Favorite Class

[lytokk]

Typically, the most mundane of mundanes. I primarily play 3.5 and my favorite would be fighter. I know warblade does it better, but there's something I love about playing the fighter. No real special abilities outside of feats. While everyone around you is getting all of these awesome special abilities, all I've got is a sword and a shield. And that's all I have to fight with. There's just something to be said about knowing all the odds are against you and not really having the power to win, yet still trying anyway.

Even though the analogy isn't perfect, its like being Batman in the Justice League. No super-powers outside of money, he's only human. But you can't break his will to fight.

[Joe the Rat]

I generally prefer the cunning/sneaky/clever types, which means thief or thief/multiclass when playing the Old Ways.

So lower class.

[Kane0]

Typically, the most mundane of mundanes. I primarily play 3.5 and my favorite would be fighter. I know warblade does it better, but there's something I love about playing the fighter. No real special abilities outside of feats. While everyone around you is getting all of these awesome special abilities, all I've got is a sword and a shield. And that's all I have to fight with. There's just something to be said about knowing all the odds are against you and not really having the power to win, yet still trying anyway.

Even though the analogy isn't perfect, its like being Batman in the Justice League. No super-powers outside of money, he's only human. But you can't break his will to fight.

I can respect that, you have the quiet nobility of one that has little but does much.

[Socksy]

Another vote for 3.5e Scout.
In PF, I have an Oracle with Wilder dips which is really fun to play.

[Subaru Kujo]

Usually love playing rogues. Most of my best character concepts came out of that class. That and I like the idea of a sneaky character that'll do anything (and then some) to win and/or make a profit.

[Scots Dragon]

From Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition, in order of best to worst:

1. Mage
2. Ranger
3. Bard
4. Specialist Mage (various types)
5. Paladin

I also have soft-spots for the barbarian and druid.

[DigoDragon]

I quite enjoy Biology.

I was more a Physics fan, especially in high school.


For RPGs, generally i like playing a "lovable rogue" type with a little magic on the side. If not that, then usually something very not "human" in the campaign (Like a unicorn on modern Earth, or Kobold in a generic D&D setting) which becomes the party Face.

[Spore]

Knights in every coleur. I am not talking about boring old human knights astride a horseback. I am talking Halfling Cavaliers on cheetahs, I am talking about Catfolk Paladins with an distaste for chaos. My next project will probably be an Tiefling Samurai trying to keep his inner demon in check. They're first to any type of wild warrior like barbarians.

[Manly Man]

It really depends on what I'm aiming for. I've always liked the Warblade ever since I figured out all that {scrubbed} but Psychic Warriors are right up with them. I really love to do them in 3.P games especially, moreso when I'm playing gestalt. Swordsages are my favorite martial class to have as a supporting side of a gestalt, or as dips for getting a few good maneuvers when I want them. Crusaders are starting to get up there too, even if they're not quite as fun of a class (though one character I've had the most fun with was a Crusader himself).

I prefer psionics over spellcasting, honestly. The flavor is something I don't mind too much, and in fact I rather enjoy it, but it's just how much smoother the subsystem is compared to most others.

[Debuffalo]

AD&D 2e: Bard is a better wizard for the first few levels and has an annoying musical instrument.
Hackmaster 4e: Berserker or fighter. The critical hit tables in hackmaster are way too fun.
Houses of the Blooded: Fox(close enough to a class, right?) because beauty is the most hilarious stat.

[Eonas]

Malconvoker, because the flavor is so cool and the moral questions it raises are so sweet.
Shadow Sun Ninja, for exactly the same reason that I just mentioned. Also, you can turn into a vampire if you let your powers get out of hand. Cool.

The Totemist mechanics are a blast to play with, as well.

[DSmaster21]

I have a great fondness for Sorcerers. (Though now that I possess the APG I am looking at the alchemist very excitably. [And based on the srd when I get my copy of Ultimate Psionics I will probably Geek out over the wilder too.]) I also have a fondness for fighters and rogues and especially bards and barbarians. Yeah I can't pick just one.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Paladin.

Forget tiers, forget the haters, I am going to play a paragon of the forces of Good standing before the tides of darkness and Evil with nothing but some steel, his faith, and an extremely manly set of the jaw, and I am going to enjoy every minute of it.

[Plerumque]

The Truenamer has some of the most badass fluff in 3.5e, as well as (in my opinion) some of the neatest tricks. It's a shame that, well, it's a Truenamer. I'd love to see it updated for Pathfinder, especially as it fits so well with the established lore of the Pathfinder Society. Maybe some day...

EDIT: Well, okay, there's Words of Power, but it's really just alternate spellcasting, not something distinctly different.

[Knaight]

Paladin.

Forget tiers, forget the haters, I am going to play a paragon of the forces of Good standing before the tides of darkness and Evil with nothing but some steel, his faith, and an extremely manly set of the jaw, and I am going to enjoy every minute of it.

Paladin's in the general preferred sweet spot, tier wise. 3-4 is broadly considered to be where the game works best.

[Nerd-o-rama]

Paladin's in the general preferred sweet spot, tier wise. 3-4 is broadly considered to be where the game works best.

Well, it has a definite Tier 3 equivalent that does more or less the same things much better mechanically in the Crusader, I just prefer to kick it old-school sometimes.

[CombatOwl]

Hey guys. I'm wondering, what's everybody's favorite class? Why? Mine is the ranger. If for no other reason that I'm nostalgic for it being the first class I ever made (my character was sssmarter than the avaridge gnoll) their just so bad ass. Swinging two swords, filling things full of arrows, being strikers. The only problem is, their not very good, but meh. Bard has been giving it a run for its money though. What about you guys? And as always, go nuts.

For 2e: Fighter/Mage
For Pathfinder: Bard
For 3.5e: Warblade

[Nightgaun7]

I love the heck out of Fighters and Paladins in 4E. Druids were great in 3.5. Whatever the closest thing to a techpriest is in any of the Warhammer 40K games. Most other games I play are classless

[TerrickTerran]

I like monks despite themselves.

(yeah I also strangely like truenamer no matter how bad it is)

[Doorhandle]

Let's see... Monks and Barbarians are my favorite beatsticks, And I like Magi in theory.

4e, I prefer sorcerers and monks.

[Libertad]

Tied between the Beguiler and the Warblade. First one's a versatile rogue-done-right with good flavor, second one's a versatile fighter-done-right with good flavor.

[Meth In a Mine]

I like Fighter. Now I know what you're thinking: WHY MiaM? Why do you like that horrid class?
Well it has a simple role. Unlike the paladin, who needs to be diplomatic, or the barbarian who needs to be a wilderness expert, the Fighter has trained most of his life learning how to kill.
Also, I play primarily Pathfinder, where the fighter is way better than in 3.0/5. My current character is a duergar Foehammer nicknamed the "Steam Shovel", because he barges through multiple enemies with the shock trooper feat, and then uses the combat brute feat with Foehammer archetype abilities to kill them the round after.
In short, I like Fighter because I can pick and choose a combat style I want to play, be it something simple like a Two-Handed Weapon specialist, or something complex like a mage-hunter.