I just keep coming back to playing humans. That extra feat at first level and extra skill rank every level are just too useful for too many classes to pass up.
lol, i knew u were one of the people who liked this joe. in a group full of drow elves, tengu, tieflings, and what not joe is the lone human. which i have come around to appreciate myself. humans are a force to be reckoned with
Talon, I owe you an apology. I should have not said anything.
i need to appologize as well. i was stressed out that day. should have not snapped the way i did. my fault man
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Hoo, boy. My favorite, I gotta say, is a Half-Elf Summoner. Gods, how i love to play me a Summoner, and Half-Elves, with their greater evolution pool, let me pick out the goodies so much earlier...
But my favorite overall races are ratfolk or kitsune, so I'm waiting with baited breath for Advanced Race Guide to arrive, so i can see what alternative favored class effects they have that let me pair them with my more favorite classes...
Ratfolk Sorcerer with the arcane bloodline (but sub-bloodlined with sage, from Ultimate Magic) is also a good one. Cast like a sorcerer, but still get the benefit of having that awesome +2 to Intelligence. Ratfolk alchemist also sounds like a bomb...*groan* the worst pun I've made all day...
Human paladin.
"Hi, I'm Avol, Good Guy!™"
humans are just great at all!!! lol, i loved a Suli Paladin i played. +2 str & cha?? yes i do believe so, -2 int.....ouch. but not hard to counter act
Currently Playing a Male Human Witch with a cat familiar (original no?) and loving it.
Favored Races
Catfolk
Ratfolk (would be funny to see this and the above race in the same party)
Dwarf
Tiefling
Human.
Favored Classes
Witch
Cleric
Wizard
Bard
Fighter
Magus
as for favorite Class/race combo, hands down Tiefling Magus.
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Favorite combos--
Half Orc Alchemist
Half Elf Summoner
In both these cases I've characters whose mixed heritage is tied to who they are, as is their class. The Alchemist is a Half orc trying to go 'respectable' and find a place for himself and his two sisters. He is an exception in that he was raised by loving parents (in love potions all things are possible, as he and his sisters are evidence) with good family values. From his father he learned the secrets of Orcish barbacue (his alchemy) and dutifully follows the code of Orcish Barbacue (made up on the fly by his father to avoid lynching).
My summoner grew up a country girl, but her half elf heritage and absent mother (Elven Priestess of Callistra) meant she was set apart from her peers. This made her very close to the animals and such. One day a egg appeared that was rather different then the others, and she 'adopted' it.
Her 'chicken' Bertie (Velicorapter like mostrosity) is her dearest friend.
I guess I look for combos that I can put together in an interesting stories and are also good mechanically.
I really liked the half-orc ranger. I had one as a DMPC in a campaign of mine. He took the natural weapons style (I know, sub optimal!) and the feat that gives orcs bite attacks. He was running around with two claw attacks and a bite attack early in the game.
Oh, also the character himself was fun as hell. He was a freed slave named Grug- Purchased by one of the PC's so they could free him. He was not a smart man, very beast like but unflinchingly loyal and very, very strong.
Human Fighter. Mechanically effective and appeals to my personality.
I love the work-a-day, blue collar work ethic of the fighter. He's out there on the battle field all day and when faced with a second shifts shrugs, spits on his hands and gets back to work. The PF human is a race I can relate to - nothing fancy, no frills, just effective. Humans don't get better vision, situational bonuses or weapon familiarity. Humans get the job done.
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There's also something else I've always wanted to try...a Kitsune Archeologist Bard, which sounds pretty dang epic. Either that, or a Vanaran Monk of Many Styles, or perhaps Drunken Fist Monk, because, I dunno, a drunken monkey martial artists sounds really appealing..."I am the Monkey King!"
I'm rather fond of human rogue, human barbarian, gnome anything, and anything monk right now.
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As mentioned earlier, I keep coming back to humans for mechanical reasons in Pathfinder, but I've always been fond of halflings, too.
The one halfling character I've created for Pathfinder Society, and not had a chance to play yet, is a cleric of "Lady Luck" (Desna). I plan to use the halfling cleric favored class bonus to boost the number of times per day he can use that first level Luck Domain ability.
I'd also eventually like to make a Halfling Opportunist, probably starting out as a rogue or ninja before working up to the HO prestige class.
Elf fighter/magic-user.
(I'm a grognard.)
ranger human or elf
I always come back to Human Cleric, but I might say Half-orc Eldritch Knight is pretty high on my favorites.
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I love the Half Orc race. That's about it for races, but Human and Halfling come in as a close tie.
I always build a character to go into a PrC so I have a goal in mind, but I might choose not to go into it. As such, I know my ways around PrC like the back of my hand (Hey, thats new...) My top 3 classes are Low Templar, Rage Profit, and Harrower(Would you like to play a game?).
Bard and catfolk.
...Though I've never actually played a catfolk bard. So I don't know how that would go.
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I've got to be one of the only women that love dwarves, judging by the picture content on google.com when searching "dwarven female" Their fluff is awesome: lawful, skilled and family-oriented but stubborn as heck and slow to adapt.
