Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Dear Mike & Monte
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 5760180" data-attributes="member: 2518"><p>The classes in 5E should be much more open than the 4E.</p><p>In the current edition (or rather when 4E came out), the class you choose locked you into a single combat-playstyle.</p><p></p><p>A ranger was either an archer or fought with 2 weapons, a fighter had a two handed weapon or a sword&shield, etc. And once chosen that speciality could hardly be changed (except through retraining, but that is another can of worms).</p><p></p><p>It made characters very inflexible in the beginning (I am sure that with more rules like hybrids, etc. this isn't as much of a problem now than it was a gew years ago).</p><p></p><p>But basically it comes down to "Don't make balanced combat the highest goal of the game". That was the whole reason for the classes being so rigid, as otherwise they couldn't ensure that they have the expected power level at all times.</p><p></p><p>PS: I agree with Rechan that 4E was not the start of the "spiked anime" look (Although 4E continued the trend). I would rather defined the 4E art as "ass & boobs babes" look.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derren, post: 5760180, member: 2518"] The classes in 5E should be much more open than the 4E. In the current edition (or rather when 4E came out), the class you choose locked you into a single combat-playstyle. A ranger was either an archer or fought with 2 weapons, a fighter had a two handed weapon or a sword&shield, etc. And once chosen that speciality could hardly be changed (except through retraining, but that is another can of worms). It made characters very inflexible in the beginning (I am sure that with more rules like hybrids, etc. this isn't as much of a problem now than it was a gew years ago). But basically it comes down to "Don't make balanced combat the highest goal of the game". That was the whole reason for the classes being so rigid, as otherwise they couldn't ensure that they have the expected power level at all times. PS: I agree with Rechan that 4E was not the start of the "spiked anime" look (Although 4E continued the trend). I would rather defined the 4E art as "ass & boobs babes" look. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Dear Mike & Monte
Top