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Which would you play usually?

I usually run, rather than play. When I do play, I typically do Magic-User, but I sometimes play other classes. Last time I played, I did a cleric, because I was a late addition to an ongoing game and took over an NPC in the party.

Bard

Hmmm... don't think I ever played a game with only four class options. Doubt that I ever will, either.

I am a big fan of clerics.

42 years of playing, more characters than I can count.

1 Cleric, 1 Paladin, 1 Elf, 2 magic users.

Everything else has been fighters.

Quote from: Old Geezer;81082542 years of playing, more characters than I can count.

1 Cleric, 1 Paladin, 1 Elf, 2 magic users.

Everything else has been fighters.

And all of them thieves. ;)

Cleric.

I got roped into playing a cleric in college --we had no other healers-- and I've been playing one in one form or another ever since.

Whatever the party needs...which usually means the Cleric.

Of course, I'm an ass so I rarely take healing spells. They're the least interesting divine spells. Then I choose a minor deity in the setting that I find most interesting and run riot.

I could have put more classes but wanted to keep it simple.   If you want to answer poll, please put closest match for most of time. Obviously for a good number of people there will be variation

Fighter.

Quote from: Bren;810827And all of them thieves. ;)

Nonsense.  Several of them have been exemplars of chivalric virtue despite not being called a "paladin."  And some folk know how to properly express their gratitude to the valiant knight who saved them.  (check, cash, money order, negotiable securities, bearer bonds...)

But sometimes that gets quite perilous too...:D  "We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes..."

Quote from: flyerfan1991;810829Cleric.

I got roped into playing a cleric in college --we had no other healers-- and I've been playing one in one form or another ever since.

Lots of people really like OD&D clerics.  Fight almost as well as a fighter, fastest class advancement, lowest "name" level, gobs of divine aid once you set up your stronghold.

Fighter... when I get to be a player, to me the (and this is complete subjective) the fighter class just seems be the one I feel I can come up with a fun character concept to play.

I'm honestly kind of surprised fighter is so much in the lead. I generally can't play a fighter to save my life, they just bore me to tears.

In D&D/PF, I'm rogue all the way. Give me ALL of the skills. And preferably a low wisdom score so I can really put 'em to use getting myself and everyone around me into/out of trouble, usually of my own making.

In other games without Vancian magic, it's a pretty even split between rogue-types and magic users. I really like playing support/utility characters.

Fighters for me... it usually feels like the most wide open class for me to make of it what I want. Rogues a close second.
I'll happily play magic users though if it's the right group/setting.
Clerics too often end up feeling like a public utility.

Quote from: Old Geezer;810838Lots of people really like OD&D clerics.  Fight almost as well as a fighter, fastest class advancement, lowest "name" level, gobs of divine aid once you set up your stronghold.

Those traits carry all through the B/X-BECMI-RC line too.

I particularly like the fact that clerics in those editions get so few healing spells that they can't be coerced into simply being the party healer.

As to the actual poll question, I genuinely am an "it depends"! I don't get to play very often (I'm usually the GM) so I deliberately vary the characters I play as much as possible, preferring to play something that I haven't played before in the edition in question or at least haven't played recently. Therefore I tend to play the different classes with approximately equal frequency.

When I'm not running a game, I like to be a Rogue/Expert of some kind. I just like to be super skilled and have to find clever ways to solve problems without direct combat or magic.

Although sometimes that kind of thing stumps the GM: how much damage DOES an old (plugged in) tv do when smashed, screen first, over someone's head as a surprise /sneak attack?

(Never enough, and that's why I mostly GM now).

I really prefer multi-class characters. Fighter/Magic-User, Cleric/Ranger, Cleric/Fighter/Magic-User or Fighter/Assassin.

Fighter. I don't play non-combatants or characters who can't mix it up in melee.

Otherwise I've played Rangers and my current 13th Age character is basically a Fighter-Sorceror martial artist.

Thief. Not rogue. Thief.

My very first character was a thief. It stuck. I tried bards, they suck. I tried mages/M-Us, they suck. I tried fighters. You get the picture. I do thief.

Quote from: Vic99;810806Which would you play usually?

Science Fiction RPGs that are not class and level based.

Quote from: Old Geezer;810838Lots of people really like OD&D clerics.  Fight almost as well as a fighter, fastest class advancement, lowest "name" level, gobs of divine aid once you set up your stronghold.

I started playing them in 1e, and while I've been playing 3.0 the longest, I've played Clerics in all of the other major editions (+ Pathfinder).  I'll be starting up a Cleric in 5e, so I'll be curious about how it works there.

I end up playing the Cleric and the Thief more often than not, in the spirit of "what do we need?", but left to my own devices, I'll go with Fighter. Foot to the door, axe to the head, emerge bathed in monster blood and battle-earned glory, laden with loot... verily, the spectre of Conan looms large in my elfgaming.

Rogue/thief, for I have always felt more connection with Talleyrand than Lannes.

I voted Fighter, but it's not 100% accurate.  I tend to multi-class a lot, and said multi-classing tends to have a martial character involved somehow, so Fighter got the nod.

I usually play fighter types. Barbarian and so forth. Rogue is my second type.

Though I would want to play more games without specific classes, as I'm getting tired of Pathfinder and D&D.

