D&D 5E All the characters in all my 5e games (edit: what about yours?)

[Ancalagon]

I was wondering, in your personal experience, what have people been playing in your games.

This does not include one-shots, non-5e D&D games, non D&D rpgs, as well as 5e games played by post. Each campaign will be described in as few words as possible, starting with the GM. Several of these campaigns have more PCs than players due to PC death or people leaving the game or joining late. NPCs (henchmen etc) are not included.

Me (Yoon Suin campaign level 2-8):
Paladin (ancient)
Barbarian (bezerk)
fighter/warlock (battlemaster/fey)
warlock (GOO then homebrewed dragon)
cleric (light)
monk (open hand)
Monk (drunken master)

Soijiru - Icespire Peak (level 1-6, didn't do the final fight):
Monk (kensei) me
Rogue (arcane trickster?)
Fighter (battlemaster)
Druid (land artic)

Me (Lady's Mirror, a level 6 adventure)
Fighter (rune knight)
Druid (shepherd)
Cleric (twilight)
Wizard (bladesigner)
Druid (land artic)

Trappy (Storm King's Thunder, level 5-10)
paladin (glory)
wizard (enchantment)
monk (shadow)
barb/fighter (wild magic/?)
rogue/sorc (for a while a dragon sorcerer)
fighter (psi warrior then rune knight) me
ranger (hunter)

Trappy 2 (homebrewed time travel/space game, level 1-8)
barb (zealot)
fighter (half orc battlemaster?)
artif (artillerist s)
warlock (fathomless, a robot) me
druid (star)
paladin (watcher)

Me (Gates of Firestorm Peak, a 2nd ed adventure I converted, level 5-7)
Cleric (light)
Druid (moon)
Pal (watcher)
Artif (battlesmith)

Me (Drakkenheim, new-ish, level 3-4, ongoing)
Ranger (swarmskeeper)
Rogue (arcane trickster)
Druid (spore)
Artif (armorer)
Fighter (battlemaster)

Trappy 3 (homebrewed, a new game, level 1, ongoing)
Bard
Wiz me
Fighter
Ranger

Gyt (Drakenheim game, new, level 3, ongoing)
rogue (psi)
cleric (forge)
artif (alchemist - for now) me
wizard (chronurgy)
ranger (swarmskeeper)

 

[Horwath]

Had 14 Constitution.

 

[Ancalagon]

I had internet problems last night and I wasn't able to post the follow up I wanted - which was a synthesis of the data. I should note that this covers 3 different groups of players/GM, with me being the common denominator

Total number of PCs: 47

Class breakdown: (multi class counts as "half")
Artificer 4
Barbarian 2.5
Bard: 1
Cleric 4
Druid 6
Fighter 5.5
Monk 4
Paladin 4
Ranger 4
Rogue 3.5
Sorcerer 0.5
Warlock 2.5
Wizard 4

So now a few conclusions from my data and experience:

• Fighters and druids are the most popular, sorcerers and bards the least.
• Most classes are roughly equality popular
• Is this data representative? I don't know, but I've played in a lot of game. If we conclude that it is not big enough of a sample to be representative, I would posit that most people's experience is not representative either.
• No game went beyond 10th level
• Player skill has a huge impact on PC effectiveness, moreso than the class/subclass
• Party composition has a big impact on effectiveness - in particular, the combo of a twilight cleric and a summoner is massive.
• The game/GM also has a big impact. In our SKT's game we had a "burly" party for most of the campaign, and... well doing lost of damage is great vs giants, but it's not like low HP is a weakness of the giants...
• Smart RP and tactics are very important - in the same game, we talked our way out of some battles, which is worth more than any DPR build...
• Monks can be fun and effective, or terrible, depending on the player and the game.

 

[el-remmen]

That's a lot of games.

