D&D 5E WOTC Possibly Removing "Druids" for Religious/Cultural Sensitivity Reasons

[Snarf Zagyg]

Fighting-Man!

Proposed Class Names:


Fighting-Man Dude.
Magic User.
God Squadder.
Skill Brah.
Pact Person.
Conaner.
Hippie.
Annoying Ethicist.
Aragorn/Drizzt Hybrid.
Welcome to my Fist.
Magic User 2: 2 Magic 2 Usery.
Tool Time.

Oh, and Designated Target Practice.

 

[MGibster]

Given the clan use of the terms, I would not be too surprised if they removed the references to Wizard from the game eventually...

That particular version of clan isn't spelled with a C. And if we're going to go that far, Wizards of the Coast are going to have to change their name.

 

[Scribe]

Doubt. The 2024 version would be the time, but I doubt it.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

They're not removing it, just because 'it is such a classic class' (meaning 3e had it).

But I do really wish Druids weren't a thing, when we can already have Nature Clerics. It's just conceptually muddy.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

They're not removing it, just because 'it is such a classic class' (meaning 3e had it).

What?

OD&D had the class.

For reference, of the twelve core classes .... 75% of them (nine of them) appeared in OD&D in some form (either in OD&D proper or in a magazine), and they were all present in the core PHB in 1e.

Admittedly, some names did change (Magic User -> Wizard, Thief -> Rogue).

(Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, and Wizard)

The Barbarian was also added during 1e.

That leaves only two classes that were added later- the Sorcerer (3e) and the Warlock (3.5e), although there were versions of both in other materials before that.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

OD&D had the class.

Yes, but that is not their idea of classic DnD.

I'm just grumpy because they went with the 1-level dippy multiclassing featured in only one specific edition.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

They're not removing it, just because 'it is such a classic class' (meaning 3e had it).

But I do really wish Druids weren't a thing, when we can already have Nature Clerics. It's just conceptually muddy.

The ditch nature clerics.

 

[Sacrosanct]

That leaves only two classes that were added later- the Sorcerer (3e) and the Warlock (3.5e), although there were versions of both in other materials before that.

WHAT ABOUT THE WARLORD! GEEZ THEY GET NO LOVE!



...also, psionist in 2e, artificer, and probably a couple others.

 

[TwoSix]

They're not removing it, just because 'it is such a classic class' (meaning 3e had it).

But I do really wish Druids weren't a thing, when we can already have Nature Clerics. It's just conceptually muddy.

If we want to delineate more strongly, we should get rid of Nature Clerics (and Nature gods, really) rather than Druids.

"Druid" is a widely distributed and understood term of fantasy game jargon. If you say a character or class is a Druid in any fantasy media, there's an understood picture of roughly what type of character that is.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

The ditch nature clerics.

I'd be cool with this too. Take a stance that NATURE is a big thing enough thing that it has its own class. It's just so messy having both, and the actual deciding factor between them being whether you want to shapeshift or not (or wear metal before OneDnD comes out).