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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 6030820" data-attributes="member: 50304"><p>They said they ideally wanted every class that was in the PHB be represented in the Core for Next. Nobody ever promised you a stand-alone class with the same name and your favorite pile of features from your edition of choice. There very well could be no Class named "Barbarian," "Monk," "Warlord," or "Assassin" - to name a few. We'll probably see build variants and/or sub-class handling. Just as the Warlord may find himself broken out into a sub-class of fighter or a series of specialties the various aspects of the "Monk" can be broken down into functional components that make more logical sense. Likewise, dollars to donuts you won't see an "Assassin" top-level class, rather a Rogue sub-class or build combination. "Barbarian," is obviously a cultural background, not a character class - though the rage-based warrior will represent - minus the silly magic-hating, superstitions, and illiteracy class "features" of some prior incarnations.</p><p></p><p>You can count on the "raised in a monastery" aspect to be shoved into a background. "Proficient in unarmed fighting to the point where bare hands on competitive lethal weapons," ought to be open to all characters via Feats. The "Lawful Only" alignment restrictions will probably be dropped entirely. The laundry list of self-centered immunity powers will probably need to be reigned in or pruned (the 2E and 4E Monks lacked these).</p><p></p><p>And remember: the best person at Unarmed Fighting in all the land will be a Fighter. If you want to be the Best Martial Artist and a "Monk" you'd better hope the "Monk" is a Fighter build.</p><p></p><p>- Marty Lund</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mlund, post: 6030820, member: 50304"] They said they ideally wanted every class that was in the PHB be represented in the Core for Next. Nobody ever promised you a stand-alone class with the same name and your favorite pile of features from your edition of choice. There very well could be no Class named "Barbarian," "Monk," "Warlord," or "Assassin" - to name a few. We'll probably see build variants and/or sub-class handling. Just as the Warlord may find himself broken out into a sub-class of fighter or a series of specialties the various aspects of the "Monk" can be broken down into functional components that make more logical sense. Likewise, dollars to donuts you won't see an "Assassin" top-level class, rather a Rogue sub-class or build combination. "Barbarian," is obviously a cultural background, not a character class - though the rage-based warrior will represent - minus the silly magic-hating, superstitions, and illiteracy class "features" of some prior incarnations. You can count on the "raised in a monastery" aspect to be shoved into a background. "Proficient in unarmed fighting to the point where bare hands on competitive lethal weapons," ought to be open to all characters via Feats. The "Lawful Only" alignment restrictions will probably be dropped entirely. The laundry list of self-centered immunity powers will probably need to be reigned in or pruned (the 2E and 4E Monks lacked these). And remember: the best person at Unarmed Fighting in all the land will be a Fighter. If you want to be the Best Martial Artist and a "Monk" you'd better hope the "Monk" is a Fighter build. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]
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