Classes Overview – Richard Baker quote: Character classes are the heart of the D&D game. Fighters wear armor and mix it up with monsters in melee. Wizards are fragile but use potent spells to swing entire encounters. Clerics heal and rogues sneak. All those things have been true for 30 years, and they’re going to… Read More Wizards Presents: Races and Classes, Part 4

Reconcepting the Elven Look – Richard Baker If you take a look at the height and weight suggested for elf characters in previous editions, you’ll discover that elves used to be exceptionally small and slight. It wasn’t unusual for elf characters to stand only about 5 feet tall and weigh less than 90 pounds—about the… Read More Wizards Presents: Races and Classes, Part 3

Choosing the Iconic Races – Richard Baker We decided very early in the process that we wanted character race to play a more important part in describing your character. In earlier editions, your character’s race was something that you chose at a single decision point during character creation. Your race pick bestowed a whole collection… Read More Wizards Presents: Races and Classes, Part 2

This book was released by Wizards of the Coast in December 2007 to serve as the first preview of D&D 4th Edition. It was later followed by Wizards Presents: Worlds and Monsters in January 2008. I did a read-through of this book because it presents some of the design decisions that went into 4th Edition,… Read More Wizards Presents: Races and Classes, Part 1

Hi! If you found this blog, you were probably linked to it from somewhere else. My name is Jonathan, and since I’ve discovered the hobby of table-top roleplaying back in 2014, I’ve spent a lot of time and spilled quite a bit of digital ink musing about game design and play. I started this blog… Read More Greetings and Introductions