innerdude
Legend
For the first time in five years, I'm actually going to be playing a "D&D" game. A guy in my secondary group, who I've always promised if he ran a campaign I would join it, is running---surprise surprise---5e (the reason it's surprising is that he's usually a hardcore GURPS guy).
I've looked through the free PDF, but haven't looked at any of the actual rules since the beta Playtest Packets (Packet 2 or 3, can't remember which).
I'm leaning towards playing a barbarian, fighter, or paladin, but I'm wondering if all of you vastly more experienced 5e-ites could give me a rundown of what to avoid in character creation. I could go through the exercise myself, but all of my current system mastery is in Savage Worlds, and I'm not terribly interested in poring over my soon-to-be-arriving 5e Player's Handbook with a fine tooth comb. (Edit: Even the very idea of having to choose a "class" in an RPG now feels . . . weird after five years without it.)
To be more clear, I'm not an ultra-hardcore powergamer by any stretch. I'm not looking to optimize the living daylights out of my character. If my PC ends up being minorly sub-optimal I won't care in the least. I'm more worried about the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel options that you shouldn't ever use, more especially the ones that maybe seem cool in writing but in play end up being a waste.
I've looked through the free PDF, but haven't looked at any of the actual rules since the beta Playtest Packets (Packet 2 or 3, can't remember which).
I'm leaning towards playing a barbarian, fighter, or paladin, but I'm wondering if all of you vastly more experienced 5e-ites could give me a rundown of what to avoid in character creation. I could go through the exercise myself, but all of my current system mastery is in Savage Worlds, and I'm not terribly interested in poring over my soon-to-be-arriving 5e Player's Handbook with a fine tooth comb. (Edit: Even the very idea of having to choose a "class" in an RPG now feels . . . weird after five years without it.)
To be more clear, I'm not an ultra-hardcore powergamer by any stretch. I'm not looking to optimize the living daylights out of my character. If my PC ends up being minorly sub-optimal I won't care in the least. I'm more worried about the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel options that you shouldn't ever use, more especially the ones that maybe seem cool in writing but in play end up being a waste.