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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6544596" data-attributes="member: 92305">The difference, I'm guessing, is that, with Conan, any character can use the maneuvers as long as they qualify.&nbsp; I'm not trying to start a Conan discussion here, but there is so much that I like about the game (and not just the flavor of the game universe).&nbsp; What you write above reminds me that D&amp;D has always been a class restrictive game.&nbsp; And, that's neither good nor bad.&nbsp; I love D&amp;D just as much as anybody.&nbsp; One of the things about Conan that won me over was that, even though the game is created on the d20 3.5 system, enough slight tweaking was done to make the classes less restrictive.&nbsp; It's very easy for a Conan character to multi-class.&nbsp; It's not unusual to find a triple or quadruple classed character.&nbsp; That's by design, making it extremely easy to create unique characters.&nbsp; In D&amp;D, a thief is a Thief class.&nbsp; In Conan, there is a Thief class, but a character doesn't have to have the class in order to be a thief.&nbsp; Anybody who steals is a thief.&nbsp; Conan, himself, is a low level Thief (gaining the class just to gain access to some thieving skills and Feats), but he doesn't progress farther than 1st or 3rd level.&nbsp; It's his Barbarian class that he continually improves even though he does become a master thief.&nbsp; And, there is no mage class in the Conan game.&nbsp; Anybody who deals with Sorcery is a sorcerer.&nbsp; Remember Thulsa Doom, from the first (1984) Arnold Conan movie?&nbsp; That character is a Soldier class, multiclassed with Scholar.I love the effect this has on the game.&nbsp; There's no priest class.&nbsp; If I can convince you to follow me and my god, then I can be a priest, though I may be a Pirate or Nomad classed character.Anyway, I'm digressing from 5E....&nbsp;[MENTION=6731904]SirAntoine[/MENTION] wrote:&nbsp; Nothing about 4th edition I found tempting at all.&nbsp; It is 5th edition that has got my eyebrow peaked.&nbsp; From what I've seen (without buying any of the books) is that, to my amazement, they did it right.&nbsp; I write today because, earlier, I stopped by Barnes &amp; Noble with a buddy.&nbsp; We looked through the hardbacks.&nbsp; Man, it just looks like a well written game.&nbsp; We were both giddy as 4th graders when we left the store.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6544596, member: 92305"] The difference, I'm guessing, is that, with Conan, any character can use the maneuvers as long as they qualify. I'm not trying to start a Conan discussion here, but there is so much that I like about the game (and not just the flavor of the game universe). What you write above reminds me that D&D has always been a class restrictive game. And, that's neither good nor bad. I love D&D just as much as anybody. One of the things about Conan that won me over was that, even though the game is created on the d20 3.5 system, enough slight tweaking was done to make the classes less restrictive. It's very easy for a Conan character to multi-class. It's not unusual to find a triple or quadruple classed character. That's by design, making it extremely easy to create unique characters. In D&D, a thief is a Thief class. In Conan, there is a Thief class, but a character doesn't have to have the class in order to be a thief. Anybody who steals is a thief. Conan, himself, is a low level Thief (gaining the class just to gain access to some thieving skills and Feats), but he doesn't progress farther than 1st or 3rd level. It's his Barbarian class that he continually improves even though he does become a master thief. And, there is no mage class in the Conan game. Anybody who deals with Sorcery is a sorcerer. Remember Thulsa Doom, from the first (1984) Arnold Conan movie? That character is a Soldier class, multiclassed with Scholar. I love the effect this has on the game. There's no priest class. If I can convince you to follow me and my god, then I can be a priest, though I may be a Pirate or Nomad classed character. Anyway, I'm digressing from 5E.... [MENTION=6731904]SirAntoine[/MENTION] wrote: Nothing about 4th edition I found tempting at all. It is 5th edition that has got my eyebrow peaked. From what I've seen (without buying any of the books) is that, to my amazement, [i]they did it right[/i]. I write today because, earlier, I stopped by Barnes & Noble with a buddy. We looked through the hardbacks. Man, it just looks like a well written game. We were both giddy as 4th graders when we left the store. [/QUOTE]

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