D&D 5E The classes that nobody wants to play

[Guest 6801718]

I haven't seen a druid at my table in years. Decades actually. No idea why. For whatever reason, no one I game with wants to go with a druid. Maybe it's the complexity of the spells and wildshape all in one class. Maybe it's the flavor of the class itself. They just never come up. Every other class has seen play. Not the poor druid though. I even have a large group now and no druids.

Among the most popular in my groups seems to be fighter, paladin, barbarian, sorcerer and wizard. Warlock seems to be gaining some popularity among my current group. I think fighter crops up the most though. My group likes brawling I guess.

 

[Valdier]

In my current OOtA campaign, I've had at least one of every character class played now... some multiples (we have had a notable death count)

 

[Hussar]

IME, Monks and Warlocks are the only classes we haven't had, and that's about to change in the coming weeks when we start a new Primeval Thule campaign which I believe will have at least one monk.

I wonder, and this could simply be my personal experience coloring my views here, but, are fighters so popular because it's the go-to multiclass class? Again, this is totally my own experience talking, but, I've yet to see a single classed fighter. We've had about six fighters across three campaigns, and all six are multiclassed. Everyone wants to get that sweet, juicy Action Surge and Second Wind.

I wonder just how many of those fighters in this poll are actually single classed.

 

[Valdier]

IME, Monks and Warlocks are the only classes we haven't had, and that's about to change in the coming weeks when we start a new Primeval Thule campaign which I believe will have at least one monk.

I wonder, and this could simply be my personal experience coloring my views here, but, are fighters so popular because it's the go-to multiclass class? Again, this is totally my own experience talking, but, I've yet to see a single classed fighter. We've had about six fighters across three campaigns, and all six are multiclassed. Everyone wants to get that sweet, juicy Action Surge and Second Wind.

I wonder just how many of those fighters in this poll are actually single classed.

I've found, rogues, warlock and cleric to be the multiclass dips

 

[Hussar]

I've found, rogues, warlock and cleric to be the multiclass dips

Multiclassed with what though?

I've seen a lot of fighter/rogue, fighter/barbarian, fighter/ranger, multi classes. Generally, IME, the character gets its personality from one class and then a takes fighter for the oomph.

 

[Valdier]

Multiclassed with what though?

I've seen a lot of fighter/rogue, fighter/barbarian, fighter/ranger, multi classes. Generally, IME, the character gets its personality from one class and then a takes fighter for the oomph.

Cleric/rogue, warlock/rogue, monk/rogue, Paladin/warlock, cleric/druid, cleric/Paladin, cleric/bard, etc

 

[Tony Vargas]

I wonder, and this could simply be my personal experience coloring my views here, but, are fighters so popular because it's the go-to multiclass class?

The fighter has always been popular. It's as close as you can get to the most archetypal heroes of the fantasy genre, even if it tends to fall short of them.

 

[psychophipps]

Cleric/rogue, warlock/rogue, monk/rogue, Paladin/warlock, cleric/druid, cleric/Paladin, cleric/bard, etc

I keep seeing "Paladin/Warlock" in threads and can't help but wonder how the character was able to serve two masters to the extent required of both.

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[Lanliss]

I keep seeing "Paladin/Warlock" in threads and can't help but wonder how the character was able to serve two masters to the extent required of both.

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Paladin does not serve a "master", it serves an ideal. You can easily have a fun loving Ancients Paladin/Feylock.

 

[TwoSix]

Paladin does not serve a "master", it serves an ideal. You can easily have a fun loving Ancients Paladin/Feylock.

And if you only take 1-2 levels of paladin, you don't have to serve anyone at all.