D&D 5E (2014) D&D Stats: What The Typical 5E Party *Actually* Looks Like

[Ashrym]

I am not sure if this article has come up yet. I found it interesting.

What the Typical 5E Party Actually Looks Like.

Apparently they think a typical party is likely a warlock, fighter, cleric, sorcerer, and rogue.

 

[BookBarbarian]

And everyone is multi-classed with Fighter except the fighter.

 

[lowkey13]

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[BookBarbarian]

I think D&D Beyond stats are for what characters have been created, not necessarily which ones are being played.

I've got six characters on there, but only one I'm actively playing. So the 5 others are just experimental concepts I play around with and One may become my next character.

 

[akr71]

The first problem with this article is using D&D Beyond data to say what classes people are playing. Do you know how many characters I have created on D&D Beyond and never used? Neither do I, its been that many.

It isn't a VTT so I don't know how they can tell if the character is 'played'

 

[The Crimson Binome]

There's no way in heck that "most" characters are multi-classed. Their data is biased in favor of characters that require an online tool to build, and away from the normal characters that we write down by hand.

 

[Parmandur]

I'm a big fan of statistics. Especially ones that challenge our preconceived notions.

...however, given that these stats appear to show that elves are one for the LEAST popular races, I would think that there should be a little skepticism about how these statistics were generated (let alone that it would appear that everyone multi classes, which is also odd).

I am certainly not an elf lover (personally, I think they should join gnomes at the bottom of the Nyr Dyv) but there's a reason there's approximately 5 billion elven sub-races. People like them. And by people, I mean, "People other than me, with clearly substandard taste."

So ... I think we need a wee but more about the generation of these stats than this post.

The X factor is that those are the stats for people who bought literally all of the books in D&D Beyond: the true hardcore. Their other numbers from all users shows Elves way up the list. It is interesting that Humans, Half-Elves, Dwarves, and Dragonborn remain popular even with the option-loving hardcore players, though.

 

[Parmandur]

I think D&D Beyond stats are for what characters have been created, not necessarily which ones are being played.

I've got six characters on there, but only one I'm actively playing. So the 5 others are just experimental concepts I play around with and One may become my next character.

They screen out test concept characters, by using metrics about work being down in a PC sheet that indicate use in play. Not 100%, probably, but probably good enough.

 

[Parmandur]

There's no way in heck that "most" characters are multi-classed. Their data is biased in favor of characters that require an online tool to build, and away from the normal characters that we write down by hand.

Again, that's 90% of characters made by people who have bought all of the books on D&D Beyond, so yeah.

 

[MarkB]

It isn't a VTT so I don't know how they can tell if the character is 'played'

At a guess, they could see whether the character is being regularly updated and progressed in level.