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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malcolm_n" data-source="post: 6076300" data-attributes="member: 63154">As we have now heard announced by WotC, the Barbarian will be the class revealed at Winterfest. Thank you.--original message--Is anybody else as excited as I am to see what the new class is that WotC will be showing us at Winter Fantasy?I'm crossing my fingers for Druid, but I could also see them showing off the Ranger. Really, the latter would probably be more likely as it still falls into the design scheme of the other classes they already have.  Maybe they'll give us the paladin?Barbarian: A metaphorical variant of the fighter; light armor, swings big weapons, roars a lot. Like the paladin (see below), not something I would expect for a big reveal, but I could get behind it. Yes, I'm biased for barbs vs. pallies.Bard: A new spellcaster class that would differ from the Wizard and have no tie to the (current) sorcerer as we've seen it. Could be a fun addition and another healer so we could have a choice of healers again.Druid: Potentially vastly different from anything we've seen so far.Paladin: A cross between cleric and fighter. IMhO, not a big enough deal for a reveal at a convention, but maybe they're still playing it safe by mixing up the mechanics they already have established.Ranger: Similar in concept to a fighter, with a little bit of spellcaster mixed in (if they go that route). Just different enough to warrant a big reveal like this.Warlord: I know they said that classes a'la the warlord could potentially just become themes (I'm a warlord fighter), but maybe they'll take this back to its 3.5 roots and make it like the marshal. Auras and interesting mechanics to heal with that aren't magical in nature. Could be fun and, like the bard, a new healer to toy with beyond the cleric.Anyway, I just wanted to start some speculation on what we could see by 1/27. What are your thoughts/wishes?</blockquote>

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