D&D General Lamest D&D classes all time

[Wiseblood]

I hate to say it, but I think I am a Factotum. It’s not very glamorous.

Fun fact: there are phobias of Beggars and Clowns but not one of Fighting-men.

 

[Panda-s1]

Maybe for PF2? PF1 is somehwere between 4e and 3.5 in sheer mass.

oh yeah, I am well aware, I just distinctly remember them saying they were going to do the opposite of that.

 

[Tonguez]

I had a Jester once, but I think that was from Dragon magazine.

I remember playing the jester class too
alsothis list needs HArlot

I also tried to create a Poltroon class for 3e - a class who gets negative BAB but increased ability to avoid/dodge and disenageg from combat and run away...

 

[Lanefan]

The only one on that list I'd ever even heard of before now was the 0e Fighting Man; about which the only thing really 'lame' is the name. Otherwise, it's just the first in a long litany of Fighters class.

So, abstaining on this vote.

 

[Coroc]

Rapid Response Rider. The Dwarf's Handbook gets a trifecta here. It's actually a cavalry class, but the name suggests sirens on the top of your head and training in CPR. Nothing like walking up to your gaming table with a straight face on this one.

ROFLMAO

Is there also a Lame Response Rider?

This absolutely should be the winner, no other class sounds so stupid

Btw. Thanks for doing a little explanation text to each of these, I would have to do loads of googling and wikipediaing else

 

[Acolyte of Zothique]

Nice. I have played the 5e Bard myself and it was exceptional. Sam Riegel actually managed to demonstrate how exceptional the 5e Bard was to a huge audience in Critical Role campaign 1; it's not speculation - the proof is in the playing. 5e has turned what was once one of the weakest classes in the game into one of the most fun.

 

[Li Shenron]

I would vote for all of them... but if I have to pick the one I truly hated the most is the Factotum. Because in a role-play game a PC that can do nothing ruins the game for that player, but a PC that can do everything ruins the game for everyone else.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Case in point, I live in a city, probably a 10-15 minute drive from the downtown area, and I routinely see deer, snakes, opossum, groundhogs, raccoons, and feral cats in my neighborhood. Not to mention pigeons and other birds (even had to rescue a hawk with a broken wing once, but that's another story). Two neighborhoods away from me, there have even been reports of coyotes. Even in a city, there is wildlife everywhere.

WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE I remember this article now! I remember their absolute horseshit logic for why urban druid makes no sense, like what goddamn city has the author lived in that doesn't feature birds? or trees? hell the sewers of every medieval fantasy city is practically guaranteed to have an exciting ecosystem.

 

[slobster]

Case in point, I live in a city, probably a 10-15 minute drive from the downtown area, and I routinely see deer, snakes, opossum, groundhogs, raccoons, and feral cats in my neighborhood. Not to mention pigeons and other birds (even had to rescue a hawk with a broken wing once, but that's another story). Two neighborhoods away from me, there have even been reports of coyotes. Even in a city, there is wildlife everywhere.

Back when I was living in LA (technically in Eagle Rock, so not the main city but it's all sprawl down there) I was walking to class from my house once and, out of nowhere, a hawk came barreling out of the sky and absolutely annihilated a pigeon on the sidewalk about 40 feet in front of me. We had a coyote that lived somewhere nearby and was a regular sight at night, and there were like 6 species of snake that lived in the easement right behind my college. That's not to mention all the vermin, insects, and other life adapted to living inside and among buildings. And I just imagine that your average fantasy city is less dense and less smothering of the natural world than modern LA.

Yeah an urban druid doesn't sound so impossible to me!

 

[R_J_K75]

3. Anchorite. AD&D Domains of Dread, your caster loses their powers if they move more than 100 yards from their anchor. Gee, that really opens your adventuring options.

Why go to the adventure when the adventure can come to you!!