What's your favourite class/subclass and why?

Paladin. Yea I know it is mechanically super strong, and people think it’s automatically Lawful Stupid. But I love it - and favorite subclass is probably Oath of Redemption, which I am playing right now in a long campaign.

My favourite is barbarian for just beat stick fun. I love being up front in combat and solving puzzles through physical means.

I have a fleeting love affair with ranger, they have a lot of good options and I feel like their a solid class for multi-class shenanigans. I just feel they missing a little something to truly fly on their own.

Shepherd druid, I am yet to come across a situation that cannot be resolved by the careful application of giant constrictor snakes

we use slightly tweaked rules for conjure animals, I can choose but no 8 of something

Love druid, I love the versatility, especially the subclasses that can use their wildshape abilities for other things than wildshaping, I don't like losing the ability to cast spells. You're not squishy and can wield shields, you have tons of out of combat utility, you can heal, you can support, you can control and many subclasses have some fun ways to deal damage too.

Divination Wizard. I find wizards the coolest spellcasters to play as, mainly because DMs often let me engage in a few subquests where I can find new scrolls to learn, and Portent lets me plan a few things ahead without having to fear dice rolls that much. Plus, the recovery grated by Expert Divination is not to be slept on: in campaigns such as Dragonlance it synergized very well with the Adept of the White Robes feat, plus it makes me worry less about wasted spell slots, like a failed attack roll or a successful saving throw from an enemy.

Armorer artificer. I like the that this class give so many magic item, and increased attunement limit. While the armorer makes my char into stealth iron man or hulkbuster

In recent times, Peace Cleric. Not only is Cleric insanely busted before you pick subclass, Peace allows you to be a force to bring the party closer together whether they like it or not, because if they don't they can and will die.

Bladesinger Wizard. You get to be a martial character on top full caster progression, the best spell list in the game, and ritual utility. What's not to love? Well, having low hit points and being shoehorned into Dex, but the upsides more than make up for it.

Sorcerer my beloved, I just love it for the flavor. Wild magic is my favorite subclass of anything ever, my usual DM makes custom tables and they’re always a blast :D (sometimes literally)

I am currently playing a Shadow monk and it is a blast. So many attacks per round, crazy mobility, a few utility spells and teleporting from shadow to shadow.

Vengeance Paladin is the raw personification of "I want you dead and I'm going to put you in the ground myself"

I love bards for their roleplay potential. They also have a really cool and thematic spell list and their class features come together with their spells to make them the ultimate support caster. My favourite subclass is probably the glamour bard. They amp up everything I love about bards thematically and they’re crazy powerful if you play them right.

Ranger. I don't think could choose a favorite class just based off stats, but I love the flavor and feel of a ranger. Probably because I'm a more outdoorsey person in real life, so that translates into DnD. It's a very flexible class that gives you a lot of choices in how you actually play. It also works well for a social and exploration focused game, which is what my group plays most often, rather than a combat heavy game.

Grave Cleric. Mostly built him as a support/def party member but love the utility given outside of combat too with passives and spells like enhance ability and the guidance cantrip.

The damage is solid, you're not going to compete with damage geared classes but you can easily enhance their damage and their attack rolls.

Healing is underwhelming but if you wait for an ally to be unconscious you can heal them for the max the spell allows without rolling for it (save "Heal" for yourself and use "Life Transference" to bring them up to nearly max health, keep a cure wounds as backup).

Throw in some boon and debuffs and you can quickly find yourself controlling the battle from the centre of it all in the correct party (I play with a paladin, barbarian and Ranger).

For me its got to be Rogue. Everytime I've played a rogue ive later gone "oooh i wanna play another one" normally cos i find some fun stuff i can do with another subclass! Assassin is great especially if you play long range and get sharpshooter as a feat cos you basically become a sniper at that point (i once played one multiclassed with armourer artificer for some spells and the bonus AC from the armour) and I'm about to play an owlin arcane trickster in a summer campaign which I'm very much looking forward to! Swashbuckler looks pretty fun too - im planning to play one in a future campaign and possibly multiclass it with battle master fighter for the maneuvers to make a pretty formidable duelist character!

