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So did they just drop modularity ? This is what has me worried.
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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 5995567" data-attributes="member: 16760"><p>I sincerely hope not. Oh, the druid has enough tradition as being similar to the cleric that it may end up the same.</p><p></p><p>But the bard for a long time now has been a class in search of a rationale. It's been different in every single edition of D&D. I would like to see it reimagined from the ground up, and it sounds like that's what they're doing - taking it back to its Celtic roots. I find this exciting, and hope they pull it off.</p><p></p><p>A bard class based on Taliesin, with maybe a dash of Orpheus and even Vainamoinen, could be very intriguing. Forget sorcerer-like casting and take bardic music to the hilt. Or, depending on how Celtic they want to go, tying it closely to the druid would also be an interesting option. (Of course, if it were up to me, druids would be arcane casters anyway, not divine...) That option would also hark back to 1e, though I heartily encourage losing the thief part of the 1e bard. (It seems to be based on nothing but an ethnic slur against the Welsh.)</p><p></p><p>As for paladins, they've already said they don't want them casting spells. I can buy that, though I'm thus far politely skeptical of the auras they were talking about before.</p><p></p><p>Rangers... Sigh. There's another class that has gone through many different revisions across editions. If they get spells at all, I'd vote for druidic ones, rather than the wizard ones of 1e/2e.</p><p></p><p>(And if I could just mention... I'd really like to get away from the terminology of 'spells' for clerics. It's jarring, and always has been.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 5995567, member: 16760"] I sincerely hope not. Oh, the druid has enough tradition as being similar to the cleric that it may end up the same. But the bard for a long time now has been a class in search of a rationale. It's been different in every single edition of D&D. I would like to see it reimagined from the ground up, and it sounds like that's what they're doing - taking it back to its Celtic roots. I find this exciting, and hope they pull it off. A bard class based on Taliesin, with maybe a dash of Orpheus and even Vainamoinen, could be very intriguing. Forget sorcerer-like casting and take bardic music to the hilt. Or, depending on how Celtic they want to go, tying it closely to the druid would also be an interesting option. (Of course, if it were up to me, druids would be arcane casters anyway, not divine...) That option would also hark back to 1e, though I heartily encourage losing the thief part of the 1e bard. (It seems to be based on nothing but an ethnic slur against the Welsh.) As for paladins, they've already said they don't want them casting spells. I can buy that, though I'm thus far politely skeptical of the auras they were talking about before. Rangers... Sigh. There's another class that has gone through many different revisions across editions. If they get spells at all, I'd vote for druidic ones, rather than the wizard ones of 1e/2e. (And if I could just mention... I'd really like to get away from the terminology of 'spells' for clerics. It's jarring, and always has been.) [/QUOTE]
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