Forging the Crown: Thematic Restrictions
Over the past forty years, roleplaying character classes blossomed into a plethora of possibilities. The original Dungeons and Dragons box set, the fabled White Box, featured the Cleric, Fighter, and Magic-User. Greyhawk soon followed and introduced the Thief and Paladin. The latter, burdened with rigorous criteria until its restructuring in Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition, proved a much more powerful class. Further supplements and editions heralded the Bard, Druid, Monk