What class do you wind up playing and why?

[Sariel Vailo]

Its an odd question but one i always have deep thoughts about.
I always played things that were not bards but acted bardly. I am just the walking descriptive of bard

Is their anyone else who's real personality drew them towards a specific class.

[Lunali]

Rogue, always sneaking around, usually getting proficiency in thieves' tools.

[LordNibbler]

I like to play paladins. They are the anchor of the party, effective at contributing to damage output but protective of their comrades. Plus, with that high charisma score, I get to flash an inspirational smile as I run into an against-all-odds battle.

[Beckett]

Usually Clerics, but generally speaking most Divine Classes. Being both religious and a Combat Medic, the basic divine warrior/healer concept appeals to me in play.

An old Dragonlance line kind of spelled it out for me, talking about the first good Cleric to return after the Cataclysm, fighting side by side with the knights, mace in one hand and faith in the other, unlike the fakes they had been used to.

Its also a class not a lot of people like to play and most often vacent, so often welcome on any party.

[Dr. Cliché]

Warlocks and Rouges are probably my go-to classes.

I like the flavour and powers of the Warlock, along with the customisation options available.

With Rogue, I love the skills, the mobility of Cunning Action, as well as the general flavour. I'm almost always an Arcane Trickster because I love having some extra utility options.

[Jophiel]

I've always been drawn to support classes in both tabletop RPGs and computer games. Stuff that acts as a force multiplier for the group. Sure, you guys may get your thrills from double-attacking crits but some of us like saying "Hey, don't forget you have +2 and Advantage" :smalltongue:

In 5e, that's so far meant bard, cleric and I'm trying a Dream Druid (level 2) and a Divine Soul sorcerer (new game in a week).

[Rfkannen]

I feel like no matter what is says on my sheet, ranger, warlock, fighter, I still wind up playing a paladin in rp lol. I like to play people very dedicated to something.

[NaughtyTiger]

Nature-y characters.
Druid, ranger, nature cleric, Ancients Pally

deeply unsatisfied if i stray

[Dualswinger]

I usually end up playing the wizard, especially a support wizard rather than a dedicated blaster. I like the feel of being a roadie for my party rather than ever taking the spotlight myself.

[CTurbo]

No matter what I play, I always value toughness more than most. I value AC and Con

[Solusek]

I've played pretty much everything at some point. I really like spells and versatility, though, so my favorite characters tend to be spell casters.

[JellyPooga]

Up until 5ed I always gravitated toward Rogues and Thieves because they felt the most well-rounded "adventurer" type characters. Other Classes were too specialised in their chosen fieldn whether it be combat, spellcasting or whatever, but Rogues had combat, skills, use of magic (items)...they felt best prepared for the widest variety of situations to me.

In 5ed, I'm definitely moving toward Bards though; previously they were most certainly jack-of-all but rubbish-at-all with it. In 5edn they only really fall down on direct damage and even then they can compensate for that with the right choices.

[Amemnon91]

I like playing gishes/battlemages. The versatility of having another melee in the party plus caster support so the main tank and wizard (or sorcerer, cleric, depending on the gish build) aren't too overwhelmed and if built right you actually CAN be the main tank or caster.

Easy second choice would be a full caster. Because, you know...
*inset UNLIMITED POWER! gif here*

[Callak_Remier]

A Wizard i always want to be that guy the people turn too when Insane World bending things are happening. Also there are so many Roleplay opportunities just from the Spell list alone.

Planar binding, Infernal Calling, magic Jar Imprisonment. Astral projection, Plane shift

[Chijinda]

I tend to favour durable, tanks classes. It’s always encouraging that I don’t need to fear an errant attack from the enemy I didn’t see, and I enjoy being able to protect the party members. Love being able to see a character in trouble be able to step in the way and say “you gotta go through me first.”

