Originally it was about play balance, and about a Tolkien sort of pseudo-medieval European fantasy setting. The class/race restrictions are a part of core 2E rules, and defined the mood and atmospher… (View Post)

Again, you don't really forget anything, you're just focusing on something else for a while. And returning to your old ways would break your concentration. We do something a little like this in my li… (View Post)

I don't look at it as a "sudden" decision. I may figure my fighter has always been interested in magic AND combat. When the day of the switch arrives it means he has decided to spend all of… (View Post)

1E and 2E both do the same thing. (View Post)

I think a level one character has had several years of training, but no practical experience. In PnP a lot of things about average levels are more thoroughly explained. Like the average town guardsma… (View Post)