Favorite class - Sorcerer because I like how more versatile thay can be than most other magic casting classes thanks to Sorcery Points and Meta Magic.

Favorite Subclass - Eldritch knight because come on, who doesn't like a sword wielding magic casting character? I know their not the best gish, but it's good enough for me.

Tempest Cleric go bzzzrt. I like being decently beefy, can front line if need be, plenty of spells for buff/debuff + healing. My favorite was a sharpshooter I made, had decent dex and would cast Holy weapon on my light crossbow. 4d8 damage from up to 320' away.

I also really like Warlock and I want to try more subclasses. Only had a fiend warlock so far and that was a blast to play.

I also really like Paladin though. You are tanky, have some utility and crazy burst with Smite. I like the Sword + Board style as well. I played a Wood Elf Ancients Paladin and the subclass flavor being more hippie/elf/fey/druid-ish is cool and then you get for example misty step which is super good. The level 7 aura is also nice.

DM is my favorite.

But otherwise it's twilight cleric.

Cleric has always been my favorite class, and I've always been a night owl. I really like the evening, and used to go for walks right around twilight. I haven't had a chance to try the moon cleric subclass yet, but I might like that one more.

Wildfire druid is a close second.

I like wisdom casters.

Bard.

It's a jack-of-all-trades that can make you do almost anything you want. Furthermore, I'm completely incompetent in artsy stuff [except writing, perhaps], and role-playing a really artistic type of character is something I like.

Subclass: College of Lore. I'm a bit bookish myself, and i kinda like to discover new things about many different things.

The character I'm currently playing is a Lore Bard whose core belief is that almost any life is fundamental because each individual life represents a thread in the grand scheme of reality.

Battle Master Artificer gets the best parts of fighter and wizard plus a bunch of free magic gear. Even without the steel defender they’re amazing and playing tactically with them they’re really tough.

Not counting Homebrew Subclasses.

So far I'd say out of all the classes I've played, Fighter.
Something about being able to hit 3-4 times in a row always felt great and gave me a happy feeling no other class managed so far.
Barbarian's sheer tankiness was great sure or Paladin being able to dish out so much in a single swing is radical. But as dumb as it may sound being able to thwap things so many times ina row is just plain old fun. (I got a similar feeling with a lv.20 Warlock and Eldritch Blast Spamming... but it wasn't the same and I think most of that fun was simply being lv.20 for the first time)

Subclass-wise the most fun I've had was a homebrewed one, so for official I'm gonna say Echo Knight. Having the ability to be in two places in a battlefield was awesome, being able to throw my echo into an attack was great.

druids bc 1. they’re op as hell and 2. are always underestimated so everyone is surprised when they’re op as hell

Rogue, Inquisitive. I love the concept of being able to analyze someone's weakness and exploit in.

Forge cleric because im basic

Barbarian or fighter. I usually will multi class these 2 together if I can. I love berserker, but my fav Barbarian is ... well, totem. For fighter, it's battlemaster all the way, which I use to debuff with menacing strike, disarming strike, etc. for my allies to hit with range. I like defense and hp, and I always have hated magic even in fantasy novels. Sometimes, you just wanna hit stuff. Hard.

Druid.

Need a DPS spellcaster? Make a druid.
Healer? Druid.
Tank? Bear druid.
Melee support? Wolf druid.
Lock picker? Monkey druid.

I love playing and creating cleric characters- I find it so interesting to weave relationships to religion from a writing perspective when I am making my characters and the roleplay it allows is always a bonus. Divine intervention rolls are so much fun as a concept, especially because I love any mechanic which makes use of the percentile dice. Giving the DM the power to make your religion as real as they want is also a fun thing to play with, especially if it is outside of high fantasy dnd where almost all of the gods are real. Clerics are a fun way to experiment with morality in my experience also. I just think they're neat :))

Tasha's Ranger is so fun since you can build them to roll 200 dice every round of combat if you do it right. I've also always really enjoyed the range of interesting subclass options they provide. Though people may think I would choose the Gloomstalker as my favorite subclass, I would actually have to go with the Swarmkeeper. The versatility of being able to do an additional 1d6, move yourself, or move the target creature really gives you a decent range of abilities early on, and the additional spells are all really useful ones a Ranger should generally have anyways, freeing up room for you to really get some interesting spells. They can also fly, react to damage, and generally have a fun gimmick overall.

