[Pathfinder/D&D] Least-Used (Loved?) Classes

Zachary The First · July 11, 2014, 06:05:18 AM

Whether it's Pathfinder, 3.x, 2e, or whatever version of D&D, which classes saw the least play at your table, or seemed the least beloved?

For us (Pathfinder/C&C), we almost never see bards or paladins. I think the only time we see a bard is if I'm playing Pathfinder, as I'm the only person who will run one.

Scott Anderson · July 11, 2014, 02:03:48 PM

Clerics. The cleric is always a henchman or DMPC.

Doom · July 11, 2014, 02:15:18 PM

Quote from: Zachary The First;767601Whether it's Pathfinder, 3.x, 2e, or whatever version of D&D, which classes saw the least play at your table, or seemed the least beloved?

For us (Pathfinder/C&C), we almost never see bards or paladins. I think the only time we see a bard is if I'm playing Pathfinder, as I'm the only person who will run one.

That's funny, I had a bard player...his character got killed.

His next character? A paladin.

Even more funny is the Runelords adventure coming up has stuff just for bards (sheet music? Really!)...I decided just to skip it and move on to more ogre-bashing, which any paladin can get behind.

Zachary The First · July 11, 2014, 02:28:19 PM

Quote from: Scott Anderson;767734Clerics. The cleric is always a henchman or DMPC.

Seriously? Man, we have clerics running out of our ears.

Grymbok · July 11, 2014, 02:35:04 PM

Always used to be Bards for us. They just seemed daft, somehow - never been able to get past the "brave, brave Sir Robin" idea. Not sure if Bards just are seen differentially culturally in the States.

We did have one Bard once which was very much influenced by the years our group spent playing EverQuest. But other than that no-one's ever tried.

We've never really got in to non-core classes at all either. I played a (3E) Warlock once, but that's the only one I can ever remember.

jadrax · July 11, 2014, 02:35:26 PM

Single class Fighters seem next to non existent, oh and single class Rangers for that matter.

Wizards, Sorcerers, Druids, Bards, Clerics, Rogues, Barbarians, Paladins all seem to get a lot of love.

Classes outside of the PG tend to suffer from being perceived as unneeded and hence unpopular.

Shipyard Locked · July 11, 2014, 03:27:51 PM

Quote from: Grymbok;767748Always used to be Bards for us. They just seemed daft, somehow - never been able to get past the "brave, brave Sir Robin" idea. Not sure if Bards just are seen differentially culturally in the States.

In my experience, making the bard an appealing choice is all about finding the right piece of awesome bard art to shake people's unflattering preconceptions.

Gabriel2 · July 11, 2014, 04:01:14 PM

I'll probably never see a Barbarian, Monk, or Druid. I'm not fond of any of them and neither is the person I play with.

YourSwordisMine · July 11, 2014, 04:43:18 PM

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;767777In my experience, making the bard an appealing choice is all about finding the right piece of awesome bard art to shake people's unflattering preconceptions.

http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/0349/2302_c3ac.jpeg

Scott Anderson · July 11, 2014, 04:46:57 PM

Quote from: Zachary The First;767745Seriously? Man, we have clerics running out of our ears.

I know, right? The 3.5 cleric is the class with the best options in terms of both chargen and tactical flex.

I have long imagined a party made up entirely of bards and cantors. Like, four Links running around.

Batman · July 12, 2014, 02:40:55 AM

of revised 3rd Edition, Pathfinder, and 4E the answer for my group would be....

Bards (though 4E made me want to play one rather than rolling my eyes at bad acting, terrible jokes, and poor singing some Bard players attempting to do or felt obligated to attempt for their Performance [insert thing-y here] checks).

S'mon · July 12, 2014, 04:52:28 AM

I haven't seen any Monks in any Pathfinder game. My impression is that they're even weaker than in 3e.

There's a Bard in my current Pathfinder game. Bards are/were very popular in my 4e D&D game; the 4e Bard is a pretty cool class.

In Pathfinder Rogue and Fighter seem rare unless we're playing the Beginner Box and/or using the Merisiel & Valeros pregens. By contrast the other two BB classes, Cleric and Wizard, are popular. It's pretty easy to make a Cleric who fights as well as a Fighter with plenty spells left over, & Channeling.

The Butcher · July 12, 2014, 10:29:07 AM

I was told that, other than the full casters, Paladin and Rogue were OP in PF.

I'm not a fan of 3.5e by any stretch of the imagination, but I really wish I could play on my gaming group's weekend PF games. The PF trade dress and art looks way better than 3.5e, and I like some of the things they did to some of the classes (e.g. Sorcerer bloodlines) and some of the new classes (Alchemist, Oracle, Summoner)

Grymbok · July 12, 2014, 11:44:00 AM

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;767777In my experience, making the bard an appealing choice is all about finding the right piece of awesome bard art to shake people's unflattering preconceptions.

Got any examples to share?

Grymbok · July 12, 2014, 11:46:30 AM

I've jus remembered that the one bard we had was actually an NPC that was given to one of the players to control for some reason (the PC was incapacitated somehow - this was in the Banewarrens adventure I think). So in terms of actual PCs, we've never had one in any D&D game I've played.