As a result I’m partial to Fighters, Druids and Paladins. Anything that can take a hit and keep on rolling

[ZorroGames]

Fighter or Ranger or PJ type Combat Cleric. Ex USAF medic and stint USAR supply/armorer in a Basic Training reserve unit. Dead goes keep my guys/gals alive.

Also Wizards (play as Heavy Weapons) or Wiz/Cleric dip or Wiz/Fighter dip, also trying out Bard MC with martial dip.

[stoutstien]

The man with the plan. Regardless to what class I play, I'm always the one it comes up with the plans or combined everybody else's ideas into a Symphony of Destruction.

[Moredhel24]

Rogue or Warlock. Rogues (thief) cause i enjoy being a sneaky bastard/skill monkey with various (nonmangical) tricks up his sleeve. Generally don't like spellcasters (too much bookkeeping, see magic as a cop out solution to problems) but enjoy the flavor, customization/modular nature, and tactical spell use of the warlock. Also 5e is the 1st time I've ever wanted to play a fighter due to it finally being a viable/competitive class (I don't count 4e's attempt) and like the warlock are very modular in nature (martial archetypes).

[Kane0]

Usually warlock, fighter the rest of the time. I've played most classes though, for variety's sake.

[Stygofthedump]

I just can’t get away from charisma classes, often with noble background. I like to strive to unite the team and keep them focused on a goal. This works with all cha classes, currently noble dragon sorc support with twin and subtle.

[BoxANT]

must have owl familiar

[ZenBear]

Always a tank. I’ve tried being a squishy caster or Rogue, but it always grates against my every instinct to hang back from the front line. My first and most commonly played class is Paladin, followed by Cleric and then Fighter. I like magic, and I especially like healing and buffing magic, but since deconverting from religion I find playing a religious character distasteful. I’m partial to Psionics, but I’ve never found a system that did it well.

[KorvinStarmast]

Re: What class do you wind up playing and why?. I play whatever class is needed to flesh out the party: I fill gaps.

[Finback]

I tend to gravitate to the fighter/paladin style, but mostly because I see the other players want to be the wizards, bards, rogues, etc. and decide to fill that party gap.

[kamap]

I work on a background and see what would fit.
Its mostly a combination of classes though. Warlock does feature heavily in my latest backgrounds and builds.
Sorlock, roguelock, warladin. I've also got a sorcadin in the works.
I've played every class besides barbarian.
I do gravitate towards casters more though.

[DarkKnightJin]

I gravitate towards characters that have a 'magic knight' flavor to them, but I also enjoy being a tank and being on the front line.

The 2 characters I'm getting to play at 2 different tables are a Fighter 1/Death Cleric 5, and an EK 4/Warlock 1.

Both are effectively that party tanks, and I enjoy playing either of those characters.

I kinda want to try playing a more caster focused character sometime, like a Wizard or a Bard. Possibly a non-heavy armor domain Cleric. Probably Arcana or Light, and see how well I can torch things from the mid/backline.

[hymer]

I don't think it's going to be a shock to anyone that I play druids as often as not. I like to be able to do a little of everything, and shapeshifting tickles my fancy something awful.

Other than that, I'd like to play a rogue sometime. But it's usually picked by someone else, and two rogues in a party is usually superfluous. Whereas you can't have too many druids, obviously. I like the lightly-armoured, evasion/stealth/cunning-based style of the rogue.

[Asmotherion]

In all games, even non D&D ones, I play Arcane Spellcasters. I like being a Gish now and then, but I can't stand being a non-caster in a Fantasy setting... and I find it boring to RP something with no magical abilities, which is kinda the reason I started role playing to begin with.

[WeaselGuy]

In 3.5e, I was most often a Ranger of some sort, usually multiclassed and prestige classed all over the place. It's just such a great chassis for multi-classing, good weapon and armor proficiencies, great skill selections, solid HD and BAB, and some pretty good ACFs. If I wasn't a Ranger, then I was probably a Rogue.

