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I agree with Salamandyr. The simple "Core" class could be assumed to be the generic "soldier fighter" of old, in plate with weapon and shield. From there, all of the niche fighters would be different builds of the fighter, where the build grants optional substitution class abilities and a list...

Personally, I'd like to see the books go back to 3E format (smaller text, wider columns, more 'encyclopedic' and less 'magazine' in layout). In that format you can pack a lot of information. Then, I wouldn't mind seeing a fairly decent number of races at perhaps a maximum of 1 page per race...

You my friend, need to go check out Fantasy Craft. The only "racial ability" you get just from being human is: medium size and base speed 30. Everything else is based on your human "Talent". Since humans are so diverse, the Talent represents the character's individual heritage, outlook...

Why? Because you have a narrow imagination and can only see them this way? In my world dragons are a ruling species. They lay a large clutches of eggs. However, only a very small percentage of the eggs bear a true dragon birth. Usually instead they create the following (playable) species (in...

I have to completely disagree. From WotC's own description... What is D&D? "D&D is an imaginative, social experience that engages players in a rich fantasy world filled with larger-than-life heroes, deadly monsters, and diverse settings." THIS is what D&D is. D&D isn't classes, it isn't THACO...

The problem with this line of thinking is that its a great way to lead to the death of the product. If there was no need for innovation and a "new" D&D, then they only need keep reprinting 1E, 2E, 3E and 4E to please their existing followers. They need never make another version. There is no...

I think one of the core problems with this entire discussion is summed up in this statement. What 1 persons considered "weird and strange" is something a common staple to another. When you come right down to it.... ANYTHING in fantasy is weird and strange. That's kind of the point. When it...

As to the Barbarian, I too think it does not need a class unto itself. I would personally make "Barbarian" a theme as it is more of a Cultural option than a "class". The 1 unique thing to Barbarians is Rage, which can be easily done with the use of Feats or optional Class substitution...

IMHO, a very simple way to discern the difference is... Fighter = Possibly better named "Soldier". Master of arms, armor, battle tactics, 'civilized' warfare and personal combat. Ranger = Possibly better named "Scout". Wilderness warriors and trailblazers, master of terrain, tracking, survival...

(Broken record...) I like how Fantasy Craft did their races. They include both Giant and Ogre as PC races. The biggest reason they work however, is that the core system removed the Size = better combat (Atk/Dam) problem that d20 had. Large creature's STR being better than other races is...

This is a a perfect example of what I was saying about Settings. Settings are all subjective, and every game is different. It really doesn't matter what is in the "book" when it comes to what people allow/disallow, like/dislike. One group may hate and disallow pecks as players even though...

The problem I have with this, is that it is basically unrealistic. If this were true, D&D Next is already done. They just published it - the re-release of AD&D 1E. Intellectual property needs to grow and expand lest it become stale and unsellable. Thus the ever-growing number of different game...

Personally I'd like to see the half-Elf and Half-Orc go the way of the dodo. I'd much rather see only "full stock" races (i.e. Elves, Humans, Orcs) with the possibility of taking racial feats like Human-blood, Elf-blood, Orc-blood, Dwarf-blood, etc. to gain the mixed breeds. It would also allow...

The problem here is that "setting" is ALL subjective. I think the real problem here is that some people only see their fantasy as HAVING to be classic Tolkienesque settings - thus Elf, Human, Halfling and Dwarf with everything else being a "monster". I don't think that D&D needs to remain...

Well to be honest it doesn't sounds like you play D&D either. There is a lot more to D&D races than "Human, elf, halfling, and dwarf". Just because you personally don't like/want others in the PHB, puts you very likely in a small minority. If absolutely nothing else the Half-Elf, the Gnome...

Have you looked at other games? Take Fantasy Craft. "Core" races are Drakes, Dwarves, Elves, Giants, Goblins, Humans, Ogres, Orcs, Pechs, Rootwalers (aka Treants), Saurian (aka Lizard-folk), and Unborn (aka Warroged or Golems). That's a pretty hefty list of race and NOT the standard D&D fare...

Then this is definitely a personal thing. As a player and DM, Rule 0 has always ruled in every game I've played in over the last 30 years or so.

As with all previous editions of D&D ... RULE 0! EVERYTHING should be "optional" as per the DM's choice for the game they are running. That doesn't mean because some people hate Halflings/Pechs that they should be omitted.

I have to agree here. More options for races is better than fewer. By the restriction argument, Humans should be the only "core" race and everything else is an "additive" as humans are the only race in 99% of every fantasy setting. There is no 1 Elf to rule them all. Some setting have no...

You don't have to do anything to the overall power scale to do something about the Bigger Fish problem. I hate to sound like a broken record, but Fantasy Craft solved the bigger fish problem too. All creatures/NPCs are built generically so that they scale from level 1-20. If you want the PCs...