Template talk:Classes

Core classes
I've changed the template to currently use the "core classes" from the current iteration of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. In keeping with the concept of keeping the wiki "edition-neutral" I'm opening this discussion so that anyone who disagrees with this decision may speak their mind and we can, as a community decide which classes to include.

The only classes from prior editions which are missing at this point are warlords from the 4th edition Player's Handbook, swordmages from the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, avengers, invokers, shamans, and wardens from the Player's Handbook 2, and ardents, battleminds, psions, runepriests, and seekers from the Player's Handbook 3. All of these classes were core in 4th edition, but are not currently supported in 5th and every core class from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions are supported in some way for 5th.

If anyone strongly wishes to include the remaining 4th edition core classes in the template, that's what this discussion is for. Please note that I've created separate templates for arcanists/mages, priests (divine spellcasters), warriors (martial classes), primal spellcasters, psionicists, and shadow spellcasters as well, so classes which aren't covered by the main class template are still included in others (including none-core classes). Niirfa-sa (talk) 00:56, September 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * As I alluded to in the Forum:Classes by edition, we are not really keeping the wiki "edition-neutral" but rather embracing all editions as valid roleplaying frameworks, separating out the differences mainly in the infoboxes and the categories. I would like to see all the missing classes you mentioned above included. A 4th edition player (which I am definitely not) would wonder why swordmage was not included in the list of classes, right? Why limit the viewer's choices to just 5th edition classes? Old timers will feel at home and youngsters who are starting with 5th edition will have the opportunity to discover something new. My 2 copper. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 01:40, September 3, 2014 (UTC)


 * That seems fair. I will consider how specifically to revise the template to include (core) 4th edition classes as well as any 1st or 2nd edition (core) classes that may have gotten left out. Niirfa-sa (talk) 05:07, September 4, 2014 (UTC)


 * Coming back to this one eight years later, would anyone mind if I add collapsible sub sections for each edition? Ruf (talk) 13:58, 21 August 2022 (UTC)