D&D 5E What class is your first 5e character?

[Curmudjinn]

I haven't played a barbarian in years, so I started true 5th edition with a human barbarian berserker in a norse setting. It's a good time.

I played a high elf fighter/wizard (bladesinger) in the playtest though, which was also very fun.

 

[Mandragola]

I think my character will be a paladin, possibly multiclassed as a warlock. I’m trying to come up with a fluff justification for this, potentially to do with having been rescued from evil cultists as a child, but not before they had managed to perform some kind of evil ritual, then raised by the church (acolyte background).

Build-wise the idea would be to play a “true” multiclass character, advancing in both classes by roughly the same amount rather than dipping into one or other. Level 1 would have to be warlock I think, but I’d quickly take a paladin level to be proficient with stuff. Probably eventually get pact bade and oath of vengeance.

Not totally sure what rules we'll be playing though. A single-class paladin could also be lots of fun.

 

[Mercule]

I broke your rules and double-voted. I'm DMing, but I very badly want to play a wood-elf monk of the open hand. That looks like it would synergize in awesome ways -- to the point that I'm going to be adding it into my campaign setting. I never really minded the monk disappearing in 2E, and didn't add it back in for 3E; I don't mind monks, they just never really seemed to "flow" in my setting. But, the wood elves had been enslaved by a dark empire for several hundred years and were just freed. Being prohibited from carrying weapons is a pretty effective way to encourage the development of unarmed fighting styles. Plus, elves in my world follow the 1E reincarnation/spirit-not-soul trait, so they're fairly Zen, anyway.

That said, if I was playing, it'd be a wood-elf monk, for sure. Second choice would probably be a paladin.

FWIW, the Bard just looks horribly broken, to me. I'd allow one, to see how it plays. It just looks like it's a better skill-monkey than the Rogue, as good with a sword as the Fighter (barring extra attacks), and somewhere between Sorcerer and Wizard (with a dash of Cleric) for spell casting. I know things sometimes read differently than they play, but the Bard sets off my DM klaxons like crazy.

 

[Scripture]

I'll be playing a Necromancer. He's a sociopath, so neither good nor evil, but true neutral. Living things are just objects as are minions.

Basically, it's nothing personal.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Played for the first time on Labor Day. I was with 4 other DMs waiting for players and literally /none/ showed (Mondays at conventions can be pretty slow). So we had a pickup game. I slightly re-did the Dwarf Cleric pregen.

Not really that great. I'm still thinking Druid if I ever get serious about playing.

 

[Vardelm]

I used to frequent ENWorld quite a bit in its early days while waiting for 3E. Since I don't play D&D anymore, this is my first post on ENWorld in years, as well as on this account, so hello ENWorld! I have books from each edition, and I LOVE what I see in 5E, so I at least rolled my 1st character in years just to play around a bit. I did 2 sets of 4d6 rolls since the 1st set came out HORRIBLE! Nothing above 11.... I got great rolls on the 2nd attempt and ended up with the following:

Race: Hill Dwarf
Class: Monk (eventually Way of the Four Elements)
Background: Acolyte

Str: 10
Dex: 16
Con: 15
Int: 12
Wis: 17
Cha: 10

Skills: Acrobatics, History, Insight, Religion

Alignment: Lawful Good
Personality Traits: Sees omens in every event. Quotes sacred texts & proverbs.
Ideals: Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god's favor by matching my actions against teachings.
Bonds: I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
Flaws: I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.


I see him as similar to the Diablo III monk, with a bit of a dwarven twist: the Way of Four Elements fits well with dwarf lore, IMO.

Even if I never get around to playing, I look forward to seeing the DMG and other 5E products. Flipping through them still gets my imagination going.

 

[Steely Dan]

My first 5e character is, like many of my characters, a little ridiculous, but played straight.

Minotaur bard in Dragonlance. He's a romantic type.

He's eventually skewing toward the College of Valour, I believe, because I don't see him as a brilliant and cunning seeker of lore as much as I see him as a himbo, something like the cover of a romance novel, but with the head of a bull.

Ha, bovine-Fabio!

