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<blockquote data-quote="lutecius" data-source="post: 4267408" data-attributes="member: 60332">Exactly. I am sure this incomplete feeling is part of the plan. They want the next books to feel like must-haves, essential parts i.e. core rather than options and splatbooks.So they intentionally left iconic classes, monsters and (arguably) races out of the first books and replaced them with erm… less obvious choices that would have been kept for later books in previous editions. Whether the new ones are better or not is beside the point, you just know the druid and metallic dragons are coming. 3e had a different approach. Not only outsiders like the bard, barbarian and monk were all in the first book, but new things like the sorcerer were actually added, they didn’t take anything else's place. Also, the streamlined, standardised classes and powers with minimal fluff do feel like they’re all the same to some extent. So you may instinctively expect truly different mechanics (maybe actual summoning, polymorph, lasting charms) to come at some point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lutecius, post: 4267408, member: 60332"] Exactly. I am sure this incomplete feeling is part of the plan. They want the next books to feel like must-haves, essential parts i.e. core rather than options and splatbooks. So they intentionally left iconic classes, monsters and (arguably) races out of the first books and replaced them with erm… less obvious choices that would have been kept for later books in previous editions. Whether the new ones are better or not is beside the point, you just [B]know[/B] the druid and metallic dragons are coming. 3e had a different approach. Not only outsiders like the bard, barbarian and monk were all in the first book, but new things like the sorcerer were actually added, they didn’t take anything else's place. Also, the streamlined, standardised classes and powers with minimal fluff do feel like they’re all the same to some extent. So you may instinctively expect truly different mechanics (maybe actual summoning, polymorph, lasting charms) to come at some point. [/QUOTE]

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