It's not an official class... but blood hunter. I really like the themeing and the risk/reward element to it

I love watlocks and havent gotten a chance to play my favorite subclass: Genie. Limited wish is such a cool ability and you also get access to wish eventually. Plus it also has lots of fun build combos going Dao with blast invocations and spime growth if you want to go that route

I love Battle Master fighters and Wolf Totem barbarians. There’s just something so satisfying in actually impacting the gameplay in supportive ways like the way those two do. With Battle Master, you feel like a combat tactician affecting ground control and your team’s action economy. With wolf totem, you feel like a war chieftain leading your comrades to swarm your enemies.

I am basic so I love battle master fighter. I love the versatility it offers while getting to beat people senseless

It's wizard, and always will be. I've always been in love with magic, and that's what has drawn me into so many games I do play, namely Elden Ring. DMing is what drew me to DnD, but I'm so in love with being a magic user, my first time playing I'm going full wizard!

Wizard. Divination, Scribe, Abjuration in this order: powerful and nerdy Reality Shapers, Scholars or Exorcists. Apart from the wizards, I absolutely love Glam Bard and swashbuclers, thematically I love the scoundrel swordmans.

Monk. Hands rated E for everyone and I love mixing it up with uncommon races though my favourite so far was being a tortle, alligator snapping turtle aesthetic with Chandler Bing's sarcasm and just being an absolute menace for my DM at the time with how I approached fights from a 3D mindset.

Hear me out

Ranger

No questions asked 

Divine Smite.

I’m a broken record about the Oath of the Crown Paladin. Take the biggest BBEG out there and single him/her the hell out. In game it lets my tank actually tank and cover for squishy players.

Cleric....really any subclass.

Clerics have been buffed in every edition to get more people to play them, and now are just unbelievable juggernauts, only getting outpaced by other casters in utility in the extremely high level range.

• How many spells do I know? All of them.

• How much armor do I get to wear? How much do you want?

• What is my role in combat? Any role I want.

You can build a cleric to do basically anything and they are tanky, supportive, and have multiple iconic spells that just wreck everything.

Loving artificer, especially artillerist. The flavor I get to put into the character is so fun, and it fits my playstyle really great. On top of that I love paladin, because smite go brrr.

Playing a soul knife rogue atm but my favorite is a monk (kensai or way of the open hand)

So far I’m loving my new aberrant mind sorcerer, even though roleplay wise I’ve cut off his conscious access to one of his class spells (arms of hadar) until it gets used as a panic nuke. Trauma is a bitch 😅

I'll be totally honest, I'm in my first ever campaign so I have little experience AND I'm paying an Artificer (goals of becoming an Alchemist when I'm level 3) which seems wild given that I know next to nothing about this game. I went in ass-backwards and made a ridiculous half fairy half goblin character (Charlatan background) ane my DM is a champ and is doing their best to stay true to rules but add flavour and make reasonable adjustments where possible. I wouldn't change it at all as it suits my character to a tee (imagine L Ron Hubbard meets an Avon salesperson) and I've done a stupid amount of homework to make this make any sense. I genuinely love the Artificer for their tinkering, experimenting, and general mad scientist/engineer vibes. It might have a fair bit to do with my personal love of chemistry, making things that have a purposeful function, and fixing things. It isn't the best class/subclass (actually, it seems deeply unpopular) but I'm so far really enjoying the complexity and injecting a heap of creativity into it and maximising the full potential of an Alchemist.

Ranger of some sort. I know it's become the sort of "boring" class, but it always has a special place in my heart.

I love Paladin and Oath of Ancients/Redemption.

I feel within these two subclasses you can play as coming off as more kinder than immediately being thought of as "DEUS VULT INFIDEL".

