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<blockquote data-quote="Bauglir" data-source="post: 1519544" data-attributes="member: 6982">I agree with Painfully about bards.&nbsp; I just can't reconcile the guy that carries a lute and sings a song (possibly prancing around as he does it) with the heroic nature of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Plus I've found that the rogue tends to be able to perform the bard's typical role well enough, particularly with some backup from a wizard where enchantments are required...Barbarians also I dislike for flavour reasons.&nbsp; Each of the other classes has an implied level of competence and training leading up to their class abilities.&nbsp; The fighter is trained in the use of all weapons and armour, the rogue has learned a multitude of skills, the wizard has spent years poring over books.The barbarian on the other hand gets angry and hits things really hard!I do appreciate that the barbarian does have training in the use of martial weapons, as well as a suite of skills.&nbsp; Still the feel of the class has always been for me 'big dumb guy who somehow manages to substitute getting really angry for actual skill'..That said, the most recent character I made was a barbarian/fighter. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In this case he's a half-fiend trying to turn to good.&nbsp; The barbarian rage gives a nice mechanic to show his evil impulses breaking through from time to time.&nbsp; (I even added a low DC will save which must be made when he rages, and if he fails, he becomes crazed and his alignment shifts to CE for the duration of the rage)Haven't had a chance to play him as yet though.&nbsp; He's a backup character for the game I'm playing in at the moment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bauglir, post: 1519544, member: 6982"] I agree with Painfully about bards. I just can't reconcile the guy that carries a lute and sings a song (possibly prancing around as he does it) with the heroic nature of D&D. Plus I've found that the rogue tends to be able to perform the bard's typical role well enough, particularly with some backup from a wizard where enchantments are required... Barbarians also I dislike for flavour reasons. Each of the other classes has an implied level of competence and training leading up to their class abilities. The fighter is trained in the use of all weapons and armour, the rogue has learned a multitude of skills, the wizard has spent years poring over books. The barbarian on the other hand gets angry and hits things really hard! I do appreciate that the barbarian [i]does[/i] have training in the use of martial weapons, as well as a suite of skills. Still the feel of the class has always been for me 'big dumb guy who somehow manages to substitute getting [i]really[/i] angry for actual skill'.. That said, the most recent character I made was a barbarian/fighter. :) In this case he's a half-fiend trying to turn to good. The barbarian rage gives a nice mechanic to show his evil impulses breaking through from time to time. (I even added a low DC will save which must be made when he rages, and if he fails, he becomes crazed and his alignment shifts to CE for the duration of the rage) Haven't had a chance to play him as yet though. He's a backup character for the game I'm playing in at the moment. [/QUOTE]

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