Hey, in an attempt to foster more discussion and to try and get this community growing, I am writing a discussion post to get ideas out. (While these conversations have happened elsewhere, we haven’t had them on Lemmy yet!)
As such what is your favorite DnD class? If possible, share any reasons why, and cool stories that help highlight your point.
Also as an added bonus I personally would love to hear about your favorite homebrew class. So if you got one feel free to share as well.
Dwarf cleric, because I’m a tallish Atheist. Also you get to smite people.
While it used to be arcane trickster rogue, I recently played a Paladin and was amazed by the power of smite.
Monk/barbarian multiclass. So much fun to get angry and punch people until they’re paste.
Fighter. I know its vanilla. I just enjoy not having to deal with spell mechanics. Also I’m able to make my characters unique enough with role playing.
Bard without stereotypes. Because I love the roleplaying aspect of the game. And I can pretty much help my friends easily
Warlock. The built in flavor is amazing and allows easy roleplay options and background story tie ins even for new players and new GMs.
Also I enjoy Charisma based classes since it opens up social skills and I enjoy being the face role for the group.
Lastly the invocations allow for fun customization options. And some spell casting without being reliant on long rest is also cool.
Monk. I have a long standing love for monks.
I have been stuck in the DM role in the past few campaigns I’ve played, so I guess I enjoy that role 😅
Multiclassing is it for me. Monk/sorcerer, paladin/bard, fighter/literally anything.
If I had to pick a single class, I think that is Druid. They are so versatile.
Not a favorite class, but class archetype instead: half/third caster.
There is just something special when you don’t have all those flashy, powerful spells available but still gain a giant amount of versatility that martial are missing.
Probably a result of my DM loving either gritty realism and lots of fighting. There is barely a non-0 chance for a full aster to finish a day/week with any decent spells lots left.
I love sorcerers! Sorcery points make things flexible and fun.
Very long time player here. Started with AD&D 1st edition in 1978.
For many years, I loved the Thief. 1st and 2nd edition because of their abilities and skills.
3 and 3.5ed it was the feats and skills a Rogue can use. Made a character that was absolutely devastating at range with a long bow.
Never actually played 4th. Was busy getting married and having two kids when it came out.
In 5e, I actually like the Paladin and Cleric. Currently playing a Fairy Peace Domain Cleric and he’s a lot of fun. Funny enough, I have yet to play a Rogue in 5e.
I’m a sucker for gish characters, but also kind of bored with the 5e options. I tend to blend a martial and a caster. Right now I’m running shadow monk and blade singer, loving it so far.
I’ve always loved Rangers. Mechanically they have good skills, some spells, and they can be built into great range or melee fighters depending on how the story goes. Stylistically, a woodsy loner is just fun to play. It was great to see 5e altered some of their awful class features to make them playable again.
I love playing a bard - it allows me to excel in social and stealth situations, gives a lot of utility magic and their overall versatility is really appealing.
I also like multiclassing bard with warlock to get a little combat oomph with eldritch blast and invocations!
