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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 5796017" data-attributes="member: 55985">I read the announcement as &quot;if you could build it with Edition X PHB, you can build it with whatever the 5E basic book will be&quot;.Still, I'm pretty sure we'll see either Sorcerer or Warlock. One has the magic &quot;in him&quot;, the other taps an external higher power, but apart from that they are were close as concepts. Spellcaster, spontaneous, light or no armor...It just makes sense to move one or the other to a later book.I also guess we'll see Assassin as some sort of Rogue build. (Or maybe not, if it's a declared designer favorite...)Personally I'd prefer Warlord as a Fighter build, but maybe that won't happen because it would overload the Fighter.As for Cleric, I'd love to see something closer to the AD&amp;D Priest, that is robes instead of armor (and maybe Wis bonus to AC) and powers that are more strongly defined by the theme of the deity. A Cleric of Torm should feel very different from one of Lolth. This would also set the Cleric farer apart from the Paladin.If the Monk is in there I'd be surprised, it was always set apart by the Asian theme.And racial classes - Dwarf = Dwarf Fighter, Elf = Elf Figher / Wizard, Halfling = Halfling Rogue. No need for these. I'd rather have racial themes, racial swap-out powers or something similar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mkill, post: 5796017, member: 55985"] I read the announcement as "if you could build it with Edition X PHB, you can build it with whatever the 5E basic book will be". Still, I'm pretty sure we'll see either Sorcerer or Warlock. One has the magic "in him", the other taps an external higher power, but apart from that they are were close as concepts. Spellcaster, spontaneous, light or no armor... It just makes sense to move one or the other to a later book. I also guess we'll see Assassin as some sort of Rogue build. (Or maybe not, if it's a declared designer favorite...) Personally I'd prefer Warlord as a Fighter build, but maybe that won't happen because it would overload the Fighter. As for Cleric, I'd love to see something closer to the AD&D Priest, that is robes instead of armor (and maybe Wis bonus to AC) and powers that are more strongly defined by the theme of the deity. A Cleric of Torm should feel very different from one of Lolth. This would also set the Cleric farer apart from the Paladin. If the Monk is in there I'd be surprised, it was always set apart by the Asian theme. And racial classes - Dwarf = Dwarf Fighter, Elf = Elf Figher / Wizard, Halfling = Halfling Rogue. No need for these. I'd rather have racial themes, racial swap-out powers or something similar. [/QUOTE]

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