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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 9250850" data-attributes="member: 23">DATA!&nbsp; Good idea.My 5e campaigns (excluding PBP) PCs.&nbsp; If a &quot;non caster&quot; class has some magic (subclass, feats etc) I will note it.&nbsp; I won't include a few &quot;bounces&quot; - players that didn't stick around long for various reasons, but I will count those who were part for a few levels.As a DM:Yoon Suin Campaign:ClericBarbarian (left after 3 levels)Paladin then fighter/warlockMonkMonk (2 players played monks - a 2 monk party is&nbsp; very stunny)WarlockDrakkenheim Campaign:Fighter (battlemaster)ArtificerDruidRangerBard with rogue dipRogue (AK, left)My Lady's Mirror (10-15 session adventure)DruidCleric (twilight: with 2 summoners it was a nightmare)DruidWizard (bladesigner)The Gates of Firestorm Peak (a &quot;kilo-dungeon&quot;, level 5-7)PaladinartificerClericDruidAs a player:Icespire CampaignBattlemasterMonk&nbsp; (my PC)DruidRogue ATSTKFighter (Psi warrior who then became rune knight and ritual caster, my PC, so some magic)Sorcerer with rogue dipRangerShadow Monk (tiny bit of magic) but switched toBarbarian/FighterPaladin (left halfway through)Time Travel CampaignWarlock (me)artificerDruidBarbarian (died) then fighterPaladinFirst Gods campaignWizard (me)Fighter (battlemaster with a touch of magic from race)BardRangerDrakkenheim campaignRogue (soul knife and is going to take a bit of magic)RangerAppothercary (me, a &quot;full&quot; caster)WizardCleric.TOTALS:Full/near full casters:&nbsp; 19Half caster:&nbsp; 111/3 casters or less: 7 No magic: 8My numbers may be off by one or 2, but &quot;full/near full&quot; caster seems to be the most popular in my experience.&nbsp; However, there are more &quot;half or less&quot; casters/non casters than there are full/near full casters.I also note how the balance varies a lot between parties.&nbsp; In one party we had all full casters.&nbsp; Conversely, the STK only had a single caster, and he had a 2-level rogue dip.&nbsp; The data comes from a total of 20 players</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 9250850, member: 23"] DATA! Good idea. My 5e campaigns (excluding PBP) PCs. If a "non caster" class has some magic (subclass, feats etc) I will note it. I won't include a few "bounces" - players that didn't stick around long for various reasons, but I will count those who were part for a few levels. As a DM: [I]Yoon Suin Campaign[/I]: Cleric Barbarian (left after 3 levels) Paladin then fighter/warlock Monk Monk (2 players played monks - a 2 monk party is very stunny) Warlock [I]Drakkenheim Campaign[/I]: Fighter (battlemaster) Artificer Druid Ranger Bard with rogue dip Rogue (AK, left) My Lady's Mirror (10-15 session adventure) Druid Cleric (twilight: with 2 summoners it was a nightmare) Druid Wizard (bladesigner) The Gates of Firestorm Peak (a "kilo-dungeon", level 5-7) Paladin artificer Cleric Druid As a player: [I]Icespire Campaign[/I] Battlemaster Monk (my PC) Druid Rogue AT STK Fighter (Psi warrior who then became rune knight and ritual caster, my PC, so some magic) Sorcerer with rogue dip Ranger Shadow Monk (tiny bit of magic) but switched to Barbarian/Fighter Paladin (left halfway through) Time Travel Campaign Warlock (me) artificer Druid Barbarian (died) then fighter Paladin First Gods campaign Wizard (me) Fighter (battlemaster with a touch of magic from race) Bard Ranger Drakkenheim campaign Rogue (soul knife and is going to take a bit of magic) Ranger Appothercary (me, a "full" caster) Wizard Cleric. TOTALS: Full/near full casters: 19 Half caster: 11 1/3 casters or less: 7 No magic: 8 My numbers may be off by one or 2, but "full/near full" caster seems to be the most popular in my experience. However, there are more "half or less" casters/non casters than there are full/near full casters. I also note how the balance varies a lot between parties. In one party we had [I]all[/I] full casters. Conversely, the STK only had a single caster, and he had a 2-level rogue dip. The data comes from a total of 20 players [/QUOTE]

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