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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 5797859" data-attributes="member: 7635">From a practical standpoint, its a wise move on WotC's part to include all 15 classes and 10 races as an olive branch to whatever edition you're migrating from. 4e got hammered pretty bad for having players wait 2 or 3 years to play bards, monks, or barbarians. I think the bigger issue is what the meaning of &quot;core&quot; is. D&amp;D always had &quot;optional&quot; classes. Basic D&amp;D (via the Cyclopedia) called out druids and mystics (monks) as &quot;ask your DM&quot;. Ditto 1e with monk, bard, and psionics. 2e made sure to call to attention paladins, druids, bards, rangers, and specialist wizards were all optional, as were proficiencies and a host of combat rules from critical hits to weapon speeds. Its really only 3e on that &quot;everything is kosher&quot; infects the PHB, and even 3e had &quot;rule 0&quot; in it. I suspect those more controversial options (most of the 4e additions, some of the rarer classes like monk or assassin) will be labeled uncommon/rare and have big &quot;ask your DM&quot; labels slapped on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 5797859, member: 7635"] From a practical standpoint, its a wise move on WotC's part to include all 15 classes and 10 races as an olive branch to whatever edition you're migrating from. 4e got hammered pretty bad for having players wait 2 or 3 years to play bards, monks, or barbarians. I think the bigger issue is what the meaning of "core" is. D&D always had "optional" classes. Basic D&D (via the Cyclopedia) called out druids and mystics (monks) as "ask your DM". Ditto 1e with monk, bard, and psionics. 2e made sure to call to attention paladins, druids, bards, rangers, and specialist wizards were all optional, as were proficiencies and a host of combat rules from critical hits to weapon speeds. Its really only 3e on that "everything is kosher" infects the PHB, and even 3e had "rule 0" in it. I suspect those more controversial options (most of the 4e additions, some of the rarer classes like monk or assassin) will be labeled uncommon/rare and have big "ask your DM" labels slapped on them. [/QUOTE]

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