What is your favorite new D&D classes?

[Remathilis]

and why?

 

[Crothian]

Akashic this class from Malhavok is by me the most creative and orginal class I have seen for the game. It is skill oriented but with purpose unlike most other skill classes. It is not a spell casting class and is not a fighting class; yet it works. Some of the things the class can do is just so cool and orginal. It's amazingly good.

 

[Jdvn1]

I thought the Complete Adventurer, XPH, and ECS did good jobs with core classes. The Scout and Spellthief are just cool. And I've liked Psionics for a while.

 

[sukael]

Ninja.

Because ninjas have REALULTIMATEPOWER.

 

[Crothian]

oops, limited to only the Wizards choices I've just not been that imporessed with any.

 

[ThirdWizard]

I voted ninja and favored soul, with the caveat that I've altered the favored soul IMC.

The favored soul makes a good "cleric" that doesn't study religion and might not even belong to a specific church or group, but instead gains powers through pure faith. This sets up a more rigidity for clerics that was intended, I think, but is rarely put into practice in gameplay, since now the option for a less organization-focused healer exists.

And ninjas are just cool.

 

[VorpalBunny]

I voted Swashbuckler, Artificer, and Warlock. I'm also really fond of the Cloistered Cleric class from Unearthed Arcana. I've got one in my Eberron campaign - the guy running him is playing him as a William of Baskerville (from The Name of the Rose) type of investigator.

Good Stuff.

 

[Yig]

Warmage.

For obvious reasons

Seriously, it's quite fun to play.

 

[AIM-54]

Scout, without question. Back in 2E I worked on making such a class, but I really like how it came out in Complete Adventurer. The 'skirmish' ability (I think that's what it's called) is a thing of beauty.

 

[takasi]

What about Healer from the Miniatures Handbook? That's the best healing base class you can get.