You are not alone. The wife played a dwarf fighter from 1st to 10th, and was the most bloodthirsty marauder in search of the perfect, glorious death. Broke all the female stereotypes and made dwarf women more awesome. :)
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I tend to avoid playing small characters and dwarves. They just don't grab me. If I do play a small character it's as a caster. Dwarves I just rarely play at all and when I do I realise why I don't like to play them.
Mostly I play Humans with the occasional Half Elf, Elf or Half Orc as the character demands. For reference I'm playing a Forlorn Elf Cleric of Cayden Cailean in Second Darkness and I'm planning to play a Mwangi Fighter Pirate in Skull and Shackles.
As for classes I like Clerics, Inquisitors, Barbarians and Wizards best. Basically I like either characters that can mix it in melee or out and out blasty wizards. Sure it's not the most effective wizard but I like it.
I dislike Witches because I find them boring, Bards because Bardic performance seems a bit silly to me, Summoners because I dislike Eidolons and Alchemists because I don't like the bombs.
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Aasimar Paladin.
"There are things that go bump in the night. I am the one who bumps back."
Wouldn't that be a tiefling, considering that I believe Hellboy said that once...and he's pretty much a tiefling paladin. But, yeah, that's another favorite of mine...the tiefling AND the aasimar paladin both
Human Gish
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I also love cavaliers, but I HATE mounted combat.
I mean, come on, cavaliers don't need mounts to be effective. Between sharing teamwork feats, group buffs, and the AMAZING abilities granted by their Oaths, I'd take a cavalier in my group over almost any other dedicated "fighter-type" any day of the week (except paladins, because they're just better than everything).
All of the above is IMO.
I also love cavaliers, but I HATE mounted combat.
I mean, come on, cavaliers don't need mounts to be effective. Between sharing teamwork feats, group buffs, and the AMAZING abilities granted by their Oaths, I'd take a cavalier in my group over almost any other dedicated "fighter-type" any day of the week (except paladins, because they're just better than everything).
All of the above is IMO.
I'm a big fan of the cavalier as well - concept-wise he's a much better medieval knight/leader of men than the paladin and mechanically I really dig the (non-magical) buffer/tank. I've been wanting to put together an Order of the Dragon Honorguard Cavalier - a heavy armor frontline fighter that does good damage and helps the other frontline guys stay on their feet or keeps his squishy friends from getting squished once the enemies have closed ranks.
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Favorites currently are A elf alchemist that is the pyschopathic jokeresque character Dr.Z, who has the Joker gas!
My Full blooded Orc Sorceror (orc bloodline) who is a hard drinking land locked priate that brawls, bites, caroses, etc. and loves the spells dragons breath and fire breath. A full frontline caster
Though in my gaming history my favorite race has always been dwarf, and when i can't think of anything for a character I start there.
As for Class i have to say Rogue, and all its spawn ( ie inquisitor, ninja, etc.) Though I have yet to play one as a PC in pathfinder ( I do have a couple of well received NPC rogues Ratz A ratfolk rogue pimp, and than everybodies favorite... the deadly Ninja...BOB!!)
Though my favorite character of all time recently was reworked into Pathfinder from second edition ( he was turned to stone) is Ug, a neanderthal whose hands could dent plate mail, had no consept of money, and was fasinated by shoes. The monkey man is a Barbarian Human built as a grappler, even given spiked leather.
But yeah Dwarf as my favorite race, and all things rogue as class
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Though in my mind rogue classes are as follows
Rogue: standard default I can do it all skill monkey
Alchemist: I mix cocktails that kill, am skilled in a little magic, posion expert and oh you won't like me when I'm angery
Bard: I sing, I dance, I have charisma, and I now have your gold too, but you don't mind your hypnotised by my music
Ninja: I'm just a rogue, but better I have Ki to spare and shuirikens to throw, oh and I can wield a Katana, Awesome!!
Inquisitor: I was raised by the church, Now I kill for them, Behold the power of faith....and they leave you with a twist of the knife
And I've had a party of these together...It was so fun!! and for more rogueishness we have Rangers,Gunslingers, fighter archtypes, even monks. And Finally Druid and barbarians who can play rogues.. I do love pathfinders love for the rogue
"You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in: I am not in danger. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!"
From only one of the best shows ever. Ok, carry on.
My favorite class for pathfinder has to be right now the witch.
Favorite races are: Human, elf, half-elf, and tiefling. Though I do want to try the changling and catfolf.
Classes:
Barbarian
Ranger
Oracle
Ninja
Samurai
Races:
Human
Changeling
Catfolk
Template:
Haunted One (Rival Guide)
Ghost
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My current favorite Paizo-only character combo is human oracle, especially at lower levels. The ability to take Extra Revelation at 1st level can really expand flexibility and survivability for any character below about 6th.
I've also played and enjoyed a lot of dwarven clerics, elven rangers, and human paladins over the years.
Favorite race is dwarf.
Favorite class is sorcerer.
Oddly enough I don't think I've ever tried to play a dwarf sorcerer.
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A true Azlanti Inquisitor/Red Mantis Assassin.
Next game, getting rid of all the Tolkien races, putting in a lot of low ECL, low CR monsters as playable races.
Like... the Otyugh.
Got her an otyugh, b*tches love otyughs.
There is a lot that can be done, just check the material and avoid the high cr power gaming monsters.