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<blockquote data-quote="Blackwind" data-source="post: 5791474" data-attributes="member: 1205">Ask a D&amp;D player, no matter what his favored edition, about his character, and the first thing out of his mouth will probably be &quot;I'm an elven ranger,&quot; &quot;I'm a dwarven cleric,&quot; &quot;I'm a halfling rogue.&quot; In a classless game, the most important thing is your Concept. That's true in D&amp;D as well, but in D&amp;D, I think most players tend to conceptualize their characters in terms of Race/Class first. As in... &quot;I think I'm going to make an elven paladin this time.&quot; If someone just says, &quot;I'm a wizard,&quot; they are usually implying that their character is human, because otherwise they would have mentioned the character race. Occasionally, you will get more detailed responses like, &quot;I'm a 10th level dwarven ranger&quot; or &quot;I'm a Chaotic Neutral Thief-Acrobat&quot; (sorry). So level and alignment are also important in defining a D&amp;D character.But in general, the combination of Race and Class is the core of a D&amp;D character, and I for one believe it should (and will) stay that way.FWIW, I basically agree with Monte about the order of importance of the various character elements. I think that he and Mearls have both seen the true genius of the 6 ability scores and their potential within the task resolution system of D&amp;D. Skills, feats, and (shudder) powers are totally secondary to ability scores. You want to dive into a roll to avoid the poison darts shooting out of the wall? Dex check!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blackwind, post: 5791474, member: 1205"] Ask a D&D player, no matter what his favored edition, about his character, and the first thing out of his mouth will probably be "I'm an elven ranger," "I'm a dwarven cleric," "I'm a halfling rogue." In a classless game, the most important thing is your Concept. That's true in D&D as well, but in D&D, I think most players tend to conceptualize their characters in terms of Race/Class first. As in... "I think I'm going to make an elven paladin this time." If someone just says, "I'm a wizard," they are usually implying that their character is human, because otherwise they would have mentioned the character race. Occasionally, you will get more detailed responses like, "I'm a 10th level dwarven ranger" or "I'm a Chaotic Neutral Thief-Acrobat" (sorry). So level and alignment are also important in defining a D&D character. But in general, the combination of Race and Class is the core of a D&D character, and I for one believe it should (and will) stay that way. FWIW, I basically agree with Monte about the order of importance of the various character elements. I think that he and Mearls have both seen the true genius of the 6 ability scores and their potential within the task resolution system of D&D. Skills, feats, and (shudder) powers are totally secondary to ability scores. You want to dive into a roll to avoid the poison darts shooting out of the wall? Dex check! [/QUOTE]

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