tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post5065602410362074545..comments2024-03-27T22:37:01.796-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: Least Used Classes & RacesPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-57904338438391345202015-03-21T00:37:40.548-04:002015-03-21T00:37:40.548-04:00We banned druids and sorcerers when we played 3rd ...We banned druids and sorcerers when we played 3rd edition for religious aesthetic reasons. We never had anyone pick basic fighter over barbarian because of the 1d12 hit die. We had one thief per campaign and never more. The rest was usually a mix of rangers, paladins, clerics, bards, and an occasional wizard. I saw a monk once and he dominated (we were one of those groups that got ambushed or imprisoned by Plot a lot, so the guy whose unarmed damage does the same dice as a real weapon was outstanding).<br /><br />As for races, we usually allowed players to define their own races (aforementioned monk was a Mewtwo, we had lots of cat-guys and a few wolf-guys, a pixie here or there) but aside from one halfling thief/cleric, elf, half-elf, and human were the only popular choices from the standard bag. We were pre-teens who thought bears were lame, so no dwarves; we felt that orcs existed to be killed, so no half-orcs because that'd just be awkward.Ronintendohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335678853838217038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-13319461409619213672015-03-19T19:56:08.387-04:002015-03-19T19:56:08.387-04:00Old school blue book, 3d6 inorder:
Elf by far. It...Old school blue book, 3d6 inorder:<br />Elf by far. It was hard to role high enough stats.<br />Hobbits (later Halflings) and Dwarfs weren't much easier, but seemed to occur more often.<br />The most common was the Cleric, cause all you needed was a Wisdom above 10 or something. (my first character was a borderline hopeless Cleric)<br /><br />When we moved to AD&D, pre-Unearthed Arcana:<br />Paladins were the rarest class.<br />Assassin, Druid, and Monk tied for second rarest.<br />Rarest race was probably Gnome and Half-Orcs.<br /><br />AD&D, post-Unearthed Arcana:<br />Monks were rarest class.<br />Race, probably Valley Elf.<br />We had Drow before Driz-what-his-name from RAS. <br /><br />Only played in one 3.5 game, so no real trends to report.<br /><br />No input for 2nd,3rd, and 4th Edition.<br /><br />Plan to try a Mountain Dwarf Barbarian in 5th some time soon.<br />-Dan<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377972768076926086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-86344885417196503252015-03-18T17:29:00.686-04:002015-03-18T17:29:00.686-04:00I trend so hard to certain roles (fighter, ranger,...I trend so hard to certain roles (fighter, ranger, paladin, thief-as-archer) that it's hard for me to respond to this one. Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-64523587060729158132015-03-18T14:36:51.558-04:002015-03-18T14:36:51.558-04:00Druid was least used in mine. Bard a close second...Druid was least used in mine. Bard a close second, if memory serves. We only used the PHB classes, however.<br /><br />Races, I'm going to assume Drow, but I don't remember if they were PHB or not at the time (3.5); it's been way more years since I stopped running the game than I ran it.MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086901374821838288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-58858890479267468692015-03-18T10:42:34.745-04:002015-03-18T10:42:34.745-04:00I didn't count the bard, because we had one gu...I didn't count the bard, because we had one guy get to one (I don't even remember how, but I remember him having a <b>doss lute</b> and using it, so clearly he got to bard) and one guy getting all the way through one class and into the next on his way to be a bard before we stopped playing for some unrelated reason.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-61430510269215433842015-03-18T10:40:37.582-04:002015-03-18T10:40:37.582-04:00He did, but that was in GURPS. Darren ****luck, th...He did, but that was in GURPS. Darren ****luck, the halfling, who was eaten by the Cheshire Cat.<br /><br />I'm glad you finally remembered your paladin's name.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-1516159118563604272015-03-18T10:13:19.822-04:002015-03-18T10:13:19.822-04:00In my AD&D days I think I played a bit of ever...In my AD&D days I think I played a bit of everything… except the Bard. It was all the horrors of the Character With Two Classes rules, squared. I don't think anybody I knew ever took one.<br /><br />Yes, kids, back in the day you had to become an Xth-level fighter and then a Yth-level thief before you could even <i>start</i> training as a bard...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-2969416421183281852015-03-18T09:39:03.054-04:002015-03-18T09:39:03.054-04:00Remember Garion Pendragon the Paladin? Man, I chos...Remember Garion Pendragon the Paladin? Man, I chose awful names. I think his original name was Darkwind. Then there was Greylock Ravenblack and Szandor Wraithkin (aka Sanitary Napkin... we were teenagers)<br />Rob played a Halfling thief, I thought? Pretty sure he died early and he rerolled a human. They were definitely the least common. <br /><br />Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.com