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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Avenger" data-source="post: 5867870" data-attributes="member: 779"><p>I think it`s been said that every class that was in the 1st PHB of any edition will probably come back as a full class.</p><p></p><p>But for classes like Warden, Ardent, Truenamer, Shadowcaster, Factotum and so on, their fates in a new edition are probably less so. Many would undoubtably argue that a lot of them should just be subclasses or builds of another class. Even though I felt that some of them were quite unique at least in their flavour and deserve to come back as it`s own special archetype deserving of a class. So some of my choices:</p><p></p><p>Shaman, there`s always been a version of the Shaman class since at least 2e. Most of the time it`s been a more spellcastery Druid, but I think 4e got it right with it`s spirit companion as being a main feature.</p><p></p><p>Warden, I think there`s plenty of room for a transformational warrior type in the new edition. A lot of things will probably depend on how wildshape and other shapeshifting stuff will work. For a Warden they should probably focus mainly on the things that transformed them into living rock and so on.</p><p></p><p>Swordmage, as much as there`s the discussion of making a fighter-wizard viable, I always feel there`s probably going to room for a class that`s in between them, and the Swordmage wasn`t just a fighter-mage, but more of a teleporting caster that turned their sword into magic. Similar arguments could apply to the Duskblade and Hexblade too.</p><p></p><p>Battlemind (Psychic Warrior), it`s definitely not a matter of if they`ll be in the new edition, but when they`ll be there. In 4e there were many complaints about it, including the odd nature of its class features and potentially abusive class powers. The 3e version suffered from being too reliant on self buffs, and psionic feats which probably shouldn`t be feats anymore and just powers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kobold Avenger, post: 5867870, member: 779"] I think it`s been said that every class that was in the 1st PHB of any edition will probably come back as a full class. But for classes like Warden, Ardent, Truenamer, Shadowcaster, Factotum and so on, their fates in a new edition are probably less so. Many would undoubtably argue that a lot of them should just be subclasses or builds of another class. Even though I felt that some of them were quite unique at least in their flavour and deserve to come back as it`s own special archetype deserving of a class. So some of my choices: Shaman, there`s always been a version of the Shaman class since at least 2e. Most of the time it`s been a more spellcastery Druid, but I think 4e got it right with it`s spirit companion as being a main feature. Warden, I think there`s plenty of room for a transformational warrior type in the new edition. A lot of things will probably depend on how wildshape and other shapeshifting stuff will work. For a Warden they should probably focus mainly on the things that transformed them into living rock and so on. Swordmage, as much as there`s the discussion of making a fighter-wizard viable, I always feel there`s probably going to room for a class that`s in between them, and the Swordmage wasn`t just a fighter-mage, but more of a teleporting caster that turned their sword into magic. Similar arguments could apply to the Duskblade and Hexblade too. Battlemind (Psychic Warrior), it`s definitely not a matter of if they`ll be in the new edition, but when they`ll be there. In 4e there were many complaints about it, including the odd nature of its class features and potentially abusive class powers. The 3e version suffered from being too reliant on self buffs, and psionic feats which probably shouldn`t be feats anymore and just powers. [/QUOTE]
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