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5e - Class Writeups

Started by flyerfan1991, September 02, 2014, 10:43:43 AM

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September 06, 2014, 08:46:49 AM
Quote from: flyerfan1991;784403In the past couple of iterations of D&D there may have been individual classes that had writeups that captured the essence of the class well, such as the Paladin writeup in 3.0.  However, I have to admit that I'm really impressed by the overall quality of the class writeups in the PHB.

Hell, reading the entry for the Barbarian got me excited to actually try one out, and that was a class that really never captured my attention at all.

This highlights the effort that went into the PHB to make the text really evoke the essence of the game; it's one thing to write up classes and say that you can do X at such-and-such a level, but it's another to actually spark interest and want to go off adventuring.

I haven't felt this sort of connection to an iteration of D&D, where it actually makes you say "damn, I want to play that!", since 1e.

Now i actually have a copy in my hands i agree to a degree. It's fairly evocative.

For example there are 3 characters that jumped into my head straight away from just going through the class write-ups. A mountain dwarf Bard who blows the bag-pipes and wears tartan trews and who is more on the combat side than wishy-washy research. A barbarian totem warrior is also super-awesome and i really, really want to play a Paladin with the Oath of the Ancients at some point.

But i think i'm going to roll up Haggis McSporan as my first official 5e character.
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