It Ain't D&D Without...

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

If someone handed me a new edition of D&D to make, but stipulated I had to stick to tradition......

......I'd hand the game off to someone who liked the tradition better.

I'm hate tradition for tradition's sake. But I also don't care to bother other people about their tradition if they don't bug me with it.

 

[Festivus]

Cleric
Fighter
Rogue
Wizard

The rest is all butter.

This.

 

[Herobizkit]

I'd go one better and pick Warrior, Adept, Expert. Make all Adept spells spontaneous. Win.

For me, though, Warlock is teh awesome but their (3e) Invocations are lacking.

 

[Amphimir Míriel]

I have become quite used to 4E "roles"

I could enjoy a semi-classless system where you could pick from Defender, Striker, Leader and Controller and add "power source" flavorings to taste.

...

But then again, in order for it to "be D&D" we would need character classes. More specifically, we would need Fighters, Rogues, Wizards and Clerics.