My absolute favorite class is the Ranger class simply because the fighter gives the same things but can’t cast spells by default (and because they’re more soldier oriented). Subclass wise it has to be the gloom stalker or horizon walker depending on if I’m playing archer or melee

I’m just like you. My favorite is hexblade warlock. It’s so versatile, and warlock offers so much opportunity for roleplay and story

Warlock is my favorite class because it's the most strategic class to play. As a warlock you not only have the most limited resources such as spell slots or even your stats since Charisma is usually the highest. They even have the most to lose, depending on your subclass usually, since you give up something for power from a higher entity. Subclass though is the Wizards order of the Scribes, how cool is it to make a Fireball and have the enemy say 'HAH! Fire has no effect on me mortal! It is futile!', but then sees it change completely to lightning!

Same reasons why I like Warlock, but my favorites would probably be The Genie or The Fathomless, Genie because of the infinite rp potential purely because of the vessel. I like to do a little Homebrew rule for it where you can bring people into the vessel but can’t rest inside of it until the regular level 10 feature that lets you bring people in and short rest. Cause imo, the most I use the most 10th level feature for IS the resting. Then Fathomless just mixes well with stuff like Barbarian since tentacles don’t take concentration and they aren’t a spell so you can pop them up while raging.

Divine Soul Sorc. The sheer flexibility is insane and I absolutely love it!

I love playing barbarians, they suit me really well since I feel like it's hard to avoid being attacked, so I may as well be able to tank the hits.

I'm currently playing a Path of the Giant barbarian, and loving how powerful he is with dishing out big damage as well as being a tough cookie

Barbarian. Can be anywhere from raging god-favoured warrior soul, a serene character that matches the grace and ferocity of the wilds, or some jerk-ass lumberjack that decided fuck this, let's go adventuring.

I play shitty INT faces in pretty much every system. So Wizard if the party doesn't have one. A support Doctor in a non-magic campaign. And now a Psychic in PF2e. Give me high INT, low WIS/CHR and a party that let's me talk first and steps in when I've exhausted our collective good will. Class hardly matters it's the archetype.

My favorite is monk, people grossly underestimated the utility of being able to surgically position yourself around the battlefield to adjust for unexpected variables in combat.

The monk can also be vital in Alternative combat scenarios. Protect, escort, capture objectives are universally easier with that dude who can be across the map in 1 turn and still likely have their action left.

Edit: my favorite subclass in the game though is battle master fighter. It’s so difficult not to add some battle master to my builds

I love playing Bards. Theres something so fun about a musical/artistic style of magic, and a lot of their spells are pretty fun too. I always give myself vicious mockery because Im determined to one day do serious damage with it

Bard

College of Glamour

Because I’m hella fucking extra and being magically beautiful as a built-in class feature (Lv14 Unbreakable Majesty) is about as extra as it gets.

Although I’m told the College of Tragedy is great for this, too, and has me eyeing that new critical-role sourcebook.

I really love fighter! I can be anyone and be a fighter, I can duel wield axes in heavy armor, I can be a badass archer, I can rip doors off of their hinges!

I do not have a favorite subclass but if I had to pick I really like one called brute! Seeing numbers go up is addicting.

Swashbuckler rogue. Nothing more fun then prancing around the battlefield drawing enemy fire like Jack Sparrow before running up and fucking obliterating then with a sneak attack right in their face.

I love artificers. The idea of magic engineering just tickles my creativity in a way no other class does.

Despite this my favorite subclass is actually abjuration wizard. None of the artificer subclasses particularly stand out for what i like. So the next best class for magic engineering is wizard. For wizards the tankiest (IMO) is abjuration. Its also the subclass that fits best with my play style. All the others i consider too weak, restrictive or uninteresting.

So artificer because fun with crafting abjuration as the one that stands out. If i get a chance to play my next PC is a wizard.

I love artificers. The idea of magic engineering just tickles my creativity in a way no other class does.

Despite this my favorite subclass is actually abjuration wizard. None of the artificer subclasses particularly stand out for what i like. So the next best class for magic engineering is wizard. For wizards the tankiest (IMO) is abjuration. Its also the subclass that fits best with my play style. All the others i consider too weak, restrictive or uninteresting.

So artificer because fun with crafting abjuration as the one that stands out. If i get a chance to play my next PC is a wizard.

