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<blockquote data-quote="paladinm" data-source="post: 5851545" data-attributes="member: 6687937">I was looking through my (growing) collection of OD&amp;D/BD&amp;D stuff, and I came across an article by Ken Marin which detailed his ideas of a RC D&amp;D2.&nbsp; One of the interesting things he did was develop race/class combinations that drew upon strengths of both.&nbsp; BD&amp;D used racial classes (Elf, Dwarf and Halfling); Ken expanded upon this by having elven Bards (Minstrels) be just a bit different than human bards, and halfling Thieves (Burglars) be different than &quot;normal&quot; ones.&nbsp; The old BD&amp;D gazetteer series had a number of such classes, such as elven Clerics (&quot;Treekeepers&quot;), who drew upon both arcane and druidic magic, and dwarf clerics that likewise were just a little different.I'd like to see more of this in 5e.&nbsp; An elven ranger doesn't have to be identical to a human one, and gnomes should have a different range of illusionist abilities than humans.Any thoughts?&nbsp; How could a character's race affect his/her class abilities (besides a +1 bonus here or there)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="paladinm, post: 5851545, member: 6687937"] I was looking through my (growing) collection of OD&D/BD&D stuff, and I came across an article by Ken Marin which detailed his ideas of a RC D&D2. One of the interesting things he did was develop race/class combinations that drew upon strengths of both. BD&D used racial classes (Elf, Dwarf and Halfling); Ken expanded upon this by having elven Bards (Minstrels) be just a bit different than human bards, and halfling Thieves (Burglars) be different than "normal" ones. The old BD&D gazetteer series had a number of such classes, such as elven Clerics ("Treekeepers"), who drew upon both arcane and druidic magic, and dwarf clerics that likewise were just a little different. I'd like to see more of this in 5e. An elven ranger doesn't have to be identical to a human one, and gnomes should have a different range of illusionist abilities than humans. Any thoughts? How could a character's race affect his/her class abilities (besides a +1 bonus here or there)? [/QUOTE]

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