3 Character Types: Fighter, Wizard, Mixed (Bard, Cleric, Monk)

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I don’t know where the experience rules are at right now, but TFT has always distinguished two character types: Fighters and Wizards. After reading Guy’s article about Clerics, I wondered if there would be room for an officially designated “Mixed” character type to accommodate such concepts as bards, clerics, monks, paladins, arcane tricksters, and eldritch knights.

For example, the following experience rules could be used.

Fighters: Pay normal cost to learn Talents, pay triple cost to learn Spells.

Wizards: Pay triple cost to learn Talents, pay normal cost to learn Spells.

Mixed: Pay double cost to learn Talents, pay double cost to learn Spells.

TFT doesn’t need such a third distinction, since characters can simply decide whether they want to focus on Talents or Spells and then pay the appropriate experience point costs. But officially recognizing a “Mixed” character type might make it easier to create characters who focus equally on both Talents and Spells (or spell-like effects), such as your stereotypical bards, clerics, and monks. I don’t think the official rules would ever implement this idea, so here it is as food for thought under “house rules.”