Before the monolithic ‘multiclassing’ of later editions, there was AD&D’s demihuman-only Multi-Class and human-only Dual-Class (or, as it was called in 1e, “The Character With...

Motley? A feather in his cap? A hurdy-gurdy!? This guy has it all. At the final leg of our journey through the classes, we come to the bard. Another magazine hack, this class...

The boots really pull the whole outfit together. The Rogue, or Thief, comes to us from the same wellspring that brought us the Ranger and the Illusionist: nerds not paid by...

There's something vaguely Soviet about this Druid. The Priests of Specific Mythoi is one of the best innovations of 2nd Edition, at least according to the various online...

There's something vaguely Soviet about this Druid. The Priests of Specific Mythoi is one of the best innovations of 2nd Edition, at least according to the various online...

This guy is really stretching the definition of the word "bludgeoning". The Cleric is the third member of the holy trinity, created back when Arneson’s gaming group realized...

I’m going to take a moment away from hacking at the classes to mark the milestone of this blog’s one-year anniversary. (I also need an excuse for a break; the Specialist Wizard...

His chain-diamond is merely to distract you from his tufted shoes. The Illusionist debuted in the same rush of mid-70s fan-made hacks that would eventually constitute the...

How much time do you think he spends on that beard? In each group of classes, the primary class reflects its “mega-class”. Fighters are Warriors without the bells, Clerics are...

The Ranger is the only class not provided with bad art, so you get the Dúnedain. From its humble beginnings of “what if Strider was a playable class” to the current...