Just about any martial class for me.
I love 'em 'cause the characters get to beat things in the face 'till they stop moving. I wish I could do that for real.
I'm DMing at the moment, but I can have fun with anything available... although I must agree about sorcery with Ravingdork. I AM MAGIC! :D
I always DM, but if I got the chance, I would like to play a dwarven oracle. The curse I would pick is the spirits talking to him all the time. I would play it as if he is always arguing with the stones.
I like the gish types, so before I DMed I played bards quite a bit. My nickname (Xorial) comes from one of my favorite characters back in 2e. Played him through the Time of Troubles modules for the Forgotten Realms.
Taking the gish further, I am interested in the Magus.
Those choices bring me back to the first class that caught my eye in 3e, the sorcerer. The whole natural caster flavor always inspired me, even when everyone else thought of them a weak. Really loved the Eldritch Master PrC Monte Cooke had in one of the old Dragon Mags when 3e forst came out.
Tend to prefer casters, with the druid being the most fun to me. Havent tried alchemist, inquisitor, or witch but want to at some point.
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Barbarian for society play due to the fact that everything I touch dies instantly.
Heh; it is fun when they do that. My favorite "classes" are high-CHA tanks with plenty of multiclass dips and tricks at the cost of only -1 BAB; current Society PCs are a halfling rogue/paladin and a half-elf B/F/C fauchard-wielder who hopes the Chevalier PRC will be legal in a timely fashion.
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I am curious here as to what is everyones "go to" class in Pathfinder. That one class you find yourself playing again and again. Myself, I sadly don't have enough experience in the system yet to have one (although Oracle, Summoner, and Monk are peakin my interest!) but I would like to hear yours!
Any fun stories you can share about your favorite class would also be cool!
I usually end up playing the face / buffer / healer of the party. I have three PFS characters (paladin, cleric, & bard) and one home group character (fire oracle). I was surprised at how much I have really enjoyed my oracle.
I don't think anyone's mentioned prestige classes. Arcane Trickster epitomizes what I like to play. The synergy of the Int and Dex (to a lesser degree Cha and Dex if you want to be social), the combined utility of spells and skills, and the dandy new class features add up to a character I only wish I could play more often and at lower levels.
If I have to go base class, Sorcerer. Only played one so far but a lot of my future plans involve them. I love the bloodline powers and I'm drawn to Cha-based characters (last two characters have been Paladin and Bard).
My favorite classes are Sorcerer and Monk. Alchemist, Bard, Oracle, Rouge, and Witch come second.
I havent seen anyone say rogue...
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Bards have been my favorite class through all versions of the game since 2nd Edition, and remain so with Pathfinder.
The Inquisitor is the first class in the entirety of my playing career I love almost as much as the Bard, and has thus edged out Ranger for my second favorite.
Ranger is now my third choice, but I am still quite fond of it. Back in 3.5 the Hexblade held the No.3 slot for me, so priorites could shift after I get to take the finalized Magus for a ride.
Two handed weapon fighter with a focus for sundering. The DM at the time made us all fight each other in a dream state type illusion and I killed the whole party because I kept cutting everyone's weapons in half.
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Because I am an unintentional powergammer (I optimize without thinking about it, but my characters always have elaborate backstories) I'd have to say Oracle.
Particularly, the Oracle of Battle.
I recently ended a homebrew campaign where I was an viking Oracle who worshiped Odin and his line. He had the Clouded vision curse because he was a decendent of Hod, the blind god whom Loki tricked into killing Baldur.
He began life with eyesight intact but then his eyesight went then recalibrated as his power grew.
He was just a beast! Wielding a greatsword with a high STR and CON he just buffed and slapped people down. We he got really hurt, just step behind the fighter, heal, buff the fighter and get right back to it.
SO MUCH FUN!
Sorcerer.
So how exactly do you cast spells again? By sheer virtue of awesomeness. Care for a demonstration?
Paladin. I want to play a hero in my games, and paladins are the definition of hero.
I would have bet Monks for you TOZ..
I havent seen anyone say rogue...
Pooh as an example, few posts before yours :)
Well, we're talking Pathfinder classes. Monk is my favorite 3.5 class. ;)
I would have bet Monks for you TOZ..
I see.
(OF COURSE I see I'm a giant eye)
I havent seen anyone say rogue...I did. Others mentioned it, too. Look closer. :)
EDIT: I actually count 5 who mention it as one of their faves including myself and not including the Arcane Trickster reference.
No, I'm not counting people who name practically every class, rogue being one of them. That wasn't the question. It's not name your 6 favorite classes. It's name your favorite.
So Far I see I missed ONE person who said that.
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No, I'm not counting people who name practically every class, rogue being one of them. That wasn't the question. It's not name your 6 favorite classes. It's name your favorite.So Far I see I missed ONE person who said that.
