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Top 4 or 5 classes (space permitting) will be picked to be featured in an upcoming issue of Crawl!

Fans will contribute a version of the class they like the best, and the community will vote to see which version makes the zine!

Simple! I think...?

The 10 choices I picked were pretty arbitrary but seem to be the most popular. A few picks may be redundant (to some) but that's part of the challenge to make them stand out from the four "human" classes. Also the class names aren't final, e.g. Anti-paladin/Dark Knight or Paladin/Holy Warrior or Monk/Martial Artist. I'll let the contributors and the community make the call. But I'm pretty sure the old-schoolies, such as myself, will stick to traditional names... plus the focus for this challenge is Classic Classes...

Vote for 4.

I also decided that demi-human variants and Monsterous Classes can warrant their own issue, so I've left them out of this.

Feel free to campaign in this thread!

You can also change your vote if you feel inclined.

Poll will be open until Monday, Aug 13th!

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Reverend Dakota Jesus Ultimak, S.S.M.o.t.S.M.S., D.M.

(Dungeon) Master In Chief of Crawl! fanzine. - http://www.crawlfanzine.com/

"[...] there is no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons and its imitators are right out of the pit of hell." - William Schnoebelen, Straight talk on Dungeons & Dragons

Cool! Thanks for putting up the poll. I'm pushing for the Gnome, Paladin, Anti-Paladin, and Ranger.

Go for the GNOME!!!!

I went for Gnome, Half-Orc, Monk, and Psionicist.

For what it's worth, EGG always stated that an Anti-Paladin class should be called an "Avenger" (which is much better than Anti-Paladin, and is also a nice nod to the Chaotic path Fighters could take in BECMI D&D).

Colin

So did I!

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Reverend Dakota Jesus Ultimak, S.S.M.o.t.S.M.S., D.M.

(Dungeon) Master In Chief of Crawl! fanzine. - http://www.crawlfanzine.com/

"[...] there is no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons and its imitators are right out of the pit of hell." - William Schnoebelen, Straight talk on Dungeons & Dragons

A nice range of choices there but I voted for Paladin/Anti-Paladin, Bard and Monk, mostly down to fond memories of those things in my old 1st ed PHB (well, not Anti-Paladin, that was not in it!).
It would be nice to see a Paladin class with different alignment paths like the Thief in DCC.

My vote : half-elf, half-orc, gnome and Ranger (to compare with my own Ranger Class)
But i will like to have all of them

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Raskal, I'd like to see your Ranger submitted for Ranger (if it gets voted!)

I can totally see the Paladin/Avenger being the same class, a Holy Warrior, but of different alignment paths!

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Reverend Dakota Jesus Ultimak, S.S.M.o.t.S.M.S., D.M.

(Dungeon) Master In Chief of Crawl! fanzine. - http://www.crawlfanzine.com/

"[...] there is no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons and its imitators are right out of the pit of hell." - William Schnoebelen, Straight talk on Dungeons & Dragons

Can I vote for myself more than once?

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Gnome Boy (a.k.a. "Jon") • DCC play-tester @ DDC 35, Feb 2011. • Beta DL 2111, 7:00 AM PT, 8 June 11.
Playing RPGs since 1977 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters - Holds the power to play gnomes at will!

Here Be DCC Monsters...

General Yoros, Warrior, Str 13, Agl 8 (10), Stm 17, Per 13, Int 11, Lck 8; Law, HP 39, AC 17, R+2, F+4, W+2, band/shld, warhammer, longsword, longbow, pitchfork

Han Dee, (Weaver) Neutral Thief, Str 10, Agi 13, Stm 11, Per 11, Int 15, Lck 14, AC 13 (Leather), HP 25, Luck Die d6, Backstab 3, Sneak Silently 10, Hide In Shadows 9, Pick Pocket 10, Climb Sheer 10, Pick Lock 9, Find Trap 9, Disable Trap 9, Forge Doc 10, Disguise 3, Read Lang 5, Handle Poison 3, Cast Scroll d14+2, birth augur (Born under the loom) +1 to all skill checks (including thief skills), Banepicks (auto pick lock/disable trap, but lose 1d3 random ability loss, if a 3 then 1 pt is perm)

Anti paladin and psionicist. I forgot the other two in my drunken folly.

The little x's by your selections will be visible when you sober up...

