What New WotC Base Classes are you using

[mhacdebhandia]

This thread begs two questions:

Does anyone use the Artificer who dosen't play in Eberron?

Does anyone who plays in Eberron not allow the Artificer?

I can answer the first. While the next game I run will probably be the adventure in the back of the Eberron Campaign Setting, and I'd allow an artificer in that, I'd also allow it in other settings. I think it's very cool, and has some interesting worldbuilding implications that I'd enjoy exploring.

 

[Particle_Man]

I have a setting that is too specific for most stuff right now. In future campaigns I not only will allow Warlock, but there is a good chance it might become the replacement for Wizard/Sorcerer (the Warlock is also GREAT for Dm's since so little preparation is needed), and Favored Soul the replacement for Cleric/Druid. I would allow Swashbuckler and Hexblade, but doubt any people I know would go for them. Don't know enough about complete adventurer classes, and alas, no one loves psionics in my group except me. I might allow Yeoman, Fool, Skald, Minstrel from Arthurian Adventures (especially Yeoman!), but it depends. Other classes in there are good too, but some are tied to other rules in there (so might take more mechanics tweaking) and others (like Hedge Mage) are good-in-their-world, but wouldn't work as well in a world in which other "blaster" mages existed. Still, no one says other "blaster" mages have to be there...

 

[dragonhand777]

No one in my group has played a psion, some don't even like the idea, so I haven't considered any of those classes.

The only classes I don't allow are the Samurai, Shugenja, and the Monk (and or Ninja). Someday I would like to run an Oriental Adventure, but until then, I just don't think those classes blend well with the cultures in my campaign world.

In my current campaign I have a player playing an Oathsworn (a Monte Cook class [similar to monk]), and another playing a Spirit Shaman.

 

[FungiMuncher]

I'm not currently running a D&D campaign, but have allowed psions and psy warriors.

In two games I'm playing in, I have a war mage and a spirit shaman.

The war mage is the only arcane spell caster in the party. The class really is too limited in scope as the only arcanist, but blowing up stuff is fun. I'll probably multiclass to bard to pick up use magic device skills (he's a gnome). Had the Complete Arcane been out when the campaign started, I probably would have asked to play a warlock.

The spirit shaman is too new to get a really good feel for, but I am liking the flexibility in spell preparation and spell casting.

 

[Wormwood]

I also allow 90% of the class variants from Unearthed Arcana.

 

[Voadam]

I only voted for the one that is being used in our campaign by a PC (favored soul), all would be allowed in as options though.

 

[Li Shenron]

We haven't used any of these yet. Some of us have the books, but we're pretty much always using the core classes or variations of them (such as some variant class or variant feature form UA, or custom variant). I could have voted Shugenja but I just started it on a PbP and can't say I've been playing it yet.

It's quite impressive how many people (6.5%!) are already playing the Warlock... and the book has been out just for 2 weeks. It would have taken me at least a week just to write the character! How do you guys always manage to be so fast? Did you kill your current character on purpose to make the switch?

 

[Remathilis]

You'd be amazed how many DMs made their PCs fight one last week, I'd wager...

 

[Shemeska]

Psions, Psionic warriors, Wu-Jen, Shujenga... and that's about it.

As far as most of the others go, didn't we let the idea of kits die in 2nd edition?

 

[Belen]

Psions, Psionic warriors, Wu-Jen, Shujenga... and that's about it.

As far as most of the others go, didn't we let the idea of kits die in 2nd edition?

Shem, it would be asking a lot of someone to play a swashbuckler without the title: Swashbuckler! And an evil sorcerer could never be called a warlock. He would just be.....an evil sorcerer.