Cleric because I’m just a sucker for a support class and their spell list is so good and versatile on top of that. I love me a grave cleric because it’s a great time blocking critical hits and it makes it so you’re a bit more justified in only healing at the most efficient time, when your party member is already down

Bard. I just love the concept of weaving Magic through passion and emotional drive. Im also a huge nerd for the real world inspirations to what we curently see as bardic magic, going Beyond Just skalds and troubadors, A LOT of cultures from all around the world held/hold art as Inherently mystical.

Regarding subclasses, I'm torn between lore and spirits. Lore bc it gives the class some much needed versatility and spirits bc I have a weakspot for storytellers...

Doing a homebrew One Piece campaign where I'm a Cyborg Chemist (plays like druid). It's been fantastic getting to transform into some mechanical creatures!

Paladin conquest I can dark lord and tyrant in one plus I like it mechanically

Genie Warlock dude. Your vessel is a ring, worn by an invisible imp, and your whole team is chilling in there long resting while Imp Airlines flies you around. Wanna kill that guy you don't like? Have the imp fly above him while you eject your piano from your vessel. Keep your bar well stocked because you won't be leaving often.

College of Eloquence Bard with the Shadow Touched feat that gives you Invisibility and Disguise Self once a day. There are all sorts of shenanigans you can get up to with this class.

I like cleric, for multiple reasons, but most of all because how well it multiclasses, i like building whacky stuff and cleric lends itself very well to make things work, subclass wise i prefer war and twilight domain as they give you very usefull abilities early on, not to mention beeing able to wear heavy armor.

Cleric, i enjoy being a support, and knowing i can do it whilst also dissing out super reliable damage is amazing! All it's subclass features are also very frontloaded (after lvl 6 you basically only get your next one at 18th level) so theres way more uniqueness with their class abilities.

I love the roleplay you get with talking to your patron, I love making a new contract with my patron and figuring loopholes of the sort

Also, spoiler, but you can have this dynamic with every single character you want! Nowhere are you obliged to dip into warlock to have this as a story beat, and the warlock purely mechanically has nigh nothing requiring of the warlock either. Flavor is free :)

Having parsed overall ~140 comments (so far at the time), I notice that the classes coming back the most are...

1/ Druids then Clerics very often.

2/ Barbarians then Warlocks & Paladins next.

3/ Sorcerers, Rangers, Monks, Artificers, Wizards, Fighters, Bards, Rogues all get only a few "ups" each.

I'm eager to check back in a few hours to see how those proportions evolve... :)

Arsonist. Fire. Fire Fire Fire

Bladesinger Wizard. They're the most versatile and exciting wizard subclass. And demanding to play!

I’m a big fan of half casters for their versatility and more unique feel. Specifically Artificer and Paladin. Idk if I could actually give a favorite subclass, there are just so many, but my favorite ever character was a battle smith artificer, so I’ll go with that.

Maybe fighter, artificer, wizard, or sorcerer

I have wanted to play a kinder barbarian path of the giant I’ve tried to play campaigns and haven’t even made it to level 8 yet and I love it

I never know how to answer this question because in all of the characters I've played, I've never really had any repeats as of yet (class or race) except for the occasional one shot but I feel like you don't get to experience everything the subclass has to offer on those ones. I haven't really had a class that I haven't enjoyed playing yet, but I guess that probably comes down to character creation and making sure that your character is interesting for you to play.

Also played the DMs guild mystic subclass for rogue and it was a great subclass

Sorcerer I complain about beying underpowered but there is nothing i love more than apsolutely pummeling opponents. Or twisting the limited abilityset i have into angles that the dm(or the other players) didnt see comming.

Dubbly so if you sprinkle some other classes into the sorcerer making the class play like a endgame roguelike

Cleric. All subclasses.

Nothing beats being the person saving your party time and time again.

Funny thing is, I am non religious. Love playing Clerics.

I love the barbarian and my favorite subclass is ancestral guardians. When I play this subclass I don’t focus entirely on damage but keeping my party alive. I love being the ultimate tank. It also adds some fun roleplay opportunities with this subclass.

Paladin, oath of vengence

Probably Paladin, or Wizard.

Paladin because it just feels good to play. It's strong, you can have big damn hero moments, it's supportive towards the party by design. I could go on and on. It also has built in an ethos that forces you to think about WHY you're an adventurer. Not every class addresses motivation so intrinsically. I actually like most of the subclasses, except maybe glory.

