I agree with most of what you said Joe.  I too think that the seccond 
Character class "possibility" is too much like AD&D and way too much like 
magic...for my personal comfort anyway.
  Perhaps you could (or someone else since you are so busy with your job  :) 
decide on some guidelines for creation in the DR world view.  What I mean is 
it is hard for people in general to see DR as a tool to teach Christ 
sometimes.  It can get lost as the main point in all of the revisions and 
editions and discussions and so on.  Perhaps a short reminder list could be 
published, via e-memo,  that although having fun and being creative is an 
important factor...the point is not just to teach principles....but to show 
the way to (and of) the Risen Lord.  Just a suggestion.

Wind to thy wings
Winter