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The thing that is interesting about this is ...your dead right! Class = Methodology. Now if we were to compare Fighter to Barbarian, really, they have a pretty similar methodology. So why are they separate classes? So far, because how they achieve the methodology has been slightly different...

I just didnt want to weigh into this debate yet again, but I have to agree. The old "everyone should be perfectly feasible" in and out of combat debate, well, been there, played that, didnt like it. Im not going to argue a point (just to avoid endless debate), Im just going to state personnel...

Point 4 is interesting. I want rogues to be skilled, but its so...yawn...if thats all they are. When their capabilities transcend simple probability that everyone else is locked into, well, the rgoue becomes far more interesting. Point 1 will be the hotly debated one though. If there is one...

Fantasycraft had a very similar thing to this. The had a defence rating (DR) which sat right alongside your toHit on the class lists. The Defence rating was your target to toHit rolls. Meanwhile armor offered damage reduction with a PENALTY to defence rating. Meaning very heavy armor meant hit...

Whether I buy the core book has nothing to do with 4e, it all comes down to how. I want PDF, not printed. I was digital registered ownership. If they insist on paper only (like they rather contraverisaly did in the past in an piss-poor attempt at DRM) they will not get my sale. I need the rules...

When we were playing 2e Dark Sun we had a half-giant (which really was a half-giant, not a re-badged race :) ) and didnt have too many problems. But the reason we didnt have problems was because we were playing 2e and were "rules light". Apart from the fact that he was stronger and had an...

The shield bonus's get pretty big. I remember this from the Infinity engine games. The only time I ever had a 2-handed weapon weilder in those game was BG2 and thats only because there happened to be a really top notch Holy Avenger in that game, otherwise I wouldnt have bothered. Why? Well...

Interesting thought. I am concerned about how deep a rabit hole like this might actually go, but interesting none the less.

I have no idea. Having no concept of what D&D is a friend handed me a character sheet and we played. Im just assuming it must have been 1e as it was SO long ago and Im pretty sure 2e wasnt out at that time.

Yes it does matter. With allocation, players tend to stretch for the next "tier" (i.e. they will pay the higher cost to get that extra +1). If you go with the proposed idea in combination with allocated stats, you will end up with a bunch of characters all with 13 in their stats (for the +1)...

Considering one of the stated objectives is making the game modularizable, and that you can cherry pick what non-core aspect you wish to "tack on" to the core, the core would have to be pretty darn thin to entertain this. With that in mind, 1e Personally, I think 3.x (aside from its...

What method for stat determination did you envisage under this idea? Random or allocation?

Graciously said. To acknowledge your original point it is essential that every player is able to compose the character according to the image what they want it to be, so indeed the example of Conan being the Barbarian (noble/lurker) is one way of doing it. The thing I want to see is multiple...

3. My first character EVER in D&D ( at a ripe young age in 1e) was a bard. LOVED using charms and stuff. (Excuse the pun...it "enchanted" me). Then in Darksun 2e, where the bard was a fairly different. They didnt have arcane abilities in 2e darksun. Then in 4e, played a valarous. Please dont...

Yaha. 4e had massive class list, but it was the story and what the players did with their characters that made things interesting. Im all for minimal classes (the classic 4) with themes/backgrounds giving us the ability to color them in a little. To me, offs-shoots like the ranger,paladin,bard...

I never knew about this line of logic. Interesting that its there. What I leanred to do back in the 3e days was not to roll the players success, but to roll the difficulty. Want to pick that lock? Well, the lock came with a "base" which a d20 is then rolled and added to. That difficulty was...

I dont know how anyone can call a comparison between a 3.5 Cleric and Fighter "subjective". I can compare a beat up wreck to a Ferrari and call em both cars, doesnt mean the comparison counts for the anything. The very fact that a Meme exists to describe clerics and druids should be indicative...

1. The Fighter Is the Best at . . . Fighting! Thank You!!!!

Really? I will give you the benefit of the doubt that there was more information in your source than you have exposed in your post but to non specifically state "difference of opinion" doesnt come across as childish to me at all. In fact non-disclosure to the general public of reasons for...

How do I feel about MC leaving? Unchanged really. Why? Cause I have never looked at the authors. Never cared really. Every single piece of RPG material I have read I have judged purely on the merit of whats inside it, not the names on the cover. I couldn't care if it was Monte, Ronald McDonald...