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mitchellboeck
Acolyte
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 Posted - 25 Jun 2011 : 18:05:41
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Poll Question:
What is your favorite 3.5 class? You can also post what you voted and tell me why.
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Edited by - mitchellboeck on 30 Jun 2011 18:48:32
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mitchellboeck
Acolyte
23 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2011 : 18:20:39
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| I chose monk just because of all the new things they can do as they level up. It keeps it very interesting and makes me excited to level up. |
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Abenabin Gimblescrew
Seeker
USA
75 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 13:05:21
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| I voted Paladin. The class I always love to play, but never have had the luxury of playing more than a handful of sessions. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 13:20:56
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| Barbarian & Bard |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4448 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 13:33:52
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| I voted Paladin too. Even with all the silly restrictions on your friends and code of conduct, the class is still lots of fun to role-play as well as roll-play. And they make pretty awesome damage dealers too! |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 14:52:41
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| Monk... |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 16:24:03
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| Druid and Monk, both powerful |
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Galuf the Dwarf
Senior Scribe
USA
638 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 17:54:42
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Paladin, for the same reason that Diffan mentions.  |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11858 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 18:03:16
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| Wizard without a doubt. My whole love of the game revolves around magic and its versatility, and wizards with their ability to expand their known spells are just wonderful. Now, the question of which class to multi-class into and which prestige classes to use.... now that can lead me down many a different road. |
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ChieftainTwilight
Learned Scribe
171 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 18:44:41
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| I don't think in terms of Class. that said, I have many rediculously multiclassedcharacters, and scores of characters who break all typical ideas of their class. =w= |
and a heart can only break so many times
and I've been to hell and back so many times
and I've seen folks walk away so many times
but just like anyone else I gotta stand up by myself
and a heart can only break so many times
a heart can only break so many times
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mitchellboeck
Acolyte
23 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 20:09:27
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| If you want to write your favorite multi-class characters too that would be more then fine. I'm trying to figure out which class I would have the most fun playing and it all helps. |
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ChieftainTwilight
Learned Scribe
171 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 20:29:38
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| I gave my answer, and I'm satisfied with it. :) I like characters who don't fit in with class models at all. I simply don't tink in terms of Class. |
and a heart can only break so many times
and I've been to hell and back so many times
and I've seen folks walk away so many times
but just like anyone else I gotta stand up by myself
and a heart can only break so many times
a heart can only break so many times
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MisterX
Learned Scribe
Germany
118 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2011 : 21:36:25
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| Ranger, because it's some kind of Jack of all Traits (AND stealthy!). |
I've lost track of recent realmslore, since my campaigns are still in the 1370ies. :-)
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3743 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jun 2011 : 17:15:03
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| -Of just those basic classes, Rogue. Almost every one of my characters, it seems, has a level of Rogue, for the massive amount of skill point, class skills, and the +1d6 Sneak Attack, which is always handy. Of the classes in other books, Beguiler is my favorite- it's a Rogue with magic. What's not to like? |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 15:09:27
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Rogue. Or more specifically, rogue/paladin. 
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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
1151 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 15:40:28
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| I'll take wizard for sure, but just at the end of 3.5 i had an opportunity to play a binder for a few sessions and I fell in love. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31792 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 15:53:56
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Bards, definitely. I love their versatility, and they have nearly as many skill points as rogues. (Personally, I think they should actually have more, given their jack-of-all-trades role, but that's just me...) And they are so much fun to play!
Rather than rambling like I usually do, I'll simply say that... What Alystra said!  |
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MisterX
Learned Scribe
Germany
118 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 18:01:46
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quote:
Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-Of just those basic classes, Rogue. Almost every one of my characters, it seems, has a level of Rogue, for the massive amount of skill point, class skills, and the +1d6 Sneak Attack, which is always handy. Of the classes in other books, Beguiler is my favorite- it's a Rogue with magic. What's not to like?
Full ack.
