It looks like WotC has decided its website needs some more filler; they’ve taken it upon themselves to re-explain some character classes in a new series “Character Classes.” Unlike the mind-numbing depth and breadth of the Rules of the Game, These articles are brief and to the point, covering a handful of points about each class.

The Fighter article offers a rather narrow look at the Fighter-as-armored-lunk, treating ranged combat as an afterthought and largely ignoring the flexibility inherent in the Fighter class. The Rogue article does a better job of showing flexibility, but then with the high number of skill points and available class skills, the Rogue is more obviously versatile.

Overall, it reminds me that the articles I started out with a couple of years ago weren’t an entire waste of diskspace, including my looks at parties built around particular classes. I should probably go back through and make ones for the Iron Kingdoms classes of Arcane Mechanik, Bodger, and Gunmage.