I played a single 4e campaign, in which I was a Ranger. It was short-lived.

In 5e, I've played 2 Warlocks and a Rogue. Both Warlocks have been Blade-locks, the first one was Fiend Pact, the current one is Hexblade. The Rogue was a Swashbuckler.

[Oramac]

I play whatever class is needed to flesh out the party: I fill gaps.

This.

When I do actually get to choose my own class, it's almost always some guy swinging a big ass two handed weapon. Paladins mostly, but also barbarian or fighter; or even a Hexblade with a greatsword.

[Karnitis]

I tend to always be the buffer. I don't know if its a self-esteem thing, but I hate being 100% required in a party so if I mess up we get ripped. So I've done a variety (pally/cleric/arcane trickster) but usually I am the support/background attacker.

[Man_Over_Game]

Weirdly enough, I've always been a goody-two-shoes character in vidya games, supporting and healing and buffing and making sure everyone is getting the most optimized equipment for all of their roles and all that garbage.

But when it comes to DnD, I keep finding myself going with the dirtbag rogue who never offers anything that could be worth a few more silver.

I always encounter a group that has too many nice people, and I always think to my self "Oh, you know what this group is missing? A total D-Bag! I can do that!".

Theft and espionage has no limit in 5E, but how often is a Paladin's Sense Evil ability gonna be useful? Go ahead and barter to get your room half off, while I get us enough gold for 5. Maybe it's the DM's I end up playing with, but so far, crime does pay. Very well, in fact.

[RickAsWritten]

I gravitate toward Wisdom based characters(Cleric and Druid), but I always end up role-playing them as shady, morally ambiguous-types, and/or the face of the group. Then the DM tells me to roll Deception, and I roll a zero.

[Man_Over_Game]

I gravitate toward Wisdom based characters(Cleric and Druid), but I always end up role-playing them as shady, morally ambiguous-types, and/or the face of the group. Then the DM tells me to roll Deception, and I roll a zero.

Um...Have you ever just thought about rolling a Paladin or Bard? College of Whispers or Oath of Conquest would be right up your alley.

Or a Magic Initiate (Druid) Inquisitive Rogue (grabbing Shillelagh + Magic Stone). You'd be a mostly martial class that could do perfectly fine getting sneak attacks while stacking wisdom.

[RickAsWritten]

Um...Have you ever just thought about rolling a Paladin or Bard? College of Whispers or Oath of Conquest would be right up your alley.

Bard, yes. I enjoyed it, but the low levels are capital-R Rough. Paladin...nope, never, you can't make me. Maybe it's because I play mostly AL and every table has 37 Paladins that never stop gushing about how strong the class is, or maybe it's because I still want to typecast them as the Lawful Stupid type; but I just can't seem to get into 'em. Am I a D&D hipster if I don't like Paladins because everyone else does? Crap lol.

[RickAsWritten]

Or a Magic Initiate (Druid) Inquisitive Rogue (grabbing Shillelagh + Magic Stone). You'd be a mostly martial class that could do perfectly fine getting sneak attacks while stacking wisdom.

I think I'm going to do that for Eberron, but as a Kalashtar so I have advantage on all Insight checks. Probably just dip Nature Cleric instead of Magic Initiate.

[Ortho]

I tend to lean towards Fighter. I enjoy being able to take damage without fear of dying in one hit.

[GlenSmash!]

Barbarians, Rangers, and Fighters.

My go to concept is always Wilderness Warrior.

[Anonymouswizard]

Let's see. My characters are generally intellectuals, personable, and really lacking in common sense. As in 16 INT, 16 CHA, 8 WIS types.

So my primary classes are, in rough order, Wizards, Bards, and Warlocks, with the latter two becoming more common as I desire to deal with smaller spell lists as I get older.

Wizards appeal to the academic and engineer in me, the idea that knowledge and the ability to use it directly equal power. Plus they usually have a versatile toolset, allowing me to specialise in the areas I want to.

