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Well, from a brand perspective, it's a simple enough question. Are you trying to make a game consonant with the particular history, lore, and tradition of "Dungeons & Dragons", or are you going to do a "Reimagined Ideal New Fantasy RPG" and try to market it under the D&D name? Given the history...

Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 48 Bard: College of Lore 39 Cleric: Tempest Domain 14 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 27 Fighter: Battle Master 46 Monk: Way of the Kensei 34 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 43 Ranger: Gloom Stalker 43 Rogue: Thief 48 Warlock: Pact of the Fiend 32 Wizard: School...

Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 49 Bard: College of Lore 47 Cleric: Tempest Domain 23 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 31 Fighter: Battle Master 44 Monk: Way of the Kensei 40 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 48 Sorcerer: Divine Soul 10 Ranger: Gloom Stalker 49 Rogue: Thief 50 Warlock: Pact of the...

Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 51 Bard: College of Lore 44 Cleric: Tempest Domain 30 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 31 Fighter: Battle Master 49 Monk: Way of the Kensei 40 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 51 Sorcerer: Divine Soul 14 Ranger: Gloom Stalker 47 Rogue: Thief 49 Warlock: Pact of the...

Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 52 Bard: College of Lore 50 Cleric: Tempest Domain 35 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 40 Fighter: Battle Master 46 Monk: Way of the Kensei 48 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 51 Sorcerer: Divine Soul 34 Ranger: Gloom Stalker 49 Rogue: Thief 52 -- Tall poppy...

Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 52 Bard: College of Lore 49 Cleric: Tempest Domain 35 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 40 Fighter: Battle Master 49 Monk: Way of the Kensei 48 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 51 - Bogarting the ranger's shtick is unpaladinic behavior! Sorcerer: Divine Soul 40...

Artificer: Battle Smith 21 Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 50 Bard: College of Lore 51 Cleric: Tempest Domain 41 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 44 Fighter: Battle Master 47 Monk: Way of the Kensei 48 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 52 Sorcerer: Divine Soul 44 Ranger: Gloom Stalker 48 Rogue...

Artificer: Battle Smith 37 Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 50 Bard: College of Lore 52 Cleric: Tempest Domain 45 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 47 Fighter: Battle Master 50 Monk: Way of the Kensei 52 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 53 Sorcerer: Divine Soul 48 Ranger: Gloom Stalker 52 Rogue...

The point I'm making could be rephrased as "from a TSR-era D&D perspective, the Battle Master is a caster in mechanics", sure. But from a 3.x perspective, that "almost all" is literally untrue. Barbarians had limited-use rage, monks had limited-use ki, and those were half the non-caster core...

Almost precisely half in jest. One meaning of "fighter" would be "the narrative role of someone who is an expert at physical combat". But another meaning would be "the mechanical play experience of the class as expressed in the core rules of most editions of the game." With core OD&D, AD&D...

Artificer: Battle Smith 42 Barbarian: Path of the Totem Warrior 53 Bard: College of Lore 51 Cleric: Tempest Domain 49 Druid: Circle of the Shepherd 49 Fighter: Battle Master 48 Monk: Way of the Kensei 50 Mystic: Order of the Immortal 23 Paladin: Oath of the Ancients 54 Sorcerer: Divine Soul 48...

Abjuration 9 Transmutation 8 Abjuration remains the most completely misnamed of the schools.

Abjuration 10 Divination 8 Transmutation 10

Yes, those two seem to have been an erroneous omission from 3.5, and then then when the PI was reviewed for 5th edition, they apparently worked from the 3.5 SRD list. Notably, the PI declaration in the 3.5 book Unearthed Arcana added the slaad (and omitted some others), presumably prompted by...

Abjuration 16 Conjuration 12 Divination 16 Enchantment 14 Transmutation 9 War Magic 5

Upon a careful search, you're right; the 3.5 SRD was released no later than July 22nd (per the date of a forum post linking to the release), while the 3.5 core rules show up for the first time on the July 24th USA Today bestseller list (meaning they went on sale some time the previous week). I...

The decisions as to what to release in the 3rd edition, 3.5, and 5th edition SRDs were not finalized until months after those editions were already in stores. I expect that WotC won't really decide what to release in the next SRD until after the next edition is released either.

Well, the choices of monsters was pretty historically contingent. Basically, the criteria for those was: Is the monster in the 3rd edition Monster Manual? Does Ryan Dancey/WotC in 2000-2001 think the monster has any economic value in non-game contexts, like on T-shirts or the like? Is Ryan...

Abjuration 19 Conjuration 17 Divination 22 Enchantment 15 Transmutation 17 War Magic 16

Abjuration 24 Bladesinging 18 Conjuration 23 Divination 25 Enchantment 21 Transmutation 25 War Magic 18