D&D (2024) Do you see Fighter players at your own table?

[Tutara]

This is a pretty narrow definition of ‘fighter’, so much so that although I voted ‘only 1’ I feel that the word ‘only’ is a bit incongruous. It’s a bit like saying I had ‘only 1’ orc wizard, or ‘only 1’ plasmoid bard of whispers!

 

[niklinna]

If I were to somehow find my way into a 5e game, Rune Knight and Echo Knight are on my list of subclasses that would interest me in playing a Fighter. But, I suppose those count as magical.

I was never interested in playing a Fighter in any earlier edition of D&D, nor do any of the other 5e Fighter subclasses interest me. It's been too long since I read A5E to remember if I was interested in playing its Fighter class.

 

[Minigiant]

More than 50% of popular Fantasy Characters are nonmagical warriors

People tend to base their characters on Popular characters

Thus anyone who is attempting to emulate a popular character, more than 50% will use the nonmagical warriors classes.

There are only TWO nonmagical warriors classes in core 5e

My answer is zero BTW

 

[DEFCON 1]

I have a fighter in my current Theros campaign. There is also a Totem barbarian, but I imagine that doesn't "count" as a "non-magical warrior" because they can talk to animals and they can take on an animal's "spirit"... so... okay.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

We play without Feats and Multiclass and the fighter is one of the most common class at our table, next to cleric, warlock, rogue and druid.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

No multiclassing? I'm the Fighter player in my groups, and I don't see the point in it except as a dip.

 

[Zubatcarteira]

We had a new player going for a Battlemaster Fighter, but ironically it was too complicated since he went GWM, PAM, Sentinel, Tunnel Fighter, the different reactions and what applied to the fighting style confused him a lot.

There was also an Echo Knight that did pretty well in a spelljammer campaign, although in both cases they only played for a couple of levels.

 

[James Gasik]

We have a multiclass Fighter/Monk, but that's not a poll option. Outside of that, there hasn't been a Fighter in our group since before COVID. The current group is Bard, Cleric, Fighter/Monk, Ranger, and Wizard.

 

[aco175]

The question is just in the 22-23 year, so my answer would have to be just 1. My father who has only played champion fighters since 5e came out decided to play a mage in the current campaign which started last June as a 'summer' campaign expecting to last to level 5 is now a year long campaign at level 11 so far. Otherwise it would be 2.

 

[MockingBird]

2 fighters, 2 druids and a sorcerer. 2 of my players want to play the less complicated classes. I'm hoping the revision keeps at least one simple fighter and not bog it down with weapon masteries.