Wizards are just fun. They get the most spells, the most things to do, there is never a situation that you couldn't potentially at least solve, or help with. I think all the subclasses are great except necromancer. They're all flavorful and cool, have great abilities, but necro feels bad to play due to how annoying summons are.

Warlock is my favorite class due to its customization and role play style but I don’t really have a favorite subclass. The most fun I’ve had was with a Great Old One warlock where I played him as a summoner like I was in Yu-Gi-Oh

Scribes Wizard, for being the most wizardly wizard.

Order of scribes wizard for sure! Really opens up a lot of RP and is also the most convenient wizard subclass in my opinion.

Wizard, Order of Scribes. To be honest, not a fan of most of the features it has, but it gets the best one when you pick it up at 2nd level- being able to change the damage type of a spell you cast to one that appears in a different spell you know. Imo it rewards you for choosing a variety of damage-dealing spells without forcing you to spam whichever one is optimal against a particular enemy.

Of course, the main thing I like about it is the fact that you’re a wizard, because wizards rule. Runner-up subclass would be School of Enchantment.

My favorite class is the ranger. Started with it, will die with a sheet cremated with me. No other main class for me.

For 5e's sub classes my favorite if the rogue phantom. I just love all the flavor and stupid shit one can do with it. Had a former merchant who nerely.got killed be his trigger into that subclass. He hated the spirits wouldn't leave him alone, but used what they had to offer to get what he needed.

Pact of the Tome Warlock with GOO as the patron. Gimme a Goolock every time. I do not care about the limitations of the class. I fucking love it.

Order of the Scribes Wizard. Feels the most wizardry to me..

Dungeon master

I love wizard and more specifically scribe wizard. Changing spell damage for flavor and never having to worry about permanently losing a spell book is awesome.

Bard, college of lore. So much fun to play, and I don’t mind singing and coming up with funny vicious mockeries. I even will wear a hat and have a little lute I bought for $50 to pick at while we play.

A little effort goes a long way towards everyone having a good time when we play.

I love being a rogue, because it’s a class I’ve found can be really versatile in just about any situation, and works with a ton of possible backgrounds and backstories

i’ve only ever played two characters, a great old one warlock and a phantom rogue kenku, but the phantom rogue was easily the most fun i’ve had doing anything in a very long time, the additions to your sneak attack that aren’t particularly over or under powered, the ethereal form and soul token abilities that really boost the flavour of being this grim reaper esque ghost guy, all that really does it for me (yes i know haha funny edgy rogue lol but kenku mimicry is sick)

Fighter, combat is super simple so i can focus in the roleplaying part of the game

Arcane Trickster. I love stabbing and casting spells. Mage hand utility is peak. A rouge with magical ability is great for roleplay, clever use of cantrips and your beefy mage hand can make for great mischief. Most importantly it makes me feel so cool. If I’m not playing Cleric I’m playing Arcane Trickster.

Moon Druid all the way. I wanna be a dinosaur.

I want to try them all.

Undead Warlock. Everything about it thematically. Subclasses like undead or archfey turn you into ur patron. Invocations and boons are gifts unique only to warlocks. I like undead because I want to have phantasmal killer as a spell. Combine it with mask of many faces. Become a master of deceit.

My fave is the Warlock: I'm partial to both Chain and Tome and only wish there were a way to take both. I usually go Chain and pick up Ritual Caster (Wizard) to make up for it.

For patrons, I'm super fond of the flavor of Great Old One, but prefer the utility of the genie's trinket: It makes for a nice place to stash your ritual book, spare weapons, barrels of wine, etc.

I've envisioned a warlock merchant who keeps their inventory in their little pocket dimension and need to get around to making it.

Fighter is god tier, i love bonking things until they stop moving

It changes but right now Barbarian with Wild Magic subclass is a LOT of fun. Very unique way to do Barbarian.

Swarmkeeper Ranger. Just a fun and versatile subclass. I love the Rangers spell list (except darn concentration!!) and the Swarmkeeper has cool flavor and battlefield control.