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Gnome Boy (a.k.a. "Jon") • DCC play-tester @ DDC 35, Feb 2011. • Beta DL 2111, 7:00 AM PT, 8 June 11.
Playing RPGs since 1977 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters - Holds the power to play gnomes at will!

Here Be DCC Monsters...

General Yoros, Warrior, Str 13, Agl 8 (10), Stm 17, Per 13, Int 11, Lck 8; Law, HP 39, AC 17, R+2, F+4, W+2, band/shld, warhammer, longsword, longbow, pitchfork

Han Dee, (Weaver) Neutral Thief, Str 10, Agi 13, Stm 11, Per 11, Int 15, Lck 14, AC 13 (Leather), HP 25, Luck Die d6, Backstab 3, Sneak Silently 10, Hide In Shadows 9, Pick Pocket 10, Climb Sheer 10, Pick Lock 9, Find Trap 9, Disable Trap 9, Forge Doc 10, Disguise 3, Read Lang 5, Handle Poison 3, Cast Scroll d14+2, birth augur (Born under the loom) +1 to all skill checks (including thief skills), Banepicks (auto pick lock/disable trap, but lose 1d3 random ability loss, if a 3 then 1 pt is perm)

Monk and druid. That was some good Ommegang brew!

Wow the vote is really split right now!

That can only mean one thing: we'll need ANNUAL new classes CRAWL! issues.

Go Gnome!

Yeah, it's a good selection, and as far as the classes go, I felt they offered a lot more potential for "things we haven't already seen", than some of the other choices.

Colin

Wow! I'm really surprised by the performance of the paladin and the bard. Aren't they the most hated to play in almost every edition of D&D?

Go gnome!

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Reverend Dakota Jesus Ultimak, S.S.M.o.t.S.M.S., D.M.

(Dungeon) Master In Chief of Crawl! fanzine. - http://www.crawlfanzine.com/

"[...] there is no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons and its imitators are right out of the pit of hell." - William Schnoebelen, Straight talk on Dungeons & Dragons

Bards are incredible. People just expect them to cast, thieve, and fight better than the more focused classes. What makes them special is that they can do all three well. In 5-person party, they support all of the other roles; in a 3-4 person party they fill gaps; in a 1-2 person party, they're a a liability.

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Cmon there has to be some bad guys out there who want play with my Auntie Paladin!

See also Dorkness Rising! "How much different could they be?"

@RevDak: Would my half-class idea for multi-classing work for this issue, do you think? If so, what is my deadline?

Thanks!

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SoBH pbp:

Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.

I went with Bard, Half-Orc, Monk, and Gnome.

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http://earthlightacademy.blogspot.com/

Go Gnome!
48 hrs left!

Just got back from camping, and while out in the woods had a brainstorm about how to make a Gnome class for DCC. Glad to see it is very much in the running.

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Gnome Boy (a.k.a. "Jon") • DCC play-tester @ DDC 35, Feb 2011. • Beta DL 2111, 7:00 AM PT, 8 June 11.
Playing RPGs since 1977 • Quasi-occasional member of the Legion of 8th-Level Fighters - Holds the power to play gnomes at will!

Here Be DCC Monsters...

General Yoros, Warrior, Str 13, Agl 8 (10), Stm 17, Per 13, Int 11, Lck 8; Law, HP 39, AC 17, R+2, F+4, W+2, band/shld, warhammer, longsword, longbow, pitchfork

Han Dee, (Weaver) Neutral Thief, Str 10, Agi 13, Stm 11, Per 11, Int 15, Lck 14, AC 13 (Leather), HP 25, Luck Die d6, Backstab 3, Sneak Silently 10, Hide In Shadows 9, Pick Pocket 10, Climb Sheer 10, Pick Lock 9, Find Trap 9, Disable Trap 9, Forge Doc 10, Disguise 3, Read Lang 5, Handle Poison 3, Cast Scroll d14+2, birth augur (Born under the loom) +1 to all skill checks (including thief skills), Banepicks (auto pick lock/disable trap, but lose 1d3 random ability loss, if a 3 then 1 pt is perm)

Really wanted to see what someone could do with the Psionicist. Not a huge fan of the class but it's never been done well in my opinion. Would love to see someone take a stab at it anyway.

The OFFICIAL results of the poll will be revealed today!!

Go Gnome!
Go Paladin!!