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I was inspired to do this by another thread in this forum, which had a less numeric approach to this method. I want to see how common certain classes are, so I propose we take a tally of all the classes you have played, or all the classes that have played with you. I'll start:
Barbarian: 5
Bard: 2
Cleric: 4
Druid: 2
Fighter: 5
Monk: 2
Paladin: 2
Ranger: 1
Rogue: 1
Sorcerer: 3
Wizard: 3
Alchemist: 2
Cavalier: 2
Gunslinger: 3
Inquisitor: 0
Magus: 0
Oracle: 2
Summoner: 0
Witch: 0
Clerics, Barbarians, and Fighters are most prevalent in my campaigns. In fact, I think just about every game I have played in has a barbarian. What are your findings?
Hm... well:
Fighter: 2
Bard: 2
Monk: 2
Paladin: 1
Rogue: 1
Sorcerer: 1
Wizard: 2
Alchemist: 2
Cavalier: 1
Barbarian: 1
Magus: 1
Witch: 1
Now that's just me. If we were to include what's been at the table:
Fighter: 5
Bard: 3
Paladin: 3
Monk: 5
Rogue: 4
Sorcerer: 2
Wizard: 5
Alchemist: 3
Cavalier: 1
Barbarian: 3
Magus: 1
Witch: 1
Inquisitor: 2
Oracle: 3
Ranger: 2
Druid: 2
Cleric: 1
That's across 5 campaigns and several other adventures and one time goes.
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Let's see...
My PFS characters are currently a summoner, a cleric (evangList), and a fighter
Last time I ran a home game, they had a rogue, a wizard, a cleric, a Druid, an inquisitor, and a paladin.
I've played with countless PFS players, if I had to pick fighters are by far the most prevalent (and most diverse), followed by clerics and wizards.
I have yet to have a sorcerer at a table; I see few Cavaliers. Monks have suddenly sprung into popularity with Ultimate Combat.
Class Name: Me + Others
Barbarian: 2 + 2
Bard: 1 + 1
Cleric: 1 + 1
Druid: 1 + 2
Fighter: 1 + 3
Monk: 5 + 1
Paladin: 0 + 2
Ranger: 1 + 7
Rogue: 1 + 2
Sorcerer: 0 + 6
Wizard: 1 + 1
Alchemist: 1 + 1
Cavalier: 1 + 0
Gunslinger: 1 + 3
Inquisitor: 1 + 1
Magus: 2 + 3
Oracle: 1 + 2
Summoner: 5 + 0
Witch: 0 + 1
In PF:
wizard/rogue/arcane trickster
warlock (holdover from game convesion to pf)
fighter (also converted from 3.5)
witch (shortlived)
magus
melee monster class, will finish up barb/shadowdancer or rogue/shadowdancer
cavalier (nobody was playing him when I showed up for pfs game day)
paladin
(Funny that there's no sorcs. Sorc was easily my most common in 3.0 and 3.5; at least 3/4 of my characters had at least a few levels in sorcerer or warmage.)
In the games I play in, we also have: fighter/living monolith, drunk monk, barbarian/sorc, barbarian/witch, barbarian/oracle/rage prophet, cleric, sorcerer, cleric, rogue, alchemist, barbarian, bard, witch/diabolist/shadowdancer
wiz: 1
rogue: 2 (one a 3.5 conversion)
fighter: 2
witch: 3
magus: 1
cavalier: 1
paladin: 1
monk: 1
barbarian: 4
sorc: 2
oracle: 1
cleric: 2
alchemist: 1
bard: 1
The person most guilty of monk-druidism is DMing two of the games, or else there'd be at least one druid.
Classes I have played are ranger, bard, sorcerer, and cleric, probably in that order. This includes all my characters since 1999. ^^
Thinking of other characters in the games I've run in recent years:
Barbarian 1
Bard 0
Cleric 2
Druid 2
Fighter 1
Monk 0
Paladin 0
Ranger 1
Rogue 3
Sorcerer 2
Wizard 1
None of the new classes yet.
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Very interesting. So if you're keeping track at home, this is what we have so far:
Barbarian: 19
Bard: 10
Cleric: 12
Druid: 10
Fighter: 20
Monk: 16
Paladin: 11
Ranger: 12
Rogue: 17
Sorcerer: 16
Wizard: 15
Alchemist: 10
Cavalier: 7
Gunslinger: 7
Inquisitor: 5
Magus: 9
Oracle: 9
Summoner: 6
Witch: 8
Other: 4
So far the winner is Fighter, followed by Barb, Rogue, then Monk/Sorcerer. I think it's interesting how popular the Monk is, in 3.5 I bet there would have been far less monks. And I'm surprised at the number of clerics, I expected more (although this is a small portion of the populace of PF players). Does anything else surprise anyone?
@45ur4- Wow. That's a lot of Rangers. Is it all one player? I like Rangers, but they've never been very popular in the groups I play with.
