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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1773497" data-attributes="member: 1465">Let's see...Barbarian: 1Gameplay: only Rage requires some player's decision, the rest is staticRoleplay: easy to fall to cliche's, but otherwise no problemDevelopment: every class feature is fixed, and skills are straightforward; you usually choose simple combat featsFighter: 1Gameplay: if you choose passive feats it's terribly easy, it could get quite complex if you follow different active feat paths which open up different combat tactics, however the tactic choices are not many more than the other classesRoleplay: no restrictions of any sortDevelopment: you only choose feats, and the only care needed is about not starting a feat path and change your mind laterPaladin: 1Gameplay: very few tricks to use, and very few and easy spells per day; only at very high level spellcasting may require some more complex tacticRoleplay: in theory it could be the most difficult class to roleplay; in practice it always ends up being the class for newbiesDevelopment: nothing to choose at all, and usually feats are chosen among the combat onesMonk: 2Gameplay: most of the features are passive, you have some limited choices about flurry, grapple/stun, disarm/trip, and a couple of very high-level abilitiesRoleplay: if you follow a code of conduct it could become interesting, but IMXP players don't choose one for monksDevelopment: class features are almost fixed (you only have 50% choice 3 times with bonus feats), the skill list offers instead quite a good array of options; there is no no-brainer feat choiceCleric: 2Gameplay: spells are always very versatile and therefore require a lot of care; however most of the time the cleric is just healing the party, and even if the spell list is huge many spells do basically the same thing at different degrees; spontaneous healing makes spell preparation a lot easier; turn undead is very straightforward (you use it when there are undead, don't you?); only some domains offer an active abilityRoleplay: in theory this is the class with greatest RP possibilities; however it is often played as a maniac of a single ideaDevelopment: once the choice of deity and domains is done, you only need to choose which aspect of your character you want to improve with feats, and there are quite some possibilitiesDruid: 2Gameplay: spells are more diverse than the cleric ones, and there's no spontaneous healing to help; wildshape is very useful and versatile, and requires some serious bookkeeping; animal companion (unless used as mere cannon fodder) adds more complexityRoleplay: normally limited to some eco-issues very easy to handleDevelopment: no special feature to choose, straightforward skills; many possible thing to improve with featsRanger: 2Gameplay: not very very special abilities to require attention, but spellcasting is somewhat diverse and preparation can involve some thinking; combat is slightly more difficult because of typically lower defenses; sneaking is not particularly challenging but increases the portfolioRoleplay: very open, almost as much as a fighterDevelopment: favored enemies are not exactly a tough strategic choice, and this is the only class with always enough skill points to cover all that it usually needsRogue: 3Gameplay: IMHO the combination of low defenses and high top damage (with sneak attack) makes the rogue the most challenging class to play in combat, and getting it to work well requires serious tactical attention; the large array of skills trained usually gives a lot of options out of combat as wellRoleplay: very open, with social skills that actually can support itDevelopment: skill choice is not straightforward because despite the number or sp you have the largest number of options and you won't cover everything; feats almost always point towards combat and good choices are not very manyBard: 3Gameplay: without sneak attack, combat is more simple than for a rogue, but still requires care; bardic spells are spontaneous (which makes them definitely easy) but with so few per day, timing becomes very important; bardic music is usually simple per se, but often requires to stop fighting; out of combat, the tricks of this class are very manyRoleplay: the nature of bardic music ability kinds of railroad the class, but still leaves some optionsDevelopment: several skills to choose from and not so few spells can lead to very diverse sets of features, making the choice interesting; there is also no easy choice for feats for bards (since the spells levels limit metamagic quite a lot)Sorcerer: 3Gameplay: playing a sorcerer is very easy at low levels, when you basically a one-trick-pony; after a few levels, metamagics open up great tactical possibilities and once spells are quite many it is pretty challenging to play it well; the familiar introduces more tricks to choose fromRoleplay: very many possibilities, it's easy to find inspiration in the spells known and viceversaDevelopment: very hard, because the limited number of spells known (and the fact that you have only spells in your pocket!) makes the choice very important, if you want to cover a wide area of both defense, offense and utility; metamagic feats are the best to go for, but require serious care about how often and with which spells you are going to use themWizard: 4Gameplay: lots of known spells to put into few slots every day and nothing else to do make this class very challenging to play; the use of scrolls is a strong point and another big challenge at every level, which only gets worse once you get other item creation feats or metamagic insteadRoleplay: more or less the same options as the sorcererDevelopment: choosing spells is only slightly easier compared to the sorcerer, plus you have to choose bonus feats; specialisation is chosen only once, but the consequence of the choice are not trivial-------------------------------------------------------------------------Normally if I have new players which are not familiar with 3ed, I suggest them to just play what attracts them for RP reasons. But if they are worried about how difficult it is to play, at first level I definitely suggest:Fighter or Barbarian, rather than Monk, Paladin or RangerCleric, rather than DruidRogue, rather than BardSorcerer, rather than Wizard</blockquote>

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