D&D General Which of these should be core classes for D&D?

[Reynard]

I am just curious what people think of as core classes. I tried to cover a wide range of archetypes but I am sure I missed your favorite, so add it in the comments.

 

[Cadence]

Paladin?

 

[Reynard]

If I were to ever create my own D&D Heartbreaker, I would go with six classes, one for each ability score: Fighter (Str), Thief (Dex), Ranger (Con), Wizard (Int), Priest (Wis) and Commander (Cha). I would use talent trees feats or whatever to differentiate characters. I would absolutely NOT do sub classes. I would rather make a game with 50 core clases than use subclasses.

 

[Reynard]

Paladin?

Oops. Lol. Tells you how often I use those or even have PCs of them in my games (unless it is that guy that ALWAYS makes the Sorcadin).

 

[RoughCoronet0]

I'd also assume that Thief is meant to be the Rogue and not something different?

 

[overgeeked]

Fighter. Wizard. Scout (as in a skill-based scout).

All other classes in D&D have always been minor variations of those three.

Priest is a divine wizard. Druid is a primal wizard. Cleric is 2/3 priest, 1/3 fighter. Paladin is 1/3 priest, 2/3 fighter. Ranger is a nature-based scout. Thief & rogue are city-based scouts. Barbarian and monk are fighter variants. Bard is fighter, magic-user, thief. Etc.

Everything else is minor variations or specializations thereof.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

• Warrior/Commander (Combat++)
• Artificer/Expert (Skill++) non-magical item user
• Mage (Magic ++) akin to the warlock

Then you have 3 other ''multiclasses'' mixing 2 of the above 3.

• Warrior Artificer = Vigilante or Assassin (trick moves, traps and concealed gadgets)
• Artificer Mage = Elementalist (elemental damage + alchemy)
• Warrior Mage = Eldritch Knight

 

[ichabod]

What do you mean by core? Like, in the main Player Handbook?

 

[Corinnguard]

Any chance we could have all of them in a book of their own for D&D?

 

[Vaalingrade]

What the heck is a Thief? Where's my Rogue?