Bards appeal much more to my performer aspect, but a decent number of my bards are still academics (especially in 5e). I see them as more about the versatility of knowledge than the raw power, the idea that the more things you know about the more things you can affect. Plus they always have a variety of tricks that can build the character you want.

Warlocks are a very different thing. They represent the lure of forbidden knowledge, the question of if ignorance can be a good thing, and the use of unorthodox techniques by those without access to proper education. Compared to my wizards and bards my warlocks tend to have come from humble or imporivised backgrounds, and been driven to make a pact by necessity or greed. One of my favourites is somebody recruited to be an agent* in return for not starving on the streets when they're young or being saved from a battlefield death, they'll typically disappear somewhere while they're trained after making the pact so they'll actually be useful.

* The idea being that subtly interacting with the world is more important to many Outsiders than one more soul. Especially fey and GOOs.

[Sariel Vailo]

Im verry happybto hear the decisions made are made either out of gap filling or love of concept. Thanks if you want to keep sharing go at it.

[Waterdeep Merch]

Paladin, more often than not, because it meshes with my personality.

Wizard/utility caster ends up a close second, because it meshes with my tactical foresight, creativity, and deeper understanding of the game's mechanics.

Clerics for buffing/healing as a distant third, because I like supporting the party and will do it if no one else wants to.

Rogue/skill monkey as an extremely distant fourth, as something I always like playing (my second favorite class after paladin!) but find that newbies and disruptive players jump at it first. I'm only a bit salty about it, can't you tell?

The only classes I've never played are druids, monks, and warlocks. I've just never been in a situation where I wouldn't prefer to be another class. It's purely a roleplaying thing, not a ding against their mechanics (I mean, I've played rangers and sorcerers before).

[dmteeter]

I almost always play Bard in 5th edition. I love playing the uber charismatic party face who can do a little bit of everything and always seems to have the answer for every problem. Also bards get all the ladies!!!

However lately i've been trying out some of the other classes and i find that i really enjoy playing the insanely smart wizard who has no idea how to handle any form of social situation and gets really nervous around people.

Played a half orc barbarian named Grunt* Snort* Whistle* ( I made the sounds when i introduced myself). He was Big, Dumb and Jolly and often blurted out outrageously horrible ideas anytime we were faced with a problem.

I've tried most classes except druid and found that i can enjoy any of them as long as i give my character some kind of outlandish characteristic i can role play.

The only class i don't really enjoy is monk.

[Cinna]

I love playing the bull-headed, front-line cleric. Over time, my preferences have shifted from fighter/barbarian types to nuking wizards, to utility wizards, back up to front-line clerics. I find the drama and danger of the front line to be a lot of fun, but I really like being able to help everyone else do their thing. I'd rather be surprised by everyone else's fun plans than hog the spotlight. That being said, I'm not above adding in a little drama.

I remember recently we were ten minutes into discussing what a glowing rune on a dungeon wall could mean, if it was a trap, if it would damage us, if anyone could use an ability to find out, etc, and my impulsive, low INT cleric just walked up and tapped the rune with her mace. Immediate TPK from the entire party being launched from that trap into another one down the hall, with the only saving grace being an uninhabited dungeon and some good death saving throws pulling everyone back from unconsciousness over a few hours. But now everyone gets real excited about taking the spotlight away from the cleric when she volunteers to handle any difficult task herself.

[Finger6842]

Bard because they can fill any roll (outside tank) needed by the party, though oddly I don't like being the face.

[Oramac]

I almost always play Bard in 5th edition. I love playing the uber charismatic party face who can do a little bit of everything and always seems to have the answer for every problem. Also bards get all the ladies!!!


Bard because they can fill any roll (outside tank) needed by the party, though oddly I don't like being the face.

Yes! Also, Bards are the only class that get the single most awesome spell in the entire ****ing game: Vicious Mockery!