That's certainly a nice featureWe currently have four base classes represented in the pre-gens. We will see more base classes later.
The important distinction vs. kits is that backgrounds and themes are not tied to classes. In 2e, each kit was distinct to a class, necessitating different kits to apply the same flavor to different classes. Hedge wizard, peasant hero, peasant priest could now all be rolled under the 'commoner' background.
That's certainly a nice feature
But I had something different in minf:
Do we stay with four base classes?
If you take a look a the pregens, there is a cleric (priest) and a wizard (magic user).
How about a warrior (paladin) or a warrior (ranger) or a rouge (bard) or a (wizard warlock), etc..
The last word we had on the subject was their intention was to include all the base classes from previous PHBs. So Assassin, Barbarian, Bard, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Warlock, Warlord, etc. etc. etc. Now this causes intense debate among everyone, but at least for now it seems like there will be many base classes.That's certainly a nice feature
But I had something different in minf:
Do we stay with four base classes?
If you take a look a the pregens, there is a cleric (priest) and a wizard (magic user).
How about a warrior (paladin) or a warrior (ranger) or a rouge (bard) or a (wizard warlock), etc..