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The original Ranger class, as featured in the Strategic Review (proto-Dragon) was a fighter with limited arcane And divine spell casting. Of course there was no "Druid" class at that point. The two-weapon fighter or archer aspects hadn't really entered into it. There was a sort of "favored...

I've always viewed the Sorcerer as how the Wizard should have been done. A wizard could have all of his available spells (in his spellbook), have some of them prepared (the Sorcerer's spells-per-day), and be able to cast them as long as he has the spell slots available. Metamagic feats require...

I never had a good grasp on C&C multiclassing.. it wasn't included in the first version I saw. AD&D 3 was awesome.. All the fun of 1e, smoother mechanics!

This echoes another post I did. Has anyone looked at AD&D 3 (Yes, I said AD&D 3). I forget who did it, but someone took C&C and used it as a basis for bringing D20 mechanics to "real" AD&D 1e. I actually thought it was pretty sweet! My only beef with C&C was that they mostly nerfed the...

I remember when the BECMI sets came out (Especially the C, M and I). I was waiting anxiously for each new release. I was already well familiar with AD&D 1e, but there was something about the "newness" of C, M and I, and seeing where they deviated from AD&D, that kept me intrigued. I'm feeling...

I think C&C would be an Awesome starting point for 5e! They did a good job of going back to the older versions while keeping the best of 3.x (like ascending AC). I do wish they'd kept the 3.5 unified advancement table, and Some of the feats (especially for fighters). "Combat dominance" seems...

I think from what I've read, I'm encouraged about going back to a more old-school "feel" (which kind of started in Essentials). While I like having a common XP/advancement chart, I do feel that the level/power pegging in 4e was overkill. I think that it's good that they're reworking feats, and...

Not quite... rangers and paladins at least have enough uniqueness to warrant separate classes. But you're right, they could be simulated with good skill/feat choices and a bit of multiclassing. I just don't see that the warlord has enough special abilities to warrant a class of its own. IMHO.

He was healing and bossing undead around. Definitely paladin of some stripe.

I wonder if Aragorn would really fit the Ranger model as laid out in Any version of D&D.. Granted, he was always a stealthy fighter with woodland experience and tracking abilities; but I don't believe he had mage/cleric abilities (like in OD&D) or druid abilities (like in later versions). I...

I just seem to view Warlord as a fighter with leadership skills. A knight is a fighter with riding and weapon skills. Why the heck does it need to be a separate class?? Same thing with a "noble".. I never liked that as a class name even in Star Wars.

The original bard started as a fighter, moved into rogue and then into druid. This is convoluted, but its an example of how good multiclassing can essentially create a new class.

I have never really like Vancian magic, even back in the OD&D/ 1e days. The idea that a caster would "forget" a spell after it is cast just seems silly. It makes much more sense to me to have all mages function like sorcerers. When you run out of spell points/slots/whatever, you're done. It...

But why can't all those "special abilities" be made into feats/talents/whatever? Then a character could be customized to a much greater degree than with buying into an entire "package"/class. A religious fighter could have a smite ability coupled with some bardic enthralling abilities.. the...

I still believe that feats are largely an attempt to make up the power gap between fighters (and maybe rogues) and the spellcasters. If fighters are stuck with only "basic attacks", they truly do become more and more irrelevant at higher levels. If 5e does not include some feats, it needs to...

2 core classes.. fighter and spellcaster.. everything else is determined by skills, feats, etc. Thief tricks become feats/skills.

I think I'd prefer to see feats used as enhancements for non-spellcasting classes. I think there are some retroclones that have sort of gone this route, allowing "cleave", etc. for fighters only. Spellcasters customize themselves by the spells they choose; I think feats would make fighters...

Does anyone have ideas how feats should work in 5.0? I know that they are a great way of customizing a character (especially a non-spellcasting character); but I personally think that 3.5/ Pathfinder went way overboard with them, especially in all the splatbooks. What is a good balance between...

How about M&M's damage save system? It seems to make things run a bit faster than hit points..

Hey.. OD&D only had Cleric, MU and Fighter.. and there has been much talk about having a generic Spellcaster class.. Do we really only have 2 classes? The line between fighter and thief is best determined by abilities, skills, feats, weapons, armor, etc. The difference between cleric and MU is...