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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 2788507" data-attributes="member: 697">The rules/updates/designs of Gary's ideas try to at least stay close to the spirit. I don't have the text from his Dragon article outlining the mountebank (along with other classes), so I can't say for sure.I'll admit one thing: that was probably the hardest part of the book. It felt really weird following up on ideas that EGG had lo those many years ago. On one hand, it was an exhilarating experience. On the other, I had a distinct voice in my head saying "If you screw this up, you'll never live it down!"I am more proud of the Dragon Compendium than almost anything else I've worked on. The Dungeon Crawl Classic I wrote comes close, if only because the reprint was dedicated to DCS. I'm glad that people seem to like it. If I walked away from D&D tomorrow, I'd feel content with my career knowing that I had a hand in the Compendium. I've never been so giddy about waiting for a book I worked on. Usually, getting my author's copies is a bit of a let down - I've already read the book, so there's not much there for me to look at aside from the art. In this case, I can't wait to read through it again.</blockquote>