Back in my early days of playing, when a fighter (or any of the subclasses) had less than 18/51 Strength, it wasn't considered viable. Yep, for my first few years of teenage gaming, that's how we saw things. I played mostly fighter classes initially, but then branched out to the alternate Bard from Dragon #56 and the Illusionist class after it got buffed by the Unearthed Arcana.
Upon my return to gaming, I found myself playing Clerics, both in Castles & Crusades and the D&D Next Playtest. Needless to say, I played them as very martial minded clerics.
In truth though, my preferred class is probably DM ;)
Do you have a favored class or class type in D&D styled games?
When I began playing way back when I played clerics mostly. Now when I get to play I prefer magic-using classes like wizards or witches.
ReplyDeleteI used to instantly say Thieves when someone asked this. But it's been a while since I've played one in a non PbP game. I've favored Fighter types mostly in the last couple of years, with the occasional Magic-user thrown in.
ReplyDeleteYep. Clerics of the gods of war. Sacred weapon gets around the prohibition on edged weapons. Everything else pretty much the same.
ReplyDeleteAlso like playing thieves occasionally. Oddly, I've never played a magic user.
My favorite character is a fighter with some stealth skills, not a ranger who is friends with brownies, but a leather armor wearing fighter who can sneak and climb. Hard in early D&D systems, But 2E hit a sweet spot for this. With the right stats you could be a fighter for 3 levels then dual class to a thief and this would be a good way to do it putting your thief points into the HS, MS, CW, HN and no points into OL, FRT, PP. I probably played 10 variations of this character from 90-94. In 3e and pathfinder you can do a lot of variations of this as well but they are not my cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteI'd say a thief mage mix. I like the range of skills you get and the ability to unleash hell if needed. There seems to be more options when combining the two classes.
ReplyDeleteSadly i liked basic DnD elves and multiclass characters in ADnD - more recently into wizard priests - i like 2ns ed bard. I like some of the options in more recent games that let a wizard learn to use a bow or sword - ive run a few games where everyone is a spell caster with hired warrior flunkies
ReplyDeleteBack when I used to play AD&D I loved druids. I found them quite versatile.
ReplyDeleteStraight up rogue-type here, with variations between "dashing rake" and "clutzy henchman" and "stoic legbreaker".
ReplyDeleteThief and Illusionist...Gnome thieves and illusionists....
ReplyDeleteDwarves in D&D, Dwarf fighter in AD&D 1st edition. My roleplaying carrer started shortly after reading The Hobbit & you can't beat a beard with a psychotic shortarse attached.
ReplyDeleteFighters definitely (I'm simple that way). Nowadays I like to make them middle aged, jaded, with just enough scars to make them wonder if all this adventuring business is really worth it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young, I tended toward magic-users and the occasional druid. These days, I've been most fond of fighters, but would love to play a druid again in a game that didn't center on dungeon crawling.
ReplyDeleteI like Monks, Artificers, and other weird classes like that.
ReplyDeleteThe Fighter, pure and simple. Specifically the Sword, Board and Beer fighter. My favorite figure is a bearded fighter with his sword and shield on the ground, while he throws back a beer.
ReplyDeleteFighter in older editions, Cleric or Fighter/Rogue in 3E/d20, Fighter or Rogue in 4E.
ReplyDelete18/51 STR - playing AD&D on dragonsfoot with the grognards, I've noticed that the Americans often complain if I won't let them reroll 'low' stats. The British players (I'm British) don't do this. Maybe a cultural difference.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite class is Fighter, human.
ReplyDeleteanother question might be: what classes did you play till high level then never play again? I enjoyed a druid, illusionist and cleric till high lv but neve did again even if i enjoyed them - but a druid might tempt me again - as a DM i never made druids feel unwelcome in dungeons or cities
ReplyDeleteLBTDDBTD Fighters, followed by crusading-clerics-a-crushing. The fighters were often either armed with pole-arms and a gladius-type deal, or something sword-n-board with a big skin of meade. Often just played humans, else in 3rd/pathfinder I was that one Player with the grippli and kobald characters.
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