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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 5774044" data-attributes="member: 55985">This post is an attempt to focus on the important things. I know there is a new edition on the horizon, and similar to shows like American idol, many classes are in the race but they will be voted off the island until only a small number will be left to appear in the PHB. And no matter what the selection is, there will be a big fuss by fans of class X and race Y that didn't make it in, and complaints by haters of class Y because it was included.Then splatbooks and magazine articles will cover all the archetypes until the process is repeated for 6th edition. In the end, the difference is whether a certain archetype is abailable from the start or whether you'll have to wait for a year or two.The interesting effect is that at the early stage of an edition, you'll see a group with an elven wizard, a dwarven fighter, a human cleric, and a halfling rogue, and towards the end, a party with a genasi artificer, a warforged swordsage (or swordmage), a goblin assassin and a githyanki psion.So is it important whether something is &quot;core&quot; or not? As DM, I only ever have to worry about 5 races and 5 classes (if I have 5 players), because that's what is at my table. If my player wants a githyanki PC, then githyanki are core for that campaign. It's really kind of simple.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mkill, post: 5774044, member: 55985"] This post is an attempt to focus on the important things. I know there is a new edition on the horizon, and similar to shows like American idol, many classes are in the race but they will be voted off the island until only a small number will be left to appear in the PHB. And no matter what the selection is, there will be a big fuss by fans of class X and race Y that didn't make it in, and complaints by haters of class Y because it was included. Then splatbooks and magazine articles will cover all the archetypes until the process is repeated for 6th edition. In the end, the difference is whether a certain archetype is abailable from the start or whether you'll have to wait for a year or two. The interesting effect is that at the early stage of an edition, you'll see a group with an elven wizard, a dwarven fighter, a human cleric, and a halfling rogue, and towards the end, a party with a genasi artificer, a warforged swordsage (or swordmage), a goblin assassin and a githyanki psion. So is it important whether something is "core" or not? As DM, I only ever have to worry about 5 races and 5 classes (if I have 5 players), because that's what is at my table. If my player wants a githyanki PC, then githyanki are core for that campaign. It's really kind of simple. [/QUOTE]

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