Three or four* is every class now?
And in that case, you're basically ignoring over half the thread, since most people list at least two, often without specifying which they like more.
*The most classes listed as actual favorites in any of the posts I mention
Tough call between Monks, Bards (especially thanks to APG) and Alchemists. Each appeals to a part of me...especially the crazy blow them up with bombs part.
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My go to class is actually a prestige class...the eldritch knight. I like my fighter/wizards and currently this is the only official game in town. The magus when it comes out maybe my new top choice...but from the playtest...it's unlikely. What I like about doing the fi/wi/EK is that it is VERY vanilla and I can flavor it up how I like...the magus comes with too much flavor pre-packed for my taste.
I rolled up a Ninja that I'm thoroughly enjoying at the moment. Being a rogue that can be truly deadly is a nice change of pace.
Otherwise, the Inquisitor is pretty sexy.
I have to say I really love all of the classes available. Right now I'm in various on-line and RL games playing:
A fighter/rogue(/duelist)
A rogue
A paladin variant
A wizard
A druid/wizard(/Arcane Hierophant)
A wilder (psionics unleashed version)
In fact if there's one class I never seem to play, it's cleric. I never seem to be able to find a good theme for one. My fighters always seem to be finesse-based rather than strength-based, too. Of the classes out there that I really want to play in the future:
DSP's new Soulknife
A shamanic druid
A monk (possibly my favourite class but I never seem to see a game I can get one into where it would work)
An archery-based ranger
No, I'm not counting people who name practically every class, rogue being one of them. That wasn't the question. It's not name your 6 favorite classes. It's name your favorite.
So Far I see I missed ONE person who said that.
Heh, why limit yourself -- I don't have a favorite class I have favorite characters but they run the gauntlet of the classes -- limiting yourself to a single class is well... limiting.
I love my oracle
spontanoues caster
good healer
flavoursome mysteries
not bad skill set
not quite the Favoured Soul of old, but close to it
I havent seen anyone say rogue...
I did.
I am curious here as to what is everyones "go to" class in Pathfinder. That one class you find yourself playing again and again. Myself, I sadly don't have enough experience in the system yet to have one (although Oracle, Summoner, and Monk are peakin my interest!) but I would like to hear yours!
Any fun stories you can share about your favorite class would also be cool!
So far my favorite class is bard. It has everything I like:
- skills -> can do stuff without magic, and lots of it!- medium bab -> can substitute for fighter (for some time)
- healing -> can be backup or even primary healer (with UMD)
- armor -> not so squishy
- versatile performance -> yay - I am the acrobatic dancer ;-)
- magic -> used correctly, they are nasty!
- group-oriented -> everybody loves your singing.. :-P
- earn money -> just do a performance in the street
The whole class is extremely flexible, but it requires a more experienced player to make good use of IMO.
Also, the new archetypes look interesting. My favourite bard types are standard bard, arcane duelist, then sandman.
Tough call between Monks, Bards (especially thanks to APG) and Alchemists. Each appeals to a part of me...especially the crazy blow them up with bombs part.Yay! Another member in "Friends of the Alchemists" we now have 2 :-)
Make that three my friend. My bomb throwing alter ego would be glad to join you anytime
The only class my gaming group allows me to play is Game Master.
+1
I've been the primary game master for our campaigns since the days of 1e, though I do occasionally get to play on the "wrong side of the screen". Lately I was given the chance to play in our homebrewed Pathfinder campaign, and the first character I rolled up was a Justicar (the non spellcasting version of the Inquisitor, who, sadly, did not survive his first encounter with a Medusa). But I love the whole concept of the class; a sort of divine bounty hunter who takes it upon himself to mete out justice and judgement to all those who would turn upon the church or blaspheme against its gods. Heck, even stripping away the divine focus (which is how I see the Justicar) the class makes pretty much the perfect bounty hunter.
The second character I rolled up is a TWF Fighter with the Wild Talent feat from Psionics Unleashed. I love psionics (though I'm in the great minority among my group), but to keep things simpler for the GM, I didn't make him a full on psychic warrior. I love the Fighter's versatility in combat, made even more viable in Pathfinder.
Interesting thread.
Just for fun, I counted all the classes choices given so far to see which were the most favorites.
Of course, I know that this sample has no statistical significance, and the preferences were expressed in many different ways, so it's not a significant test. I tentatively decided to weight the votes like this:
- 3 points for single classes that where chosen as N. 1 favorite
- 2 points for first choice groups or a second single best choice
- 1 point for second choice groups or third rated single classes
I also counted each time a given class was included for any reason, as long it was liked. I excluded comments that were too generic: "I like all martial classes!". Finally, I counted archetypes and specialists as a base class.
