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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captain Panda" data-source="post: 7922543" data-attributes="member: 6861845">I'm very much of the Treantmonk mindset here. I really don't understand how some can view fluff as core to the rules as crunch. Crunch is math, change it and the system starts to buckle and fail. Fluff, within reason and at the discretion of the DM, can be changed much more easily. Crunch is harder to change, and in my experience most gamers who try to homebrew entirely new classes to suit their vision are just not very good at homebrew and would have been better suited reflavoring something that exists already. It's much easier to adjust the flavor than the math, and it allows a lot more fun at the table. Obviously there are bounds of reason, someone shouldn't bring a Jedi or the Terminator to a table where that sort of thing isn't welcome, but there is a clear distinction between fluff and crunch and an obvious reason one would tweak fluff in lieu of trying to master game design and homebrew your own unique idea.</blockquote>