New Core Classes? Really?

[Caliber]

So with the Miniatures Handbook, we have four new core classes. And there are some more in the Complete Warrior, right?

My question is, are these truly Core Classes? Are they going to be supported in future products? New spells for the Healer or Warmage? New Auras for the Marshall?

Or are they going to be treated as PrCs, and never mentioned again?

Any thoughts?

 

[Endur]

new classes, but not core classes. i.e. never seen again.

So with the Miniatures Handbook, we have four new core classes. And there are some more in the Complete Warrior, right?

My question is, are these truly Core Classes? Are they going to be supported in future products? New spells for the Healer or Warmage? New Auras for the Marshall?

Or are they going to be treated as PrCs, and never mentioned again?

Any thoughts?

 

[Nifft]

The trouble is that the word "core" can mean both "not prestige" and "in the Core Rules (SRD)". We need to petition WotC to start using Basic Classes & Advanced Classes instead of "core" & Prestige, and make Prestige a sub-category of Advanced.

Or something like that.

-- N

 

[Alzrius]

The trouble is that the word "core" can mean both "not prestige" and "in the Core Rules (SRD)". We need to petition WotC to start using Basic Classes & Advanced Classes instead of "core" & Prestige, and make Prestige a sub-category of Advanced.

It's kind of hard to petition for a change to something that doesn't exist in the first place: having just checked my copy of the Miniatures Handbook to be sure, these classes were never called "core" classes. To distinguish them from PrC's, they were called "standard" classes. Nothing Core about them, so WotC will almost certainly not have them appearing with regularity in the future.

There will be more standard classes in The Complete Warrior from what I heard.

 

[johnsemlak]

Has the term 'core class' ever been used officially?

 

[Desdichado]

I'm sure they'll be handled the same as the new core classes in OA -- the Samurai, the wu-jen, the Shaman, the Shugenja, the Sohei, etc.

Really, though, what support do you need? You can easily adapt any spell -- simply add it to the list if you think it makes sense.

 

[diaglo]

We need to petition WotC to start using Basic Classes & Advanced Classes...

i want to play a Lawful Dwarf.

 

[Davelozzi]

I like the terminology used in Spycraft. 20 level classes are all called base classes, while core classes is generally used to refer only to the 6 classes in the main rulebook.

 

[Caliber]

Sorry! I didn't mean to start a whole, Core Class Controversy. I called them a Core Class simply because they weren't Prestige Classes, and off-hand Core Classes were the first thing that popped into my head. I was just curious if anyone thought they'd actually be supported in future products.

The comparison to OA though is a good one.

 

[Psion]

Or are they going to be treated as PrCs, and never mentioned again?

Here's hopin'!