D&D 5E Most common saving throws?

[Henrix]

Yeah, getting proficiency in Cha or Int saves for your class basically means you only get one good save. :/

 

[LittleElvis]

Someone posted an analysis of the saving throws in the Monster Manual by type on the WoTC forums.



http://community.wizards.com/forum/product-and-general-dd-discussions/threads/4144656

Good stuff, thanks. His numbers don't include spells, but that's great info.

 

[Roger]

Death has been the most common around my table, but maybe I've got really incompetent players.

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

Yeah, getting proficiency in Cha or Int saves for your class basically means you only get one good save. :/

I'm not so sure about that. Cha protects you against curses and Magic Jar, Int protects you against Intellect Devourers, illusions, and Mind Flayer mind blasts. Either one is arguably as good as Str saves, which mostly protect you against getting knocked prone.

Con/Wis are obviously the top-tier saves, though.

 

[Riley37]

It may vary depending on how often your PCs are up against other PC-race foes, with class levels, and how often they're up against foes from the Monster Manual.

I imagine that spells which work against INT saves, such as Phantasmal Force, are very effective against most beasts, much more so than spells vs STR DEX or CON.

Eldritch knights get proficiency with CON saves, useful for concentration; paladins and rangers do not.

Hm. Sorcerer is a caster class with CON saves. Might be an argument for starting as Sorcerer, then go Warlock or Bard (which also use CHA as casting stat). Paladin is also CHA-based, but Sorcerer-Paladin seems thematically rather oddball to me.

Then again... wild magic, Oath of Ancients. Wildly passionate devotion to light and hope. A CG Paladin? I'd kinda like to try it as a role-playing exercise.