Originally Posted by Chaosticket Monk and Ranger are the two least popular as far as I know. Monk has the usual problems of Cool but inefficient competing with Fighter and Barbarian. Ranger is more mixed than a Fighter. So same as every edition, but with the twist that the Fighter is better than previous editions. I don't think Monk is unpopular, just the people who dislike it really dislike it. I think Ranger is preferred to Fighter in 3.5, but that just might be on the forums.
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