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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7371857" data-attributes="member: 12377">Didn't we just have this thread...?Anyway, I'd approach this as &quot;What makes the game most accessible to new players?&quot;When I was trying to create a stripped-down version of 5E for my children to play, I wound up with three classes: Fighter, Rogue, Wizard. Each had a set of pre-gen &quot;archetypes&quot; you could pick from at 1st level, as starting packages. As you leveled up, there were certain class features you got to pick from a list. There were two lists: the basic features that you could just pick, and &quot;advanced&quot; features that required you to find a teacher in the setting and undergo training (i.e., the DM can have the teacher set requirements for learning the feature). These were the classes and archetypes:Fighter:Knight (advanced version: Paladin; has healing and smites)Warrior (advanced version: Barbarian; has rage)Scout (advanced version: Ranger; has nature magic)Rogue:Thief (advanced version: Tinker; has gadgets)Ninja (advanced version: Monk; has ki magic)Minstrel (advanced version: Bard; has enchantment magic)Wizard:Healer (advanced version: Druid)Evoker (advanced version: Conjurer)Witch (advanced version: Illusionist)The cleric is expressly removed because I don't want religious themes in my kids' RPGs and because fantasy fiction in general doesn't distinguish arcane vs. divine magic the way D&amp;D does. So instead, wizards get healing magic. The other thing I like about wizards is that the spellbook is an artifact which you could actually print out and put in a mini-binder. Each wizard archetype had its own spellbook that had pre-selected spells up through maximum level. If you wanted different spells, you would have to go on adventures to find them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7371857, member: 12377"] Didn't we just have this thread...? Anyway, I'd approach this as "What makes the game most accessible to new players?" When I was trying to create a stripped-down version of 5E for my children to play, I wound up with three classes: Fighter, Rogue, Wizard. Each had a set of pre-gen "archetypes" you could pick from at 1st level, as starting packages. As you leveled up, there were certain class features you got to pick from a list. There were two lists: the basic features that you could just pick, and "advanced" features that required you to find a teacher in the setting and undergo training (i.e., the DM can have the teacher set requirements for learning the feature). These were the classes and archetypes: [B]Fighter:[/B] Knight (advanced version: Paladin; has healing and smites) Warrior (advanced version: Barbarian; has rage) Scout (advanced version: Ranger; has nature magic) [B]Rogue:[/B] Thief (advanced version: Tinker; has gadgets) Ninja (advanced version: Monk; has ki magic) Minstrel (advanced version: Bard; has enchantment magic) [B]Wizard:[/B] Healer (advanced version: Druid) Evoker (advanced version: Conjurer) Witch (advanced version: Illusionist) The cleric is expressly removed because I don't want religious themes in my kids' RPGs and because fantasy fiction in general doesn't distinguish arcane vs. divine magic the way D&D does. So instead, wizards get healing magic. The other thing I like about wizards is that the spellbook is an artifact which you could actually print out and put in a mini-binder. Each wizard archetype had its own spellbook that had pre-selected spells up through maximum level. If you wanted different spells, you would have to go on adventures to find them. [/QUOTE]

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