Assuming you mean just within the life of pathfinder:
Barbarian: 1
Bard: 1
Cleric: 2
Druid: 1
Fighter: 3
Monk: 1
Paladin: 1
Ranger: 1
Rogue: 2 + 1 ninja
Sorcerer: 3
Wizard: 1
Alchemist: 1
Cavalier: 1
Gunslinger: 0
Inquisitor: 2
Magus: 2
Oracle: 0
Summoner: 1
Witch: 0
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3pp classes
Dragon Rider: 1
Time Thief: 1
Witch Hunter: 1
Archon: 1
Psion: 2
Vangaurd: 1
Templar: 1
Godling: 2
@45ur4- Wow. That's a lot of Rangers. Is it all one player? I like Rangers, but they've never been very popular in the groups I play with.
The surprising thing is that everytime we begin a new campaign, there's always a Ranger and from a different player. We have also a 'waiting list' for the wanna-be Rangers (and that's because no two players take the same class at the same time).
How on earth do you people get to play that many characters? Do you play lots of one-shots and mini campaigns with new characters each time?
Just me:
Ranger (archery)
Bard
Wizard 2
Rogue
Magus
Rogue/Sorcerer (failed Arcane Trickster)
Alchemist (my favorite)
Other People:
Ranger 3
Bard 1
Alchemist 2
Cleric 4
Paladin 2
Rogue 3
Fighter 4
Summoner 1
Summoner/Gunslinger 1
Barbarian 3
Sorcerer 2
Wizard 2
Inquisitor 1
Druid 1
Cavalier 1
Monk 3
Oracle 1
This is spread across 5 games in two households. 4 of them are interconnected and exist in the same homebrew world, and there has been significant overlap.
How on earth do you people get to play that many characters? Do you play lots of one-shots and mini campaigns with new characters each time?
Some of that -- however that's across...6~7 campaigns too in the pass five years (some of which were not completed).
for me in pathfinder:
cleric 1
Druid 2
1 rouge
1 wizard
1 samurai
ranger 2
1 really wierd gestalt mutliclass that has a lot of different classes. Some of these are play by post campaign and one was one where I was the only player with three characters.
3.0->3.5: rogue, cleric, mystic theurge, paladin, fighter
PF: wizard, sorcerer, rogue, fighter
Counting Adventure Path groups only;
Barbarian: 3 (1 alchemist multiclass)
Bard: 1
Cleric: 5
Druid: 0
Fighter: 3 (1 fighter/witch eldritch knight)
Monk: 2
Paladin: 3
Ranger: 1
Rogue: 2
Sorcerer: 3
Wizard: 2
Alchemist: 2 (1 barbarian multiclass)
Cavalier: 2
Gunslinger: 1
Inquisitor: 1
Magus: 1
Oracle: 2
Summoner: 1
Witch: 1 (1 fighter/witch eldritch knight)
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My PCs (including a few pregens played in Conventions) :
3.0/3.5
- Barbarian 3 (1 multiclass with Fighter)
- Patrician (a Living Arcanis class based only on social skills and no magic)/ Val'Mehan Emissary 1
- Cleric/Radiant Servant of Pelor 1
- Fighter 1
PFRPG
- Ranger (spell-less variant from KQ, soon to multiclass with Paladin) 1
- Sorcerer 1
- Soon to come : Bard (with a dip in Sorcerer) OR Rogue (with a dip in Ranger) 1
and my cohort : Paladin 1
PFS
- Rogue/Monk/Wizard/Fighter (aiming for the Halfling Opportunist prestige class, will likely add either Urban Barbarian or Vivisectionist Alchemist to the mix) 1
- Soon to come : Druid/Sorcerer/Bard/Oracle 1
I think I am getting the hang of playing Arcane casters.
The guys I play with
3.0/3.5
- Rogue 2 (1 multiclass with Barbarian)
- Fighter 3
- Cleric 2 (1 multiclass with Rogue)
- Sorcerer 2
- Wizard 1
and their cohorts :
- Cleric 1
- Fighter 1
PFRPG
- Paladin 1
- Druid 1
- Wizard 2
- Rogue 2 (1 multiclass with Inquisitor)
- Ranger 1
- Bard 2 (one Dervish Dancer)
- Witcher 1 (homebrew class based on the Ranger)
- Fighter (multiclass with Rogue) 1
- Cleric 2 (both of Sarenrae, go figure)
- Barbarian (multiclass with Fighter) 2
and their cohorts :
- Cavalier 1
- Barbarian 2
PFS
- Paladin 2
- Rogue 2
- Sorcerer 2
- Oracle 1
- Wizard 1
- Fighter 2
- Barbarian 2
- Cleric 1
- Cavalier 1
- Bard 1
Conclusion : No love for the Monk.
How on earth do you people get to play that many characters? Do you play lots of one-shots and mini campaigns with new characters each time?
Speaking for my own, I play with two different groups and sometimes we do play a One Night Standing campaign whenever a player is missing. Also, sometimes death occurs...