Examples:
I like the fighter first and paladin second: 3 points for fighter and 2 point for paladin
I like paladins and fighters: 2 points each (group)
I prefer paladins, but I also like fighters, inquisitors and oracles: 3 points paladins, 1 point each for the others (second choice, group).
Here are the results:
Class Score/Nominations
Sorcerer 29/11
Inquisitor 26/11
Bard 24/12
Paladin 23/12
Fighter 20/10
alchemist 20/10
Oracle 17/7
Magus 16/7
Monk 15/7
Cleric 13/7
Wizard 13/6
Rogue 12/7
Barbarian 9/6
Ranger 9/5
Witch 9/4
Summoner 8/4
Druid 8/3
Cavalier 1/1
Some trends seem to emerge:
- cha based classes are chosen often.
- Inquisitor is the preferred new class, but alchemist is also liked
- cavalier is not appreciated (my guess: mounted classes are too "niche")
- wilderness classes (Barb, ranger and druid) are less liked than I thought
There are of course, many ways to count and to make a list. It was just for fun and should not be taken seriously.
My best class? I like them all, actually, but Cleric for the role playing, fighter for the mechanic, and I also like inquisitors and oracles and most of the new classes, but I have not played them yet. These where NOT included in the above list, to avoid bias.
Happy Easter...
Interesting thread.
Just for fun, I counted all the classes choices given so far to see which were the most favorites.
Of course, I know that this sample has no statistical significance, and the preferences were expressed in many different ways, so it's not a significant test. I tentatively decided to weight the votes like this:- 3 points for single classes that where chosen as N. 1 favorite
- 2 points for first choice groups or a second single best choice
- 1 point for second choice groups or third rated single classesI also counted each time a given class was included for any reason, as long it was liked. I excluded comments that were too generic: "I like all martial classes!". Finally, I counted archetypes and specialists as a base class.
Examples:
I like the fighter first and paladin second: 3 points for fighter and 2 point for paladin
I like paladins and fighters: 2 points each (group)
I prefer paladins, but I also like fighters, inquisitors and oracles: 3 points paladins, 1 point each for the others (second choice, group).
Here are the results:
Class Score/Nominations
Sorcerer 29/11
Inquisitor 26/11
Bard 24/12
Paladin 23/12
Fighter 20/10
alchemist 20/10
Oracle 17/7
Magus 16/7
Monk 15/7
Cleric 13/7
Wizard 13/6
Rogue 12/7
Barbarian 9/6
Ranger 9/5
Witch 9/4
Summoner 8/4
Druid 8/3
Cavalier 1/1Some trends seem to emerge:
- cha based classes are chosen often.
- Inquisitor is the preferred new class, but alchemist is also liked
- cavalier is not appreciated (my guess: mounted classes are too "niche")
- wilderness classes (Barb, ranger and druid) are less liked than I thoughtThere are of course, many ways to count and to make a list. It was just for fun and should not be taken seriously.
My best class? I like them all, actually, but Cleric for the role playing, fighter for the mechanic, and I also like inquisitors and oracles and most of the new classes, but I have...
This is interesting in light of the occassional "CHA is a dump stat" thread.
Thanks for doing all that work!
Some WAG's about the popularity of sorcerer and bard: PF made them way more powerful, fun and interesting to play!
Inquisitor: Powerful, fun and interesting to play!
Pretty much true of all the classes compared to their forebears.
I'll cast my lonely vote for arcane trickster and duelist. I like urban-style campaigns and while most people pan these classes as weak, they're much improved over what they were, and great fun to play. The APG (dueling weapons and gloves, hello!) gives even more options for making them cool.
This is interesting in light of the occassional "CHA is a dump stat" thread.
Well, if it isn't a prime stat, it tends to be.
I'll cast my lonely vote for arcane trickster and duelist. I like urban-style campaigns and while most people pan these classes as weak, they're much improved over what they were, and great fun to play. The APG (dueling weapons and gloves, hello!) gives even more options for making them cool.
I love the Duelist, though there might have been some tweaks made to it. But overall, a very fun class to play.
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That's the thing, people like high Charisma. They wang it to be valuable...but don't find it so mechanically.
If the Chevalier PRC were legal for Society-play, you'd see less CHA-dumping by fighters.
(Not sure why it is; methinks it was just overlooked since it's only a three-level.)
Fighter due to its versatility. If it needs slaying, the Fighter can do it in 20 different ways and still feel fresh.
Absolute favorite? Ranger. Why? Because Rangers get "enough". Enough feats, enough skill points, enough spells. And with the apg addition to the class via combat styles, archtypes, and spells they're just gravy. Plus I have a soft spot for stealthy classes, and it's hard to out-stealth a ranger. Add in that rangers were a favorite of mine in AD&D, and that they got so boned in 3.x and it's no contest.
Druids are second, cause shapshifting into an animal and shooting people with lightning is just cool.
Fighter with a bastard sword.