PHBII Classes Confirmed

[Charwoman Gene]

I still hope the druid is more "environment controller" than "shapeshifting warrior," but it seems less likely now...

Why? I've felt extremely confident that druid is going to be almost no "I turn into a bear" since I heard of the Warden. It just sounds right.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

Avengers? 4E is too comic booky! What's next? Here's my 4th level Teen Titan?

 

[Kunimatyu]

Avenger has to be the renamed Inquisitor. Sounds fun!

 

[firesnakearies]

Guess...

Avenger: Divine Striker all about punishing his foes.
Barbarian: Primal Striker.
Bard: Arcane Leader
Druid: Primal Controller who uses a lot of rain/lightning/fire powers and a few "turn into a bear" powers.
Invoker: Divine Controller who uses divine power and celestial "summons" to control the battlefield.
Shaman: Primal Leader. Heavy on buffs and giving allies animal powers like claws ans such.
Sorcerer: Arcane Controller: More powerful spells than a wizard, less versatility.
Warden: Primal Defender who is closer to an actual shapechanger and lots of "get off my lawn" powers.

These sound cool. I like this forecast.

 

[questing gm]

A poster over on RPG.net reported that the WotC 2009 Summer Catalog reveals that Divine Powers will cover Clerics, Paladins, Avengers, and Invokers, so it looks like that the DDI Character Generator screenshots were accurate. That means that PHBII will feature the Bard, Barbarian, Druid, Shaman (has this one actually been confirmed), Warden, Sorcerer, Avenger, and Invoker.

Could give a link to the actual post for this?

 

[Imp]

I've been for splitting up the druid powers and the wizard powers into multiple classes since I heard 4th edition was coming out; it'd be pretty cool if they actually did it.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

PHB2 could be the next "Masters of the Wild." All of these classes seem to have a definite outdoorsy, wilderness tone to their names.

Bard: nomadic rogues, wandering storytellers
Barbarian: savage headhunters, tribal warchiefs
Druid: the iconic nature-bunny
Shaman: primitive spellcaster, or animal shaper
Warden: protectors of the forest
Sorcerers: "wild" magic-users
Avengers: combat druids maybe?
Invoker: summoner of spirit animals, perhaps?

I'm interested in seeing the Sorcerer, Shaman, Invoker, and Warlock classes...particularly, how they make each of them distinct and interesting. Because in my mind's eye, they bleed together into one single stereotype.

CleverPost!

If there is indeed a stronger wilderness/outdoor focus, I wonder if this will also be reflected in the adventures that will come out around that time, be it in dungeon or otherwise?

 

[doctorhook]

PHB2 could be the next "Masters of the Wild." All of these classes seem to have a definite outdoorsy, wilderness tone to their names.

Bard: nomadic rogues, wandering storytellers
Barbarian: savage headhunters, tribal warchiefs
Druid: the iconic nature-bunny
Shaman: primitive spellcaster, or animal shaper
Warden: protectors of the forest
Sorcerers: "wild" magic-users
Avengers: combat druids maybe?
Invoker: summoner of spirit animals, perhaps?

...

Well duh, half the classes are Primal.

 

[Fifth Element]

To the OP: This is still speculation. Speculation with quite a bit of support, but "PHBII Classes Confirmed" is not accurate.

 

[Jack99]

Fiendish dire weasels are back baby!

*twitch*