Classes you play the most
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Invisible Stalker
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1. wizard
2. paladin
3. cleric
I stay with the same classes, stay far away from the fighters and rogues and never multiclass
2. paladin
3. cleric
I stay with the same classes, stay far away from the fighters and rogues and never multiclass
Yora
Legend
Really interesting, how this turned out. My assumption that Wizard, Rogue, Fighter, Ranger are the "big four" was supported, and Cleric on fifth place isn't that much of a suprise either.
But Paladin at 6th? That really suprises me. I assumed the class is even more despised than monks or warlocks.
But Paladin at 6th? That really suprises me. I assumed the class is even more despised than monks or warlocks.
KesselZero
First Post
I think there's a dedicated group of people who will pretty much always play a paladin or something like it. I think the venn diagram would include this circle overlapping with the dudes who are really into knowing setting histories circle and the rules lawyers circle, but that may just be my experience.
I'm putting together a paladin for a game I'm joining and I'm actually pretty excited about it. Smashing faces for Pelor sounds fun, and I'm planning on playing him against type (i.e. not all holier-than-thou) which is always a hoot.
S
Sunseeker
Guest
Generally I go with fighters/paladins, depending on the edition. I do like rogues but don't play them as much.
JohnSnow
Hero
For me, it's:
1) Ranger
2) Fighter
3) Rogue
4) Bard
Ranger has always been my favorite, for the combination of archery, lore, woodcraft and skilled combatant. I also tend to like the questing knight archetype, but I've usually tended to do it as a fighter rather than a straight paladin.
But sometimes, I like playing the scoundrel. And for that, rogue and bard fit the bill perfectly.
1) Ranger
2) Fighter
3) Rogue
4) Bard
Ranger has always been my favorite, for the combination of archery, lore, woodcraft and skilled combatant. I also tend to like the questing knight archetype, but I've usually tended to do it as a fighter rather than a straight paladin.
But sometimes, I like playing the scoundrel. And for that, rogue and bard fit the bill perfectly.
I think the poll shows a clear Top 1 (>50%, wizard), Top 3 (>40%, rogue, fighter), Top 5 (>30%, ranger, cleric) and Top 8 (>20%, paladin, sorcerer, bard). The rest are lumped below 15% without clear structure.
Nothing very surprising, although it suggest either three or five "core" classes instead of the more common four. I wouldn't have been surprised if paladin was even more commonly played.
Interestingly, you get four spellcasters and four no/low magic characters in top 8. That would be a good basis for a PHB if they didn't need a bazillion classes to make everyone happy. Oh, well...
Tony Vargas
Legend
I notice it skews towards the most venerable classes. I've played Warlords a lot in 4e, but played a lot more characters in the decades before 4e came out than I'll ever get to play in 4e, so have played wizards (magic users), fighters, and clerics a lot more than newer classes.
Steely_Dan
First Post
I always seem to be the DM, but when I've gotten a chance to be a player, I go for Monk first (I also like Assassin, Bard, and Ranger).
GnomeWorks
Adventurer
Characters I play tend to fall in one of three categories: (1) in-combat support, (2) non-combat skills, or (3) self-sufficient.
By far, the class I play most are rogues. I don't play them for the scoundrel bit, but typically because they're the class with the most access to abilities useful outside of combat.
Second-most are rangers and druids. I'm not a nature person, but I enjoy the self-sufficiency aspect of rangers (flavor-wise, not necessarily mechanically), and druids are interesting to me in that they have a wide range of spells and abilities. Again, both classes tend to have abilities that are useful outside of combat. The fact that I hate playing clerics made the druid my go-to class when I was put in the healer spot in 3.5 games.
Bards and warlords are fun because of the support aspect. I like the idea of playing a character whose main shtick is specifically to make everybody else better. I've played a smattering of artificers, as well, for much the same reason.
I also enjoy playing psionic characters - don't know why, just always liked the idea. I've rarely played a character whose sole shtick was psionics, though; one of my favorite characters is a noble with a few levels in a psionic class.
I'm pretty sure I've played at least one character of any class on the list, except maybe barbarian, just to give them all a try. Those five (six, if you count artificer) are definitely higher on the playcount, though.
By far, the class I play most are rogues. I don't play them for the scoundrel bit, but typically because they're the class with the most access to abilities useful outside of combat.
Second-most are rangers and druids. I'm not a nature person, but I enjoy the self-sufficiency aspect of rangers (flavor-wise, not necessarily mechanically), and druids are interesting to me in that they have a wide range of spells and abilities. Again, both classes tend to have abilities that are useful outside of combat. The fact that I hate playing clerics made the druid my go-to class when I was put in the healer spot in 3.5 games.
Bards and warlords are fun because of the support aspect. I like the idea of playing a character whose main shtick is specifically to make everybody else better. I've played a smattering of artificers, as well, for much the same reason.
I also enjoy playing psionic characters - don't know why, just always liked the idea. I've rarely played a character whose sole shtick was psionics, though; one of my favorite characters is a noble with a few levels in a psionic class.
I'm pretty sure I've played at least one character of any class on the list, except maybe barbarian, just to give them all a try. Those five (six, if you count artificer) are definitely higher on the playcount, though.
