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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 5265016" data-attributes="member: 32164">Not only will I allow them, I expect them to see use.The Essentials Fighter and Rogue look like they'll fix issues for my less gamist players, who seem to have trouble dealing with the choices martial characters get in combat (and really just want to &quot;stab/slash/hit the bastard&quot;). The rangers have usually defaulted to &quot;twin strike,&quot; but our rogue(s) haven't had a good &quot;go-to&quot; option. At least one player is very interested in running a fighter and likes the Essentials one more than the PHB version.I'm not actively running a game at present, so it's a question of when we'll re-start playing with a new campaign. I haven't totally decided whether to A) hold off starting until the &quot;Heroes of...&quot; books come out, B) get things going with the release of the Red Box, or C) start the campaign with the existing classes and let people re-build with the new books if they want.I'm leaning towards starting when the Red Box releases, along with pointing out to those who opt for paladin, ranger, druid, or warlock characters that they have the option of rebuilding when &quot;Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms&quot; comes out.Starting a new campaign with the Red Box has a lot of appeal to me. And will also resonate, I suspect, with my mostly veteran &quot;old-school&quot; players. And given the campaign work I still have to do, mid-September is about when I think I'll be ready to kick off the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 5265016, member: 32164"] Not only will I allow them, I expect them to see use. The Essentials Fighter and Rogue look like they'll fix issues for my less gamist players, who seem to have trouble dealing with the choices martial characters get in combat (and really just want to "stab/slash/hit the bastard"). The rangers have usually defaulted to "twin strike," but our rogue(s) haven't had a good "go-to" option. At least one player is very interested in running a fighter and likes the Essentials one more than the PHB version. I'm not actively running a game at present, so it's a question of when we'll re-start playing with a new campaign. I haven't totally decided whether to A) hold off starting until the "Heroes of..." books come out, B) get things going with the release of the Red Box, or C) start the campaign with the existing classes and let people re-build with the new books if they want. I'm leaning towards starting when the Red Box releases, along with pointing out to those who opt for paladin, ranger, druid, or warlock characters that they have the option of rebuilding when "Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms" comes out. Starting a new campaign with the Red Box has a lot of appeal to me. And will also resonate, I suspect, with my mostly veteran "old-school" players. And given the campaign work I still have to do, mid-September is about when I think I'll be ready to kick off the game. [/QUOTE]

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