I've always been partial to rogues. In most euro fantasy based games, it's the closes thing to a ninja.

My tastes have changed over the years. Early on it was MU all the way. Played one up to 36th level in BECMI back in the day.

When I started playing AD&D I stuck with the MU in 1e, but also liked multi-class Fighter/MUs. In 2e I moved over to mostly playing Bards, and kept this predilection in 3.x despite how poor they played in 'absolute' terms.

I tried MU, Bard and Ranger in 4e and probably enjoyed the ranger most of the three.

These days I find myself preferring a 'man of action' character, so I opted for fighter. Currently I'm reffing our 5e game but I'm planning to play an Eldritch Knight once someone else takes up the baton. A heavy dose of physical capability with a side order of cool option to add a little seasoning.

Naturally, in non-D&D games I play non-D&D characters...

I noticed I've been gravitating over the years towards Fighters for the sheer downsizing of mechanical cruft. But I often ran a religious, or at least very social, character. Something about ending up as the party's polite face. That and everyone seems to hate the "Minivan Mom, Save the Children!" trope but I find it hysterical. It oft puts the breaks on (or revs in high gear) the beeline to Chaotic Neutral, Chaotic Evil in adventuring parties.

"Put it back. You know that doesn't belong to you. Next time ask if you want to borrow something. And be sure to use the magic words of 'please' and 'thank you'."

Magic User/Wizard. Currently playing a Warlock in a 5e campaign.

But I like to experiment and have tried out all sorts. Notable exceptions to wizard being the bard I played, retired, and then called back for one last adventure.

Another notable exception being a Cleric in BECMI D&D who has so far made it absurdly far.

In non-D&D games, I still play Fighters.

My WFRP2e character was "The Guy" because in a party consisting of an elf, a dwarf and a wizard, he was the only normal person (an Outlaw Chief in the end). And of peasant origin, to boot, where the others were nobility and middle class.

My Mass Effect character is the Soldier, mostly about shooting and hitting things, though he had branched out into Tech powers a little.

In our Victorian M&M1e game, my character is the brick, with super-strength, super-vitality, regeneration and general durability. He hits things very hard with his fists.

In our Colonial-era Mage: the Awakening game, I played a combat-ready Proximus, rather than a Mage. He's the half-Iroquois tracker.

I voted fighter, generally I find it easier to imagine a character who wants to go out and fight things rather than one who casts spells or sneaks around. This does make it frustrating sometimes if the game you are playing thinks you made that decision not because you are attracted to that archetype, but because you are too dumb or inexperienced to handle the real classes and manage all those fiddly looking spells, and therefore doesn't offer much in the way of complexity or in some cases effectiveness.

Jannet and Kefra both tend to favour fighter types. Jan oft going for a Ranger. Shes also played a bard fairly well. Kefra will also play druids fairly regularly. Shes really enjoying the 5e Druid.

The group I am currently DMing for seems to have no real preference. They will play whatever sparks an interest.

Quote from: Opaopajr;810970I noticed I've been gravitating over the years towards Fighters for the sheer downsizing of mechanical cruft. But I often ran a religious, or at least very social, character. Something about ending up as the party's polite face. That and everyone seems to hate the "Minivan Mom, Save the Children!" trope but I find it hysterical. It oft puts the breaks on (or revs in high gear) the beeline to Chaotic Neutral, Chaotic Evil in adventuring parties.

"Put it back. You know that doesn't belong to you. Next time ask if you want to borrow something. And be sure to use the magic words of 'please' and 'thank you'."

Between this, and the low dexterity rogue builds, and especially this from another thread:

Quote from: Opaopajr;810888Oh my gawd, he could bazooka children in the face on teevee?! And everyone'd think it's special effects?! And then laugh track followed by "no children were harmed in the filming of this episode" disclaimer?!
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This has to happen... This is the best Super Hero/Villain ever.
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... I have to say that I am worried about you, Opaopajr, and I need you to reassure me ... you don't know where I live, do you?

Quote from: rawma;811089... I have to say that I am worried about you, Opaopajr, and I need you to reassure me ... you don't know where I live, do you?

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The Malkavian Madness Network has been down for me recently. So, sadly I don't know where you live. But there's always the vicious gossip among the little songbirds -- such pretty little liars.

Are we passing class notes through tits & warblers? :D

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You have my undivided attention.

Quote from: Old Geezer;811304You have my undivided attention.

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Heh.

After much hemming and hawing I went with fighter. They tend to have an easier time of it than other classes as most games are designed to make a fighter/warrior type tough and playable. I like D&D clerics too and often play them. I've done rogues and wizards but not often.

I often use a rogue of some stripe. The range of skills tends to fit my idea of a rogue as more of an Indiana Jones treasure hunter type, rather than a burglar. After that it is definitely a fighter.

It depends on how the 3d6 in order land.  

That being said my longest running characters have been fighters... and none of those have been rolled 3d6 in order.  :o

... and I still prefer thieves.

A combination of all of them.

Generally speaking, on those rare occasions where I actually play,  I tend to enjoy fighter types the most.  But it depends on the game.  When I look at LotFP and DCC, both games I've run for quite a long while now but have never played in, I know that I'd absolutely love being a fighter in either of those.