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<blockquote data-quote="AlexS" data-source="post: 4222256" data-attributes="member: 66286">Maybe it's just me, but I honestly can't understand some people's insistence of having a specific class with a specific name- why couldn't a 'samurai' or a 'barbarian warrior' be statted up using the fighter class, for instance? Is having a rage class feature the only possible way to bring a character from an uncivilised background to the table?Similarly, what is it about the 3.X druid class that really said 'druid' to people?&nbsp;What exactly from that suggests that being able to turn into a dire tyrannosaurus rex is a central aspect of such a character? Frankly, I could see almost any 4E PHB class being used to emphasise various aspects of the 'druid' role, particularly one with a decent wisdom or charisma emphasis- 'druid' seems to me more of a description of a character's place in society than anything else.Whilst I understand the legacy of the class has a certain nostalgia to people (Jaheira is one of the first things I think about when I hear the word, what with Baldur's Gate being my first exposure to the whole DnD experience), it just seems pointless to make such a fuss about it when the official 4e version is a year away and the (undoubtedly good) Necromancer Games version will be out in a few months.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlexS, post: 4222256, member: 66286"] Maybe it's just me, but I honestly can't understand some people's insistence of having a specific class with a specific name- why couldn't a 'samurai' or a 'barbarian warrior' be statted up using the fighter class, for instance? Is having a rage class feature the only possible way to bring a character from an uncivilised background to the table? Similarly, what is it about the 3.X druid class that really said 'druid' to people? What exactly from that suggests that being able to turn into a dire tyrannosaurus rex is a central aspect of such a character? Frankly, I could see almost any 4E PHB class being used to emphasise various aspects of the 'druid' role, particularly one with a decent wisdom or charisma emphasis- 'druid' seems to me more of a description of a character's place in society than anything else. Whilst I understand the legacy of the class has a certain nostalgia to people (Jaheira is one of the first things I think about when I hear the word, what with Baldur's Gate being my first exposure to the whole DnD experience), it just seems pointless to make such a fuss about it when the official 4e version is a year away and the (undoubtedly good) Necromancer Games version will be out in a few months. [/QUOTE]

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