D&D 5E What Seven Classes Would You Keep? (and why!)

[Ogre Mage]

While it is no surprise that the "Core 4" of fighter, wizard, rogue and cleric top the list I note with interest with the "second tier" of classes which make the cut of seven --

Bard
Druid
Paladin

This is interesting as stories I have read suggest that the bard and druid are among the least played classes. The paladin is more played but some threads I've seen on this board suggest the class also has a large number of haters.

Of course, paladins, lore bards and moon druids are considered to be some of the strongest classes in 5E, so that might have something to do with their ranking.

 

[Ancalagon]

I am 100% unwilling to play a "straight" bard. Absolutely not. Never.

Play a college of sword bard multiclassed into hexblade? Yes! Play a fighter with the entertainer background, or an arcane trickster with the same (a "bard")? Yes! But single class lore bard? blaaarg.

edit: a monk entertainer could be really cool. No need for the acrobat class, it's right here!

 

[NotAYakk]

7 is 2^3-1. So 3 different categories either on or off.

Champion, Trickster, Sage

Warrior (100)
Ranger (110)
Rogue (010)
Sorcerer (011)
Wizard (001)
Paladin (101)
Druid (111)

Paladin kills the Cleric and takes her stuff.
Warrior kills the Barbarian and takes her stuff.
Rogue kills the Monk and takes her stuff.
Ranger kills the Bard and takes her stuff.
Sorcerer kills the Warlock and takes her stuff.

Wizard and Druid already have enough stuff.

 

[DND_Reborn]

7 is 2^3-1. So 3 different categories either on or off.

Champion, Trickster, Sage

Warrior (100)
Ranger (110)
Rogue (010)
Sorcerer (011)
Wizard (001)
Paladin (101)
Druid (111)

Paladin kills the Cleric and takes her stuff.
Warrior kills the Barbarian and takes her stuff.
Rogue kills the Monk and takes her stuff.
Ranger kills the Bard and takes her stuff.
Sorcerer kills the Warlock and takes her stuff.

Wizard and Druid already have enough stuff.

Ah, you figured it out! Congrats!

Yes, seven is the magic number but more based on the three pillars of D&D:

Combat
Exploration
Social
Combat-Exploration
Combat-Social
Exploration-Social
Combat-Exploration-Social

Seven combinations. Seven classes.

Very, very nice!

 

[Eric V]

Fighter, mage, cleric, rogue, paladin, monk, and bard. I think the barbarian and ranger can easily be role played as fighters.
The warlock is a anathema to me.
druid could easily just be a nature cleric for rp purposes.
I would like sorcerers more if they had no meta magic and really focused on bloodline abilities.

This was almost exactly my thinking as well.

 

[Prakriti]

I hate that Warlock and Sorcerer are even part of the game. Not only would I remove them, I would remove them with a vengeance.

 

[Don Durito]

I believe at some point in 3E's development there was some thought about making Paladin and Ranger prestige classes but that ultimately they chickened out.

(Yes I know they did this later in Unearthed Arcana - I mean from the beginning.)

 

[Arnwolf666]

I hate that Warlock and Sorcerer are even part of the game. Not only would I remove them, I would remove them with a vengeance.

I Like the concept of the warlock. But they might as well rename it the eldritch blaster. If the powers were more along the lines of the pact and who the pact is with, then I could potentially like it. Great way to redo the cleric class if it wasn’t eldritch blast based.

 

[Yaarel]

The Psion Mystic can swallow the Sorcerer, especially as aspects of Psychokinesis and Psychometabolism.

The Cleric can swallow the Warlock, whether blasting Radiance or Force (or other damage type), and forming a spiritual community, whether exoteric or esoteric.

The Druid can swallow the Barbarian.

The Paladin can swallow the Eldritch Knight and the Ranger, and other warrior half-casters.

 

[Ashrym]

I am 100% unwilling to play a "straight" bard. Absolutely not. Never.

I can play this game.

"I am almost 100% unwilling to play a multiclass wizard monk druid barbarian ranger standard human."

Anyone else have things that they don't want to play?