D&D 5E Challenge: Invent a PHB Class List with 6 Classes

[squibbles]

Only need 4: Magic-User, Fighter-Pwrson, Rogue, and Cleric. Everything else is a Subclass. Done.

As I've said earlier in the thread, 6 classes isn't meant to be any kind of ideal number, it's a strange place in between the 3 classes of od&d and the 12 classes of 5e. That's what makes it a "challenge."

So how would you get from the core 4 classes to 6 classes that are interesting and/or make sense to you?

 

[Jer]

Six classes: Ranger, Barbarian, Magician, Thief, Cavalier, and Acrobat.

A version of D&D without any magical healing to be sure, so it'd probably not be to everyone's taste.

 

[squibbles]

Six classes: Ranger, Barbarian, Magician, Thief, Cavalier, and Acrobat.

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A version of D&D without any magical healing to be sure, so it'd probably not be to everyone's taste.

Wow! That never occurred to me. It's a pretty good list, tbh. (and props for correcting to 'acrobat')

 

[DND_Reborn]

Six classes: Ranger, Barbarian, Magician, Thief, Cavalier, and Acrobat.

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A version of D&D without any magical healing to be sure, so it'd probably not be to everyone's taste.

Wait, wait, wait...

What a strange version of Dungeons & Dragons: the barbarian gets the animal companion instead of the ranger?

Well, at least in this version the ranger is pretty effective (at least according to the cartoon...).

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They rarely got hurt, either, so not much of a game-breaker...

 

[Jer]

They rarely got hurt, either, so not much of a game-breaker...

Their DM was more interested in puzzles and riddles than combat. Probably because he knew without a cleric he couldn't go too hard on them.

 

[niklinna]

What a strange version of Dungeons & Dragons: the barbarian gets the animal companion instead of the ranger?

Sounds like The Beastmaster. Who ever heard of a ranger running around in a loincloth, after all? He even had multiple animal companions.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Sounds like The Beastmaster. Who ever heard of a ranger running around in a loincloth, after all? He even had multiple animal companions.

Man, I loved that movie as a kid... Such cute ferrets!

 

[Crimson Terrain]

6 classes
Warrior: Barbarian, Fighter, Monk
Mage: Wizard, Sorcerer, Warlock
Rogue: Thief, Ranger, Bard
Champion: Cleric, Paladin
Druid
Artificer
Off topic- 4 classes is cleaner. Druid in champion Artificer in rogue.

 

[le Redoutable]

WYNCOT
Warrior as Str+Con
Yoghin as Dex+Con
Ninja as Str+Dex
Creator as Cha+Int
Orator as Cha+Wis
Thinker as Int+Wis

 

[Crimson Longinus]

OK, I don't think it it is an ideal number, but I'll try.

Fighter. A master of martial skill. Knight, Mercenary, Warlord, Paladin.

Rogue. Shady master of underhanded tricks. Thief, Assassin, Ruffian.

Warden. A primal warrior of the wilds. Ranger, Beastmaster, Berserker.

Theurge. One who channels spiritual powers. Cleric, Shaman, Monk

Sorcerer. Master of arcane. Magus, Warlock, Artificer

Bard. Flamboyant Jack-of-All-Trades.