D&D General Lamest D&D classes all time

[Acolyte of Zothique]

Sadly, I cannot vote because you failed to list the Bard...the lamest D&D class ever. Sigh...

If you are talking about the 5e Bard then Sam Riegel from Critical Role would like to talk to you.

The 5e Bard is one of the most versatile and influential D&D classes I've laid eyes on.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Sacrosanct]

If anyone is curious to the jester class:

 

[atanakar]

If you are talking about the 5e Bard then Sam Riegel from Critical Role would like to talk to you.

The 5e Bard is one of the most versatile and influential D&D classes I've laid eyes on.

He is probably talking about the AD&D 1e bard.

 

[DND_Reborn]

If you are talking about the 5e Bard then Sam Riegel from Critical Role would like to talk to you.

The 5e Bard is one of the most versatile and influential D&D classes I've laid eyes on.

Yes, I am. Don't know who that is, as the one episode of CR I watched I was either bored or laughing at how they played.

The 5e Bard is pretty much useless, at least in how we play. Others love it, but yeah---um---no, IMO lamest.

But hey, what is a thread for if not to disagree.

He is probably talking about the AD&D 1e bard.

Nope. LOVED the 1e Bard (totally not lame!), but it was darn hard to do and I've only seen them played to fruition twice in the 20+ years I played 1e.

Now that we're all on the same page, I've said my peace and other can have fun disagreeing if they wish. It's all just opinion (yours, mine, whoever's), folks.

 

[DwarfHammer]

Some of these worst options I found great. Oh well.

 

[CleverNickName]

All joking aside, some of these would make excellent Backgrounds and/or Feats.

EDIT:

Aren’t some of these kits instead of full blown classes? I seem to remember some of those from the Complete Books of Whatever.

Yes. many are kits, rather than classes.

Ah. Well that explains it.

 

[slobster]

I came at this one from the angle of: assume you were playing a 1-shot comedy session where you randomly rolled your character class. Which one would i least want to roll up?

Turns out I think it would at least be funny to RP most of these for the duration of a short session. Some of these are So Bad They're Awesome, like the Ghetto Fighter or the Mine Rowdy. Some would just be ridiculous enough that I can imagine how I'd play them for comedy, like the Unicorn Rider or the Beggar.

For most of the classes I can get a quick mental image of what I'd do to play one in a dumb fun one-shot. But I have no idea what the Rapid Response Rider is, and looking it up makes it sound even more dull and generic, and not even in a way that lets me mine it for ridiculousness. It's straightforwardly boring, and that's a much bigger sin to me than being distinctly ridiculous. So that's my vote!

 

[Worrgrendel]

never underestimate the power of a Bard!

 

[CleverNickName]

EDIT: Drat, ninja'd by @Worrgrendel .

EDIT EDIT: This one is much better. I feel it really captures the essence of what it's truly like to play a Bard.