D&D 5E Should 5e have more classes (Poll and Discussion)?

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Okay, this is a simple question, but should bring about a larger discussion in general about 5e. When D&D 5e was first released 6 years ago, there were 12 official classes. Now, there are only 13 official classes (with 3 more simpler ones coming out in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything). By the end of the year, there should be 13 full D&D 5e classes and 3 sidekick classes. This raises a question, are there enough classes in D&D 5e, or should there be more? Please answer the poll, and explain below.

 

[Azzy]

There should only be two more: the Psion and the Warlord. Other that those two, no.

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

More classes are cool. They don't necessarily have to be "official", though. So I put "neutral".

 

[TwoSix]

I would certainly never limit myself to official options, but more options is always better.

 

[Charlaquin]

We have too many, in my opinion. Cut down the number of base classes to 4 or 5 and make subclasses more meaningfully differentiated.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

There should only be two more: the Psion and the Warlord. Other that those two, no.

I want both of those, and a few others, like a martial arcane half-caster (Magus/swordmage), a Shaman class, a Psion, an Occultist, a Runemage, and just a bit more. I don't want the game to be bloated with classes, but I also want there to be all the main niches filled.

 

[DND_Reborn]

I would like to see a few less classes. I don't see any reason to have more than 10, personally. Without going crazy, some classes easily fall under the umbrella of others IMO.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I think we have too many classes, making the theme behind them too thin.
I'd be ok with Warrior, Bard, Mage, Cleric and Rogue.

• Rogue are exploration/social focused. Ranger can fall in this category.
• Warrior is your usual bruiser but also includes the light-armored skirmisher usually given to the rogue. Paladin and Barbarian can be subclasses of warrior.
• Bards cover non-divine druidic and fey magic, with a good side of status effect and time magic. These are you FF's Red Mage.
• Cleric are the sacred caster, covering the FF's white mage trope, with some domains giving access to more martial proficiency. The more divine druid stuff falls under the more primal domains (nature, storms, moon etc)
• Mage covers arcane casters, both learned and innate: school specialist, dragon-mage, demonologist, star-seer etc

 

[jmartkdr2]

I voted more, but only because I'm bored with the current offerings.

I want to know why some people want less, though. I see a lot of people ask for it, but never give any reason why it would make the game better.

 

[The Crimson Binome]

We have too many as-is. Almost half of the classes in the book are redundant, and only included for legacy purposes.