Which is your favourite type of character to play?

[MerricB]

I'm interested to see what the correlation is between this and the poll on the Complete books. Assuming the classes can be broken up into Fighters (combat-types), Clerics (divine types), Wizards (arcane-types) and Rogues (skill-monkeys), what is your favourite type of character to play?

Me? I'm a lover of arcanists.

Cheers!

 

[Wombat]

This gets a big "It depends" from me.

I voted for wizard, but realistically this is primarily due to Ars Magica, rather than D&D.

A lot depends on the type of campaign I am in and who is running it (...in the rare instances where it isn't me...). Some GMs are much better at setting up fighting encounters, others at puzzles, etc. Also a lot depends on the particulars of the campaign -- is this a musketeer game, a conspiracy game, an exploration game? Each of them would call for differing kinds of characters, each of which could be interesting.

I also tend to be the "fill in" person. I find out what everyone else wants to play and then fill a slot that appears to be vacant in the party.

Given no other information, I tend to prefer wizards, followed by rogues and fighters. But then again, if I am given no information about a campaign, I generally do not play

 

[Crothian]

skill based.... you have abilitiers that are good in and out of combat and they never run out of uses....

 

[MerricB]

I'm feeling that perhaps "skill-based" should instead be "generalist". There are bunches of different things that you can do. (It also covers multiclassed characters).

Cheers!

 

[Corsair]

I voted skill based, mainly because I hate fighters that can only fight, or mages that can only blast, or clerics that can only heal. If I play a spellcaster, I'd rather be using illusions and charms to get the most bang for my buck, rather than just getting a fireball-style bang.

Generally I am happiest when I have bucketloads of skill points that I can rely on without having to worry about running out of daily uses, or to supplement my fighting skills. As such, my warriors tend to be swashbucklers, fighter/rogues, rangers, or even 4 sp/level barbarians! My spellcasters are usually sorcerers with a decent enough intelligence (plus being human) to get some good cross class skills.

Honestly, my new favorite class is going to be the scout once I get a chance to play it in game.

 

[cybertalus]

I've played all those types and enjoyed all of them about equally. When I'm creating a new character I usually pick a type that I haven't played much recently, or that no one else in the group is playing.

Where my preferences come in is in ability scores. I like to play characters with good dexterity and intelligence. I hate to play characters with high charisma.

 

[reveal]

I voted warrior-type because I prefer to play Monks or Paladins.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

The cleric gets no love!

I voted Wizard, because you eventually get varied and great powers...

AR

 

[Krieg]

Fighters....because wizards are supposed to be mysterious & diabolical, NOT the protagonist.

 

[IronWolf]

I went with Rogue/skills based. I like having a fair amount of skills to choose from. Helps keep things interesting in and out of combat.