What is your favourite character type, (prof, class etc) And why?

[Piperken]

I've found I gravitate towards secondary characters and it strangely doesn't matter what medium: books, television series, anime, movies, video games, etc. I find them more intriguing?

We've been blessed with a lot of excellent writers, and actors who've made a "smaller" role so much beyond what was intended more recently.

This sentiment carries over when I'm rp'ing characters in a party as well.

 

[Arilyn]

I play a wide variety. Not overly fond of Barbarians, but a character I made insisted she was a storm Barbarian, so I had a Barbarian for a while.
I think I lean a little toward druids.

In terms of ancestries, I play a mix too. Have a soft spot for frog people. I had a grippli wizard in pathfinder make it to 16th level. (or maybe 3.5?). And, surprise, I combined my favourites in Daggerheart with a ribbet/fairy druid.

 

[GuyBoy]

I rarely play clerics and tend to avoid wizards.
Generally I favour bards, rogues and fighters (in no particular order) with all my characters tending to be good-hearted, though not always totally so.
My currently active characters are a human rogue in Drakkenheim, a human witch-hunter in Enemy Within ( not quite so good-hearted, though he cares for a kitten, named Eviscerator) and a Dragonborn paladin.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

I like versatile characters.

In fantasy I tend toward low to no magic options, with a lean toward stealthy warrior types. In classic DND terms: warrior-rogue and ranger. Heck, there was a phase in the early 90s when I played ranger-rogues exclusively.

If I go with magical I prefer something more akin to a bard. So less magic than a wizard, good social and knowledge skills, can do a bit hand to hand fighting.

 

[cbwjm]

I love playing wizards and learning the secrets of the existence as I add more spells to my repertoire.

 

[MGibster]

For any game I play, I prefer having a character who can talk to other people. I don't care if my character is some sort of warrior, a scholar, or a farmer, I want him to be able to interact verbally with NPCs. The reason for this is because it's what I consider to be the best, most unique part of a role playing game.

 

[DammitVictor]

I usually aim for healer and utility caster, as long as the system lets me do that without bothering Da Gawdz. Side of controller... PF1's Bard and Witch classes are just about perfect, or the Mesmerist. I almost always splash Soulknife, especially if I get to use the DSP rules.

 

[jdrakeh]

In AD&D 1e, it's really all about the Human Fighter for me. In D&D 5e, I had a lot of fun with a Goliath Fighter/Rune Knight who specialized in grappling opponents, then shanking them with daggers like a prison yard assassin. [Edit: Ah! I think he may have had a couple of levels of Rogue, as well.]

 

[1QD]

In AD&D 1e, it's really all about the Human Fighter for me. In D&D 5e, I had a lot of fun with a Goliath Fighter/Rune Knight who specialized in grappling opponents, then shanking them with daggers like a prison yard assassin. [Edit: Ah! I think he may have had a couple of levels of Rogue, as well.]

From a roleplaying view, how does Knight and rogue go together? Knights, at least in my system are honourable, where as rogue like types are not?

 

[jdrakeh]

From a roleplaying view, how does Knight and rogue go together? Knights, at least in my system are honourable, where as rogue like types are not?

It doesn't really, thematically speaking. Rules-wise, however, it's 100% fine. As I recall, he started off as a Fighter, dipped a few levels of Rogue, then became a Rune Knight. Also, read up on actual, historical, knights (many of them were right bastards, not the shining paradigms of righteousness that fiction portrays them as).

The character in question was originally created as a one-off character for a special event (a "one night" Strahd thing at a local mini-convention) and then made some sporadic appearances in AL, too, so he didn't exactly have a long, detailed, history.

Finally, how you play may not be how my friends and I play. Yadda, yadda.