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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9223976" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Most names are silly until we get used to them, then they're suddenly classic.After all, the term &quot;barbarian&quot; has nothing to do with raging, &quot;artificer&quot; is just an old synonym for &quot;inventor&quot; or &quot;craftsman&quot; (which itself is literally just &quot;crafts&quot; + &quot;man&quot;), &quot;ranger&quot; tells you diddly-squat about what the class does beyond wandering around in non-civic places which is something every character does, and &quot;rogue&quot; is literally just a word for a person who does dastardly or underhanded things.Check out the Atlas of True Names sometime. The vast majority of place-names are so pedestrian, etymologically, you'll wonder how anyone ever thought they were impressive!It's not 6e. It's 5.5e. They've done a minor balance pass over the existing classes, rewritten a few spells, and kept CR and most other monster rules nearly completely unchanged. &quot;Backwards compatibility&quot; means they can't actually make the clean break--and so we will be bound to decisions made over a decade ago, under vastly different circumstances, for a decade to come.Edit:Also, you seem to be mistaken about what parts of Hasbro are making money right now. Spoiler alert: Wizards IS making money. And, at least if actor testimony is to be believed, there's a sequel for the D&amp;D movie in the works.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9223976, member: 6790260"] Most names are silly until we get used to them, then they're suddenly classic. After all, the term "barbarian" has nothing to do with raging, "artificer" is just an old synonym for "inventor" or "craftsman" (which itself is literally just "crafts" + "man"), "ranger" tells you diddly-squat about what the class does beyond wandering around in non-civic places [I]which is something every character does[/I], and "rogue" is literally just a word for a person who does dastardly or underhanded things. Check out the Atlas of True Names sometime. The vast majority of place-names are so pedestrian, etymologically, you'll wonder how anyone ever thought they were impressive! It's not 6e. It's 5.5e. They've done a minor balance pass over the existing classes, rewritten a few spells, and kept CR and most other monster rules nearly completely unchanged. "Backwards compatibility" means they can't actually make the clean break--and so we will be bound to decisions made over a decade ago, under vastly different circumstances, for a decade to come. Edit: Also, you seem to be mistaken about what parts of Hasbro are making money right now. Spoiler alert: Wizards IS making money. And, at least if actor testimony is to be believed, there's a sequel for the D&D movie in the works. [/QUOTE]

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