But actually I prefer the magic thing to sneak attacks or even more skillpoints, when just using core basic-classes. And since I just have no knack for that music/art thing with bards it's the ranger. :)
Pallys are cool, as well, but I can't play them properly, I think. I'm too much in love with the occasional intrigue, I suppose
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MalariaMoon
Learned Scribe
324 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 18:12:29
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| I voted rouge because I love make-up :-) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36814 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 18:18:44
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Originally posted by MalariaMoon
I voted rouge because I love make-up :-)
 And one of D&D's most common misspellings strikes again! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36814 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 18:19:59
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| I'm a huge fan of the sorcerer, myself. Most of the benefits of being a wizard, without the added annoyance of trying to make sure you memorize the right spells. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 18:21:36
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Originally posted by MisterX
Pallys are cool, as well, but I can't play them properly, I think. I'm too much in love with the occasional intrigue, I suppose
;)
That's why I play rogue/paladins. They're holy warriors tip-toeing the line between right and wrong, sneaking around and smiting evil-doers. I can also lie right to the DM's face, so long as I can justify that every word I'm saying is true--I'm just deceiving the NPC as to my true purpose.
(I guess it's also because I have one in my FR novels, though he was a 3.5 character first, back in the day.)
You might try a ranger/paladin too, if you're keen on rangers. That's a cool idea.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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MisterX
Learned Scribe
Germany
118 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 20:21:51
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quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
They're holy warriors tip-toeing the line between right and wrong, sneaking around and smiting evil-doers. I can also lie right to the DM's face, so long as I can justify that every word I'm saying is true--I'm just deceiving the NPC as to my true purpose.
I tried this in my last (or actual? We recently restarted completely from scratch) group with a Beguiler (not aiming for "the greater good" but for the goals of the party) and the other players went mad, actually. "Oh my god, you're not speaking completely the truth to some thievelord (we others have just severely insulted) to save the party's lives! I HATE your character!"
Ranger/Paladin is some interesting idea. Maybe a follower of Chauntea? ;) |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 20:33:06
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quote:
Originally posted by MisterX
Ranger/Paladin is some interesting idea. Maybe a follower of Chauntea? ;)
Yeah--like a hero who lives as a ranger but is secretly sworn to a good deity (such as Chauntea, Selune, Mielikki, etc). Or else a former paladin who has "retired" and become a ranger.
Check out the exalted prestige class in the Player's Guide to Faerun (whose name escapes me just at the moment).
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Erik Scott de Bie
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 20:54:56
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Check out the exalted prestige class in the Player's Guide to Faerun (whose name escapes me just at the moment).
The Harper Paragon? |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2011 : 23:17:09
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Originally posted by Hawkins
quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Check out the exalted prestige class in the Player's Guide to Faerun (whose name escapes me just at the moment).
The Harper Paragon?
That's the one. :)
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31792 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2011 : 01:28:17
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I'm a huge fan of the sorcerer, myself. Most of the benefits of being a wizard, without the added annoyance of trying to make sure you memorize the right spells.
I like sorcerers too. In fact, in my FR the origin of the sorcerer is very similar to what Ed outlined in Temptation of Elminster. I've established a possible link between sorcerers and dragon/draconic bloodlines -- which hints at where the sorcerers get their dragonblood from.
In the novel itself, it notes the dragonsblood experiments undertaken by Cordorlar, in the waning days of Netheril.
I didn't stop there, however. I went further and allowed several other select magical creatures of significant arcane ability to also become the progenitors of alternate sorcerer bloodlines -- especially those with their own innate spell -casting/generating ability. |
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_Jarlaxle_
Senior Scribe
Germany
584 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2011 : 13:55:50
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| I voted sorcerer too because I like their fluff about raw power although wizards are more powerfull |
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Gavinfoxx
Learned Scribe
USA
132 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jun 2011 : 19:43:07
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| Where's all the rest of the base classes? And you misspelled Rogue... |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 29 Jun 2011 : 20:07:13
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Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-Of just those basic classes, Rogue. Almost every one of my characters, it seems, has a level of Rogue, for the massive amount of skill point, class skills, and the +1d6 Sneak Attack, which is always handy. Of the classes in other books, Beguiler is my favorite- it's a Rogue with magic. What's not to like?
A strangely unexpected choice coming from someone using the name of Faerun's greatest Arcanist.
As for my choice, wizard most definitely! (Why bring a knife when you can conjure it out of thin air?!) |
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