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Aw darn. Now you've exposed my fragile hope to the rest of the world. Sigh. No cookie for me I guess. :D:P Aliright, who wants to start a write-in campaign for the 1e Jester? Or the 3.x Hench (i.e. Nodwick) class?

There were some pretty good contenders. I'm still surprised that the Druid has come this far, but my tongue in cheek comments aside, it is a solid class. I still think Wizards are better. But then, I really value flexibility in my casting classes.

So the real question - now that the tie persists, and given we were both expecting "Wizard vs. Paladin" (neither of which are potato salad or ice cream, thank you), can the tie even be broken? I won't begrudge el-remmen his gift if so. It's been fun.

Another option you might want to try is Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed (note the word order). A very interesting take on an Alternate D&D. And that is playable with 3.x directly.

Having appeared twice Paksenarrion is now also on the zero point list. Paks, by the way, is very clearly a BECMI paladin, as you can see in her backstory (traditional unpowered fighter + experience + dramatic choosing) and her dungeon crawl with the elf. She is a GREAT model for anyone intending...

Dangit. Wizards need a movie with Zantanna or Polgara as the lead, playing the heroic wizard. Druids currently have an unfair advantage.

@Tonguez I see what you did there. For all the noise that surrounds them, I've always loved the Pally as a class. But they are definitely (thanks to the RP aspects) always a class I discussed with my GMs and players first. My first (and most telling) question: Name three examples of paladins...

Or we could end up in a 5-way tie, if both el-remmen and I are wrong and the next three are right. Still, surprised by Druid's resilience.

Sigh. Even if they tie, Druids will win because of the alphabet. But in my soul, I know that Wizards ARE superior! We still have a half--hour! We only need four more people to come to sanity! VOTE WIZARD!

Eh. The only report I had was from one of the D&D streaming panic-mongers. Not someone I consider credible. Nice to see the actual official references.

I'll strongly disagree with you here. I'm adapting 3.0 modules for use in my PF2e campaign on a regular basis. It requires roughly the same amount of effort I used when adapting 3.x modules for use in 5e. Now, I can't use the module's stats-as-written directly (beyond very basics), but that's...

A point. But just picks - not calculations, which makes it easier. Also, I've found the feat system in PF2e is very forgiving. Just about all of them are useful in immediate ways, and just about all of the feats are useful through a character's entire career. Unlike 3.x you don't need to plot...

A for other languages, I've heard (unsubstantiated) that Hasbro/WotC has ended localization efforts & sales in Brazil. I suspect their localization efforts outside of the European Languages are miniscule. Even in the euro-region, I'd be surprised if they translated to anything other than...

I'll second payn of the free archetype, especially if you want to see them in play. The core class abilities they replace are good enough (and diverse enough) to be very compelling. I'll raise a caution flag on the "proficiency without level" option, though. While I'd love to run the game that...

For everything else, there's Meteor Swarm. Wizards. Don't leave town without them.

Not generic in one sense, true. They are very recognizable. They are also not bound to a specific world - the classic D&D dragons for instance have appeared in the Faerun, Greyhawk, Mystara, Dragonlance, Dark Sun, and even Spelljammer settings. And while there are differences (especially with...

And like most things, it's often a spectrum. Too much sameness == "why bother?" Too much uniqueness == "OMG, another subsystem?" And where the happy point is varies from person to person. And sometimes, the same person might like different approaches at different times. And that (and other...

Umm... I'm confused. 5e already has a unified spell casting mechanic. Wizards, Sorcerer, Clerics, Warlocks, etc. - they all use Spell Slots. And spells cast using those slots are resolved in the same ways - either an attack roll (for rays, etc.) or a spell save. Now, how the spells get into the...

"I cast fireball!" is always a solution. Unless you're an arboreophile. GO WIZARDS!

If you're looking for less complex, you might want to check out the PF2e ruleset on AoN. It does a good job of reducing the overly fiddly bits while still retaining flexibility. And while it's relatively easy to convert from 3.x to PF2e (because it is still d20 math), the system does have...