Gargoyle
Adventurer
Play an earlier edition, nothing wrong with that. But you could approximate some of that with 5e classes, feats, and skills.
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D&D 5E Which classes will you play first?
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Play an earlier edition, nothing wrong with that. But you could approximate some of that with 5e classes, feats, and skills.
Gargoyle
Adventurer
I am jealous. Been years since I've been to GenCon. If I were going to play, it would be a wizard, maybe a transmuter.
Atlatl Jones
Explorer
I'm playing a play test version of an Evoker/Cleric, and we'll probably convert it to the final version of the game soon so that'll probably be the first one I play.
I really want to try out an Arcane Trickster or a shadow Monk, so one of those will be the first brand new 5e character I play.
I really want to try out an Arcane Trickster or a shadow Monk, so one of those will be the first brand new 5e character I play.
Gladius Legis
Legend
Paladin of Vengeance, probably. That's what I voted for. An Assassin sure looks tempting as well, though.
Gargoyle
Adventurer
Some observations:
It's a small sample size, because as folks have pointed out, not a lot of people have access to the PHB yet. So some of this can be taken with a grain of salt. I'll recreate the poll after it closes.
Wizards are looking popular with 13 votes. It's interesting that they are spread out among most of the schools, suggesting that the schools are mostly well thought out.
Paladins are also looking popular with 12 votes, and all Oaths are well represented.
Warlocks got 11 votes, with all the patrons and pacts represented, although the Fiend patron and Chain pact didn't get as many.
Fighters got 10 votes, with no one voting for Champion. I think Champion will appeal primarily to the Basic edition players. Interesting to see so many votes for Eldritch Knight.
Bards got 8 votes, quite a lot IMO.
Barbarians, Monks, and Rogues got 6. I was surprised to see Assassin getting none, although at least one person mentioned interest in it.
Sorcerers got 4. This doesn't surprise me, their write up sort of left me cold.
Clerics also got 4 responses. It's very telling that one of the more useful, and possibly powerful classes is one of the least popular.
Druids got 3 votes, all for Order of the Moon.
Zero votes for the ranger. Neither archetype has received a single vote so far out of 66 responses. That's surprising, but I have to admit, the ranger was the least interesting of all the classes to me. IMO it's because a spellcasting ranger just wasn't a popular design choice. Threads like this one also suggest that the class is underpowered, at least on paper, but I doubt that's why it might be unpopular. I think it's just that this isn't a good representation of the archetype that people want.
That sort of logic maps well to my opinion of the other classes. The more popular ones have abilities that do seem to map well to the tropes and archetypes that are popular in fantasy.
Fully 1/3 of the responses so far are from DM's, not a surprise as ENworld is a fantastic resource for DM's.
It's a small sample size, because as folks have pointed out, not a lot of people have access to the PHB yet. So some of this can be taken with a grain of salt. I'll recreate the poll after it closes.
Wizards are looking popular with 13 votes. It's interesting that they are spread out among most of the schools, suggesting that the schools are mostly well thought out.
Paladins are also looking popular with 12 votes, and all Oaths are well represented.
Warlocks got 11 votes, with all the patrons and pacts represented, although the Fiend patron and Chain pact didn't get as many.
Fighters got 10 votes, with no one voting for Champion. I think Champion will appeal primarily to the Basic edition players. Interesting to see so many votes for Eldritch Knight.
Bards got 8 votes, quite a lot IMO.
Barbarians, Monks, and Rogues got 6. I was surprised to see Assassin getting none, although at least one person mentioned interest in it.
Sorcerers got 4. This doesn't surprise me, their write up sort of left me cold.
Clerics also got 4 responses. It's very telling that one of the more useful, and possibly powerful classes is one of the least popular.
Druids got 3 votes, all for Order of the Moon.
Zero votes for the ranger. Neither archetype has received a single vote so far out of 66 responses. That's surprising, but I have to admit, the ranger was the least interesting of all the classes to me. IMO it's because a spellcasting ranger just wasn't a popular design choice. Threads like this one also suggest that the class is underpowered, at least on paper, but I doubt that's why it might be unpopular. I think it's just that this isn't a good representation of the archetype that people want.
That sort of logic maps well to my opinion of the other classes. The more popular ones have abilities that do seem to map well to the tropes and archetypes that are popular in fantasy.
Fully 1/3 of the responses so far are from DM's, not a surprise as ENworld is a fantastic resource for DM's.
tuxgeo
Adventurer
Yes, I have been following this thread daily, but didn't vote because I don't have the PHB yet. (I do have it on order, so there's that.)
I drove 40+ miles each way to another city on Friday, because the Store finder at wizards.com said there was a WPN store that actually hosts D&D Encounters! (Nothing around here does. . . .)
Yeah, no such luck: I found the place I was looking for, and it is nice, but it's a proverbial hole-in-the-wall located in a tiny building directly opposite the local Fred Meyer (think "Kroger's") shopping center there. They had lots of 4E stuff in stock. I have a copy of each of the ones they had that I wanted, so I didn't buy anything: I just looked at what they had; decided they weren't carrying 5E early; and left.
Waste of a 1/4 tank of gasoline, right? At least I had a nice drive in the country. . . .
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Always call first. I called the closest store and they were not getting it. Second closest was.
Kobold Avenger
Legend
I'm looking forward to a Fey Warlock / Oath of the Ancients Paladin combo, of a neutral good alignment as it's something you couldn't create before...
Even though I've constantly decried the Diviner as not being very player appealing in the past editions, I feel like I could give it a try with a Diviner / Arcane Trickster combo, some sort of seeker of secrets.
Even though I've constantly decried the Diviner as not being very player appealing in the past editions, I feel like I could give it a try with a Diviner / Arcane Trickster combo, some sort of seeker of secrets.
