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<blockquote data-quote="[NO MA'AM]Jefferson" data-source="post: 1619270" data-attributes="member: 18901">Howdy All. I figured I'd toss my 2 cents in for the first time with this post. In my humble opinion, which class is weakest/most powerful varies greatly on the situation and circumstances you're talking about. For instance, in combat Fighters/Barbarians/Clerics/Wizards are usually pretty reliable across a range of situations and opponents. Rogues, Bards, Monks and such tend to be more specialized and how useful they are in combat depends mostly on the situation. Now outside of direct combat is a different matter entirely. Bards and Rogues in particular excel with social situations.If you're talking about overall effectiveness and ability to gather power my personal favorite is of course the Rogue. Its amazing what a high charisma rogue with the right skillset (Diplomacy, Gather Information, Bluff, Intimidate, etc.) can accomplish. My characters tend to be big manipulators so they do very little front line fighting, but are so darned useful overall the other PC's don't seem to mind. After all, a Rogue with a few friends, lackeys, and unscrupulous contacts in the nearby town or city is a truly dangerous foe indeed. What &quot;God of melee combat&quot; Fighter, or &quot;Fireball tossing&quot; Wizard would want to mess with the guy who happens to be a good freind to the local Duke, has the Head of the city watch on his payroll, and who rarely adventures without his Half-Orc Barbarian Hirelings and an assortment of hidden daggers, vials of poison, and various magical trinkets &quot;Acquired&quot; over his career that focus on allowing him to survive any combat long enough to escape and plot revenge if things go sour?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="[NO MA'AM]Jefferson, post: 1619270, member: 18901"] Howdy All. I figured I'd toss my 2 cents in for the first time with this post. In my humble opinion, which class is weakest/most powerful varies greatly on the situation and circumstances you're talking about. For instance, in combat Fighters/Barbarians/Clerics/Wizards are usually pretty reliable across a range of situations and opponents. Rogues, Bards, Monks and such tend to be more specialized and how useful they are in combat depends mostly on the situation. Now outside of direct combat is a different matter entirely. Bards and Rogues in particular excel with social situations. If you're talking about overall effectiveness and ability to gather power my personal favorite is of course the Rogue. Its amazing what a high charisma rogue with the right skillset (Diplomacy, Gather Information, Bluff, Intimidate, etc.) can accomplish. My characters tend to be big manipulators so they do very little front line fighting, but are so darned useful overall the other PC's don't seem to mind. After all, a Rogue with a few friends, lackeys, and unscrupulous contacts in the nearby town or city is a truly dangerous foe indeed. What "God of melee combat" Fighter, or "Fireball tossing" Wizard would want to mess with the guy who happens to be a good freind to the local Duke, has the Head of the city watch on his payroll, and who rarely adventures without his Half-Orc Barbarian Hirelings and an assortment of hidden daggers, vials of poison, and various magical trinkets "Acquired" over his career that focus on allowing him to survive any combat long enough to escape and plot revenge if things go sour? [/QUOTE]

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