DM Q&A: Class: Dragon Disc. NOT needing approval?

[arisnorman1]

With alot of classes required for you get approved so i was wondering why isnt RDD one of these. Last time on the Vault alot of people Made them and honestly Rdd's are RARE in PnP even in books just wondering if this is a possability or not not that i am bashing on people who make RDD's but if alot of other classes need apps shouldn't RDDs?

[Munroe]

Aug 19, 2012 15:41:27 GMT -5 arisnorman1 said:

With alot of classes required for you get approved so i was wondering why isnt RDD one of these. Last time on the Vault alot of people Made them and honestly Rdd's are RARE in PnP even in books just wondering if this is a possability or not not that i am bashing on people who make RDD's but if alot of other classes need apps shouldn't RDDs?

The entry requirements for dragon disciple are not as stringent as for some PRCs, such as blackguard, nor are dragon disciples as hard to play RP-wise, since they lack alignment restrictions and the class allows for a lot of diversity that some of the application classes do not.

By that same token, the RDD class is not mechanically troublesome such as shadowdancer and shifter, which are by application only because they are still being monitored for abuse of the class mechanics, and to make sure people are seeking to play characters of those classes, not merely milk those mechanics.

The only reason to require approval for dragon disciples would be because "we don't want too many of them in the world." It is true that sometimes dragon disciples over-saturate on FRC, but "we think there are too many people playing this popular class" isn't a good reason to make it application only.

Note that dragon disciples are dragon disciples by choice, not by accident. If someone plays a dragon disciple who claims to have been born a half-dragon, we let the player know that is not the case. If someone plays a dragon disciple that is being RPed as having no choice in the matter, and the class is being inflicted upon him or her by his or her own physiology, we let the player know that is not the case.

The class is not under discussion at this time for being made application-only. If it were, other classes, including some base clases (like paladin), would likely be in the same boat. We're not going down that road though.