 

[Steely Dan]

I broke your rules and double-voted. I'm DMing, but I very badly want to play a wood-elf monk of the open hand. That looks like it would synergize in awesome ways -- to the point that I'm going to be adding it into my campaign setting. I never really minded the monk disappearing in 2E, and didn't add it back in for 3E; I don't mind monks, they just never really seemed to "flow" in my setting. But, the wood elves had been enslaved by a dark empire

How about a bark empire?

 

[DammitVictor]

So yeah, turns out I misread how multiclassing "works" in 5e and won't be using it after all. Hereby amending my vote to single-class Bard, College of Lore.

... and resolving myself to having to fix the multiclassing rules again...

 

[Mercule]

I'll be playing a Necromancer. He's a sociopath, so neither good nor evil, but true neutral. Living things are just objects as are minions.

Basically, it's nothing personal.

Hah! I did something like that with one of the 2E Wizard variants. I built him around the Item spell and had a variant for every level, up to 6th (campaign ended). At some point, I was able to item living creatures and stick them in my pocket. He wasn't a bad guy (CN). He was just a little... um... utilitarian. Also, his custom Item spells turned things into cards/plaques instead of tokens. At some point, he had decks of mundane items stored in his pockets, including things like beds, doors, kids toys, whatever. Great fun.

 

[GameDoc]

I'm in two campaigns and in an amazing toss of Tymora's coin, I'm DMing neither.

In the play-by-post game I'm in here at EN World, I'm playing a NG dwarf fighter with a soldier background. He's not the brightest guy (Int 8) and his personality reflects that in being prone to very straight forward, simple solutions that often involve breaking things. But he's dependable and loyal to family and friends. He has the defense fighting style to give an AC bump and offset him foregoing a shield in favor of wielding a maul, which he affectionately calls "Sweet Meduna" (Meduna being a reference to an obscure goddess of mead from Gaulish myth).

In my local home group, I'm playing a CG halfling cleric of Brandobaris, the halfling demigod of trickery and adventure. Obviously, I took the trickery domain and to keep with the general roguish theme, I took leather armor, a sling, and dagger but kept a shield to use as a holy symbol. We randomly rolled our background and I wound up with sage. So I have the suggested traits of loving mysteries and being distracted by new information. I took the "book of terrible secrets" bond and have him trying to lay low until he can figure out what to do with it. My plan is to forego an ability boost at 4th level in favor of the skilled feat and pick up Deception, Stealth, and whatever third proficiency seems to be needed at the time.

 

[CrusaderX]

Human Paladin
Oath of Vengeance
Dexterity-based, wielding a Rapier

Roughly based in Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride.

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!

Instead of one specific person being the target of his wrath, he sets his focus on whatever evil is in front of him, and engages the biggest threat. But he tackles it with the same determination and bravado as Inigo would.

 

[TerraDave]

We might now have enough votes to draw some conclusions.

Wizards remain popular with ENWorlders, more confirmation that the bard, paladin, and (especially) warlock have been well served by 5E, and the monk is doing pretty good. A little surprised that the cleric and druid aren't doing better, wonder if the bard is part of the reason. And the sorcerer is off crying in the corner. I guess dragon and wild casters just don't have big appeal, or people aren't quite getting the meta-magic.

 

[Scripture]

Human Paladin
Oath of Vengeance
Dexterity-based, wielding a Rapier

Roughly based in Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride.

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!

Instead of one specific person being the target of his wrath, he sets his focus on whatever evil is in front of him, and engages the biggest threat. But he tackles it with the same determination and bravado as Inigo would.

If he doesn't at least fight kobolds with his left hand, you've failed in your quest.

I wish you joy playing this character. I love that movie. The remote always gets tossed aside when I land on it. Inigo is so perfect to play in D&D.

Nice work.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I've DM'd mostly, but have played a half dozen or so classes. So far the one I'm playing this Saturday as well seems to be one of my favorites:

human Monk (path of the shadow), urchin background, magic initiate feat with eldritch blast, minor illusion cantrips, and Hex as the first level spell. So far using Hex in combination of flurry of blows is nice. Very nice...