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But if "Class" = "Profession" = "Trained", how can you have a class that is specifically untrained? Plus, say a player wants to...

You've gotten some good advice (and one rotten reply, sorry), but I thought I'd throw in my 2 coppers. There are a couple of general...

Hi @goldfish5432. Welcome to the boards. :) My thoughts on what you've asked about: there is a lot of potential for railroading to...

Your biggest issue for the "railroading," assuming you don't intend to do that, is that you are planning actions and not events...

Starting at level 1 was the default, opposed to rules options like starting with higher-level "experienced" PCs.

Because classes are assumed to be skilled at something. You don't become skilled overnight. Even on-the-job training is still training...

i feel something like a class that starts with only a handful of proficiencies, and basically just gets a feat every other level, maybe...

The challenge with this formulation is that it often doesn’t make the character seem like an everyman. On the contrary, it highlights...

Characters like that are best represented with sidekicks from 2014 rules. In fiction, to take LoTR as an example, all hobbits are...

Oh, the "No Profession" Profession? I mean, kind of, but it's really more about building a jack of all trades, as I recall. - I don't...

Meh. A 1e fighter with Unearthed Arcana or a 2e fighter out of the book had 2 weapon spec's at 1st level which a MASSIVELY more...

A 1st level fighter is the best at fighting of all the classes at that level. He has the most HP, can use the most weapons, by very...

D&D isn't a game about the everyman it's a game about Heroes with a capital H. The back of the Player's Handbook proudly proclaims...

The fact that 3e had a commoner class explains why you played so little 3e?

DCC is the poster child for playing the everyman. Nobody does 0-level characters like them.