D&D 5E (2014) When you do not know what class to play, just use your birthdate

[Anoth]

If you are born on Leap Day, can you multiclass into anything you want the other three years?

I certainly hope so

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

5 Bards?

If you think they’ll sit around as the world goes by
You're thinkin' like a fool cause it's a case of do or die
Out there is a fortune waiting to be had
If you think they’ll let you go you're mad
You've got another thing comin'
You've got another thing comin'

 

[Henry]

CALL FOR THE PRIEST!!!

 

[NotAYakk]

Cute idea, but for fun I'd mix in the current year somehow. And birth year. Sort of chinese+western zodiak.

In my head, there are 4 5e core achetypes; warrior, trickster, mage and priest. There are 2 classes in each one, plus 2 impure "hybrids" adjacent, plus artificer.

Dividing the year into 13 pieces is fun (pseudo lunar!). A 4 year cycle for archtype, modulated by pseudo-lunar birth month? A number from 1 to 3 (second year cycle? So 4*3=12 year cycle), plus one from 0 to 1 (even-odd birth day digit?), to generate a number from 1 to 4 with less probability on the end (for hybrids).

 

[Esker]

In my head, there are 4 5e core achetypes; warrior, trickster, mage and priest. There are 2 classes in each one, plus 2 impure "hybrids" adjacent, plus artificer.

Trying to figure out where monk fits in. It upholds the symmetry if you call them "trickster" and bards "trickster/mage", but monks don't strike me as trickstery for the most part. I take it both paladin and ranger are "warrior/priest", since paladin:cleric::ranger:druid? And if you put monk in the "trickster" bin, then both bard and warlock are "trickster/mage"?

 

[David Howery]

but I don't wanna play the cleric!!

 

[Mistwell]

We need it further split by sub-classes.

 

[ccs]

Man, the Ranger needs a better symbol. I get that it's supposed to be crossed curved swords.
But all I'm seeing is hedge clippers.... Or maybe metal shears. Either way I'm sure that's not what's intended.

 

[ccs]

Hmm. Guess it's a good thing I've got more ideas for Warlocks than I have time/opportunities to play them.

 

[Seramus]

And if you put monk in the "trickster" bin, then both bard and warlock are "trickster/mage"?

Monks really shine when they can go nova, and perform worse than other martial classes when they cannot. Some of the most effective monks I've ever seen built themselves to be useful between novas, while still saving for their nova.