Template talk:Infobox D&D character class

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Usage[edit]

{{Infobox D&D creature
 |name=
 |alignment=
 |source=
 |first=
 |mythical=
 |based=
 |wizards_image_URL=
 |OGL_stats_URL=
}}

name=Name of character class
alignment=mandatory alignment
source=Current source of information on the character class (please mention version)
first=First book or module the character class appeared in
mythical=Mythical origins, if any
based=what the character class is based on, if not mythical
wizards_image_URL=web address of a page at Wizards.com that has an image of the character class
OGL_stats_URL=web address of an Open Gaming License page that has the statistics of the character class

All the fields are optional except name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peregrine Fisher (talk • contribs)

Revision[edit]

I've added three parameters: editions, power (for power source) and role. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 23:17, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added additional parameters to more cleanly separate editions as a standard / core class from editions as an alternate class, and to more cleanly present information on classes with both primary and secondary roles. There's probably a cleaner way to do it with ParserFunctions, however I'm not familiar with them or with Template:Infobox. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 07:20, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Thumperward. I've reduced the size of the as a standard class and as an alternate class labels. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 02:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roles and power sources[edit]

Being that these only ever really applied to one edition that was only really supported for a period of 4 years out of the 41 year history of D&D, and that that's not the most recent edition, isn't the inclusion of these as the first things in the infobox after the class name a little bit WP:UNDUE? All things considered the info is unneeded, and a bit too much game mechanics for the infobox. I'm going to comment them out for now. oknazevad (talk) 05:21, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Totally agreed. 50.141.204.194 (talk) 11:21, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]