If you had to devise a system that could cover both steampunk and fantasy settings with one basic sort of class/profession pool, how would you achieve that?
Say you need to select character archetypes in order to devise professions or paths. The basic fantasy archetypes are Fighter, Rogue and Mage; yet I believe a fourth archetype might be necessary (such as Scholar).
With 3 archetypes you would have 7 profession paths i.e. the initial 3, combinations, and neutral professions. That is to say a Fighter would not go down a Religious path. Though if that is our starting point, where would a Healer classify?
Additionally, if we are to include Steampunk progressions in our system, the fourth archetype would likely be engineering, no?
Discussions are much appreciated.