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This is a little bit speculative, but the Ashardalon Dragon article seems to suggest that druids use staffs as implements.
Well . . . while druids may indeed get staff as an implement choice, this fluff is taken directly from the 3e set of adventure modules.
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They've mentioned the bard being in PHB2 a few times, they've mentioned the bard being an arcane leader, and they've implied that there will be a DDI preview of the Bard before PHB2.
Yeah, but this is absolutely-down-in-print-somewhere stuff.
I'm trying to finish off the non-arcane leader bard dead-enders...
I know the Elemental power source is about a quarter of decade from release, but is there any idea on what the classes might be, besides the Controller (Elementalist)?
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Gnomes are in the PHB2 (source). Others races in the PHB2 start with D, G, H, and S, and have second letters O, E, and H, and one has the final letter R (source, source). A Goliath appears on the cover, as well as what may be a Gnome or Shifter.
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Gnomes, Half-Orcs, Goliaths, and Shifters will be in the PHB2 (source, source). There will also be a race that starts with a D, and a race (possibly the same one) that has a second letter of E (source, source).
Thanks for the catalog link, drothgery. I'll try and update with the rest of the info people posted soon.
In your classes section, for this entry, you may want to list that this is confirmed for the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide (it's listed in the book's description on WotC anyway). And while I may be wrong, I have a strange recollection that in some interview one of the WotC team said there are no plans to recycle info from one guide to the next (so it won't get reprinted in a future PHBX), so chances are high this will be the only book with it.
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Genasi
Since this was listed in the preview pdf for Forgotten Realms RPGA stuff, it's a good extrapolation that this will be in either the PHB2 (which answers the question on the race having an E as the second letter) or in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide (if they are doing races in that book; the WotC product description mentions classes, feats and so on but no mention of races either way).
Same is true of Drow.
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Goliath
Although you did include this in your PHB2 section, for your races section on this entry, you may want to list it confirmed for the PHB2. (or a note to "see PHB2" or something for those looking down to race rather than knowing it'll be in that book)
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Half-Orc
Same thing I wrote for Goliath, see above.
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Since this was listed in the preview pdf for Forgotten Realms RPGA stuff, it's a good extrapolation that this will be in either the PHB2 (which answers the question on the race having an E as the second letter) or in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide (if they are doing races in that book; the WotC product description mentions classes, feats and so on but no mention of races either way).
Same is true of Drow.
The Living Forgotten Realms RPGA preview specifically says that the swordmage, drow, and genasi excerpts come from the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, not the PHB2.
As long as we are speculating on the new classes, I’d like to toss in a “W”:
the Witch-Doctor.
A long time ago (1e MM), nonhuman races had tribal subleader types who were either shamans or witch-doctors. The former had cleric spells and the latter had a mix of wizard and cleric spells.
The witch-doctor combined Divine and Arcane powers and could well be configured as a Primal Controller.
Primitive cultures currently have no arcane spellcaster archetype (I suppose you might patch in a Warlock, but this still leaves tribal cultures without a controller type. Druids aren't thematic for a lot of tribal cultures).
Since the old witch-doctor was very close to the shaman, it is a fertile field for keeping the name and concept, while doing an orginal take for the new edition.
If you were going to empower a completely Primal setting, then you’d have to fill this niche with something.
A Witch is a long shot, IMO. I haven’t seen WotC do too many gender-specific classes in core books.
Shamans: Definitely a returning concept. It’s appeared in Dragon magazine several times over the years and there was even a 2e “Shaman” book.
I don't want to sound rude, but Witch-Doctor is the new confirmed class in the Diablo 3 game. I think WotC should wait with releasing something with that name, or they will be once more accused to steal 4e from computer games.
PS: Shaman was a standard-class in Oriental Adventures 3e and the Spirit Shaman was a standard-class in Complete Divine.
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Another possibility for a Primal 'T' class occurs to me. The Totemist. I would be stoked to see that, the totemist of one of my favorite classes from 3e.
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Didn't see it on the front page or the last two pages - the latest previews article mentioned the Warlock gaining another option (Dark Pact) in one of the Forgotten Realms books (I think Player's Guide).
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The new name for Aasimars, according to the FRPG, is Deva, which meshes quite nicely with the large De- shaped hole in the PHB II's racial lineup.
I think we now have ourselves a winner.
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Certainly seems like it. So, the Deva, Gnome, Goliath, Half-Orc and Shifter. Not a bad lineup. I wonder how many Shifters are going to be there, the MM had Razorclaw and Longtooth, but there are 4 others in the core ECS, plus Races of Eberron added some more IIRC.
Okay, I think I'm now pretty much up-to-date, though I'll be looking for more info. If there's anything I've missed, let me know.
I'm not including info on new options for existing classes currently. If anyone else wants to start a thread for that, I'd be happy to link to it and inform you of any news I find. Until then, please mention such news here for the benefit of anyone who later decides to do this (possibly me, if I change my mind), but I won't be adding it to the OP.
To note one I've found, the Tempest Fighter option from Martial Power is mentioned here.
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There will be Barbarian previews on DDI later this year (source).
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A playtest version of the Barbarian is planned for the October issue of Dragon (source).
Added this: (Probably Devas, as the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide mentions that is the new name for Aasimars.)
Added this:
One of the classes is a Leader class that "travels with a 'buddy' who keeps the party in tip-top shape" (source).
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The Monk is not a Martial Striker, and as of D&D XP they had not seriously started designing the class (source).
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The Monk uses the Ki power source (PHB). As of D&D XP 2008 they had not seriously started designing the class (source).
Added this:
Significant preview of the Swordmage here.
Added this: Deva
This is the new name for the Aasimar (FRPG).
I also added notes on where classes and races will show up in the sections for each class and race, rather than leaving the info only in the products section.
Removed info about races and classes in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, since they're no longer upcoming. Specifically, removed all this:
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The Forgotten Realms Player's Guide will include the Swordmage, as well as Drow and Genasi (source). It will also include a multiclass-only class for characters with spellscars (source). Barbarians, Bards, Druids, and Gnomes will be mentioned in Forgotten Realms products (source), as will Half-Orcs and Goliaths (source).
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Swordmage
Significant preview of the Swordmage here. It will be in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide.
Significant info on the Swordmage here. Info from a 5th level Swordmage in an RPGA adventure here.
"Multiclassing into swordmage is pretty easy for a wizard (and vice versa)" (source). Swordmages like Int and Str (source).
Swordshock is a 17th level encounter power for Swordmages that sheathes their sword in lightning (source).
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Drow
Significant preview of the Drow here. They will be in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide.
Genasi
Significant preview of the Genasi here. They will be in the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide.
Genasi ability adjustments "don’t really support warlock all that well"; they have elemental manifestations, which are "really righteous racial abilities"; Firesoul and Stormsoul are two of the options (source).
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