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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8344773" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p><em>I have known Fighting Men of good character. I have fought Murderers. I have known Sorcerers who try to conquer nations, and I have loved a quiet Enchantress who used magic to make her home beautiful. I have been to the City of Thieves and seen ancient traps and locks to make their eyes grow teary for frustration. And I have known many Priests, of cloth and of hook, of sword and blood. But never in my time, wandering this world of ours, have I know one such as you, until now.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I tremble to learn what paths you will walk as you grow.</em></p><p>-The Chronicler-</p><p></p><p>So here comes some -trouble-! Classes. D&D has very specific class identities for most classes, and little room to wiggle thanks to their strict mechanical separation. But what happens when that mechanical separation doesn't have a particularly strong basis for a setting?</p><p></p><p>I'm currently looking at cutting out a bunch of classes. Or heavily -heavily- refluffing them... Wanna get some opinions on it, of course.</p><p></p><p>Artificer: Torn on this one pretty hard. They'd make an excellent Inventor archetype? Could also be a nice Stand-In for a full Psionic class. Non-Musical Jack of all Trades, too. Someone who picks up a little bit of lots of things.</p><p>Barbarians: In. They're great Non-Magical Corruption-Fodder with their rages.</p><p>Bards: In. Magical Music and Storytelling are important. Scheherazade didn't survive on her looks alone, after all.</p><p>Cleric: In as Priests. Strip away their armor proficiencies, give them Monk AC Buff. Strip away any Bladed Weapons from them except for the War domain Priest.</p><p>Druid: In as the Beast's Priests. Largely keep them as they are but acknowledge that most of them are evil or at least antithetical to Civilization.</p><p>Fighter: In.</p><p>Monk: Temple-Defenders, possibly? Otherwise cut 'em out.</p><p>Paladin: Temple-Defenders, possibly? MAYBE as unique "Divinely Inspired" heroes? Otherwise cut 'em out.</p><p>Ranger: Refluff to Psionic Warrior, maybe... or try to Beastmaster them? Otherwise cut 'em out.</p><p>Rogue: In.</p><p>Sorcerer: We're only going to need one Arcane Caster to be the "Big Boy" caster... It's either Sorc or Wizard.</p><p>Warlock: In. Though possibly refluffed into a "Mage" type character as noted in a recent thread? Could be nifty. Otherwise they could be an "Evil-Only" class making pacts with Dark Powers and flinging themselves into Corruption and Transformation without hesitation.</p><p>Wizard: Samesies with Sorcerer.</p><p></p><p>KibblesTastyPsion: Possibly in. Though in retrospect I might cut Psionics from the setting altogether. There's not really a significant -need- for Psychics, here, where it really is a core conceit of Athas...</p><p></p><p>Compilation of Project Chronicle Links: <a href="https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/jEBy9H5RnJQN" target="_blank">Project Chronicle: Master List - The Homebrewery</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8344773, member: 6796468"] [I]I have known Fighting Men of good character. I have fought Murderers. I have known Sorcerers who try to conquer nations, and I have loved a quiet Enchantress who used magic to make her home beautiful. I have been to the City of Thieves and seen ancient traps and locks to make their eyes grow teary for frustration. And I have known many Priests, of cloth and of hook, of sword and blood. But never in my time, wandering this world of ours, have I know one such as you, until now. I tremble to learn what paths you will walk as you grow.[/I] -The Chronicler- So here comes some -trouble-! Classes. D&D has very specific class identities for most classes, and little room to wiggle thanks to their strict mechanical separation. But what happens when that mechanical separation doesn't have a particularly strong basis for a setting? I'm currently looking at cutting out a bunch of classes. Or heavily -heavily- refluffing them... Wanna get some opinions on it, of course. Artificer: Torn on this one pretty hard. They'd make an excellent Inventor archetype? Could also be a nice Stand-In for a full Psionic class. Non-Musical Jack of all Trades, too. Someone who picks up a little bit of lots of things. Barbarians: In. They're great Non-Magical Corruption-Fodder with their rages. Bards: In. Magical Music and Storytelling are important. Scheherazade didn't survive on her looks alone, after all. Cleric: In as Priests. Strip away their armor proficiencies, give them Monk AC Buff. Strip away any Bladed Weapons from them except for the War domain Priest. Druid: In as the Beast's Priests. Largely keep them as they are but acknowledge that most of them are evil or at least antithetical to Civilization. Fighter: In. Monk: Temple-Defenders, possibly? Otherwise cut 'em out. Paladin: Temple-Defenders, possibly? MAYBE as unique "Divinely Inspired" heroes? Otherwise cut 'em out. Ranger: Refluff to Psionic Warrior, maybe... or try to Beastmaster them? Otherwise cut 'em out. Rogue: In. Sorcerer: We're only going to need one Arcane Caster to be the "Big Boy" caster... It's either Sorc or Wizard. Warlock: In. Though possibly refluffed into a "Mage" type character as noted in a recent thread? Could be nifty. Otherwise they could be an "Evil-Only" class making pacts with Dark Powers and flinging themselves into Corruption and Transformation without hesitation. Wizard: Samesies with Sorcerer. KibblesTastyPsion: Possibly in. Though in retrospect I might cut Psionics from the setting altogether. There's not really a significant -need- for Psychics, here, where it really is a core conceit of Athas... Compilation of Project Chronicle Links: [URL="https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/jEBy9H5RnJQN"]Project Chronicle: Master List - The Homebrewery[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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