I have only done two 5E games so far (both still ongoing)

Alston & His Big Folk (Ghosts of Saltmarsh + Other Stuff )
Gnome Bard (Valor)/Wizard (Diviner)
Orc-Born Barbarian (Berserker) / Fighter (will probably go Champion)
Human Druid (Circle of the Land: Swamp)
Tiefling Ranger (Hunter) / Sorcerer (Wild Magic)

The Revenants (Ghosts of Saltmarsh + Other Stuff )
Human Paladin (Devotion)
Fey-Touched* Bard (Lore)
Dwarf Fighter (Eldritch Knight) / Wizard (Abjurer)
Gnome Ranger (Hunter) / Rogue (NPC)


* basically a half-elf

 

[MNblockhead]

The Heros of Calaelen (Rappan Athuk, 5e)

Ghostwise Halfling Rogue/Mastermind (Level 17)
Rock Gnome Wizard/School of Divination (Level 18)
Eladerin Elf Cleric/Life Domain (Level 18)
Worg Weretiger Fighter/Monster Hunter (Level 17) [it's a long story ]
Half-elf Paladin 6 (Oath of Devotion)/Sorcerer 9 (Shadow Magic)
Human Warlock/Hexblade (level 15, backup character played by player when his wizard is off on long downtime activities)

 

[Faolyn]

Current characters:

Tiefling rogue swashbuckler 6/fighter 1
Kalashtar psi knight fighter 4
Firbolg dao-pact warlock 4
Plasmoid artificer 1 (still need to level them up to whatever level the Spelljammer game starts at)

 

[Seramus]

Had 14 Constitution.

12 Constitution once, but never any lower!

 

[Scott Christian]

I was wondering, in your personal experience, what have people been playing in your games.

This does not include one-shots, non-5e D&D games, non D&D rpgs, as well as 5e games played by post. Each campaign will be described in as few words as possible, starting with the GM. Several of these campaigns have more PCs than players due to PC death or people leaving the game or joining late. NPCs (henchmen etc) are not included.

Me (Yoon Suin campaign level 2-8):
Paladin (ancient)
Barbarian (bezerk)
fighter/warlock (battlemaster/fey)
warlock (GOO then homebrewed dragon)
cleric (light)
monk (open hand)
Monk (drunken master)

Soijiru - Icespire Peak (level 1-6, didn't do the final fight):
Monk (kensei) me
Rogue (arcane trickster?)
Fighter (battlemaster)
Druid (land artic)

Me (Lady's Mirror, a level 6 adventure)
Fighter (rune knight)
Druid (shepherd)
Cleric (twilight)
Wizard (bladesigner)
Druid (land artic)

Trappy (Storm King's Thunder, level 5-10)
paladin (glory)
wizard (enchantment)
monk (shadow)
barb/fighter (wild magic/?)
rogue/sorc (for a while a dragon sorcerer)
fighter (psi warrior then rune knight) me
ranger (hunter)

Trappy 2 (homebrewed time travel/space game, level 1-8)
barb (zealot)
fighter (half orc battlemaster?)
artif (artillerist s)
warlock (fathomless, a robot) me
druid (star)
paladin (watcher)

Me (Gates of Firestorm Peak, a 2nd ed adventure I converted, level 5-7)
Cleric (light)
Druid (moon)
Pal (watcher)
Artif (battlesmith)

Me (Drakkenheim, new-ish, level 3-4)
Ranger (swarmskeeper)
Rogue (arcane trickster)
Druid (spore)
Artif (armorer)
Fighter (battlemaster)

Trappy 3 (homebrewed, a new game, level 1)
Bard
Wiz me
Fighter
Ranger

Gyt (Drakenheim game, new, level 3)
rogue (psi)
cleric (forge)
artif (alchemist - for now) me
wizard (chronurgy)
ranger (swarmskeeper)

Great collection of groups. If you remember, I am curious as to the timeline (like which was first, second, third, etc? And what were the races played?

 

[Ancalagon]

Great collection of groups. If you remember, I am curious as to the timeline (like which was first, second, third, etc? And what were the races played?

races I didn't list because I don't remember a number of them, I wish I could have.

The campaigns are listed in the rough order than they were played, as I am in more than one group there is some overlap. I'm going to edit to show what is current.

 

[Hussar]

12 Constitution once, but never any lower!

Had a blast with an 8 Con Ranger in a Ravenloft campaign.