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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8060190" data-attributes="member: 12731">This.D&amp;D just isn't generic. It has specific, even idiosyncratic, classes, items and so on.It's engaging and making sense of this &quot;mess&quot; that makes a large part of making D&amp;D feel like D&amp;D.Avoid all temptation to clean this up! So very many games that are wannabe D&amp;D killers only to end up on the heap of dusty forgotten games...Especially for a project like this. If anything players love that there's five different varieties of guisarme-glaives, even if they only do so secretly and won't admit it.Same thing with classes: D&amp;D just isn't generic classes. A Ranger simply gets stuff a Fighter can't do, and vice versa.Even ability scores. The way they all are used for different things, and not equal in value is a cornerstone of the D&amp;D experience that shouldn't be underestimated. A game as 5E adjacent as this one should definitely not experiment in these areas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 8060190, member: 12731"] This. D&D just isn't generic. It has specific, even idiosyncratic, classes, items and so on. It's engaging and making sense of this "mess" that makes a large part of making D&D feel like D&D. Avoid all temptation to clean this up! So very many games that are wannabe D&D killers only to end up on the heap of dusty forgotten games... Especially for a project like this. If anything players love that there's five different varieties of guisarme-glaives, even if they only do so secretly and won't admit it. Same thing with classes: D&D just isn't generic classes. A Ranger simply gets stuff a Fighter can't do, and vice versa. Even ability scores. The way they all are used for different things, and not equal in value is a cornerstone of the D&D experience that shouldn't be underestimated. A game as 5E adjacent as this one should definitely not experiment in these areas. [/QUOTE]

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