceled with world building flavor, not all do. Classes are there to provide guidelines - but, they should never be straight jackets. [/QUOTE]

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