MoonSong
Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin
I love 2e, but if I was to list the thing I like about it (strong flavor, lore, kits, nwps, ease of use, the settings...) I'd find that class groups/classes are among my least favorite things about the edition. To begin with, they feel tacked on, and are overall restrictive at worst and pointless at best. And they eventually had to break the mold anyway...
And now we have 1DD and I see more of the same. To me there is no point in wanting to force round pegs into square holes. What do Bards, Rogues and Ranges have in common? Just expertise? Why not place bards with mages and rangers with warriors? Why are paladins placed with clerics if we want to give them combat styles anyway?
IMO class groups will be straitjackets that will force classes to feel blander and less unique. At that point just get rid of everything but the boring 4 and save on the effort and pagecount. (Disclaimer please don't do that either)
And now we have 1DD and I see more of the same. To me there is no point in wanting to force round pegs into square holes. What do Bards, Rogues and Ranges have in common? Just expertise? Why not place bards with mages and rangers with warriors? Why are paladins placed with clerics if we want to give them combat styles anyway?
IMO class groups will be straitjackets that will force classes to feel blander and less unique. At that point just get rid of everything but the boring 4 and save on the effort and pagecount. (Disclaimer please don't do that either)