My favourite class is Paladin entirely because of Order Of The Stick. Ochul is the coolest guy ever and it'smy favourite vibe to attempt playing. Plus, if you're playing 5e, everyone loves to have a Paladin (Balance wise, personality is a toss up). Second is a tie between Fighter and Bard depending if I'm in a caster mood or not. I like their respective vibes (mostly its just OOTS again) and I have a great range of fun character ideas between them.

Favourite Subclasses are Devotion, Battlemaster and Eloquence respectively. Just doubles down on the vibes I like.

As an inversion, when I'm DMing (Most of the time ;-;) I like to have a Ranger as a player because I like coming up with random lore for monsters and they let me get it out. Yes I like Dungeon Meshi, how could you tell?

It's gotta be Horizon Walker Ranger for me. The flavor of it is really cool, and it feels really strong. I've always liked Rangers as well, but since my group is more combat focused, I don't usually get to make full use of a lot of their stuff. Horizon Walker lets me actually feel powerful in combat, though. A close second is Battle Smith Artificer, though. Being able to make magic tools is awesome, and I've always been a techy person

Druid and Warlock.

Druid because I really love the spirit behind a Druid. A being who has devoted their live to nature, is a bit of a quirky hermit in the woods and has a thing for plants and animals. Someone who draws their magic from nature… it couldn’t be more simpler and magical than that for me.

Warlock because I really love the concept behind the class. Having a pact with a higher being where both exchange each other’s resources. I personally love the great old one because of flavor and vibe it’s giving me but I think it could be improved in one or another way.

Bard. I love the flavor of using sound and words to manipulate the Weave™. I don't really care about dealing massive damage, I'd rather save someone's ass through cutting word, Bardic inspiration or healing spells. Most importantly I get to talk shit to people and get rewarded for it 😂

There's too many. Sorcerer is guaranteed fun because you're magic and there's no restrictions for your background. Street mage? Check. Guy that pretends to be a really good wizard but doesn't know shit? Check. "God" of a small tribe/village? Check.

Melee combat classes are too DM dependent imo, if they play by the books during combat it's kinda boring, but if they allow you to do stupid shit... Oh boy. Using bodies as weapons to intimidate, choking enemies for fun, grappling and torturing enemies to make the rest give up. Monk (with slight homebrew buffs) is one of my favourites.

And wizard of course, being a human swiss army knife to most situations and bamboozling the DM is ALWAYS fun. Using chronomage's ability to rewind a part of a conversation or puzzle is amazing. Necromancy... Oh boy do I even have to mention anything?

Conjugation Wizard, I love summoning things and teleporting out of range (much to my DM's dismay). I enjoy micromanaging all my little guys

Unironically Bard-

Order of Scribes wizard. It’s just the wizardiest wizard. Plus the damage type versatility really helps to make a damage type themed caster easy.

Gloomstalker Ranger. It feels like you’re actually playing an assassin rogue if it were designed well. Multi classes really well with assassin rogue and fighter.

Warlock fan here too. However, my fave is the Genie Patron with the Talisman pact. Something about a support Warlock really clicked and I love being able to have the party hang out in our own relaxing donjon (that you can customize and makes it really easy for RP). The mechanics of the class are tons of fun too.

My younger brother is playing a Swashbuckler Rogue, it is a lot of fun.

I'm digging my Arcana cleric so far. I love the ability to have some wizard spells on top of my cleric spell list. I'm only at lvl 3 right now but I love annoying my DM by asking if I detect any magic in EVERY room we see. He's basically a mix of Dr. Strange and captain america and it's awesome.

Cleric. Great spells, and I can bonk if I don't have any slots left

Love a Rogue, Assassin, if played right it can cause hella mischief, when uncanny dodge unlocks with the ability to disengage or hide your kicking ass all day long, with basically double hp, Finesse weapons with advantage on almost every attack coupled with sneak attack damage if youve got another melee based buddy, absolutely love the build 👍

War Cleric goes fucking crazy tbh

Grave Cleric is my favorite. The abilities don't always come into play, but when they DO come up they're all legit clutch moves on your part. Stopping crits, bringing allies back up with full heals, it's all just fantastic.

That and the flavor of it is really good.

Really loving fighters and sorcerers at the minute, particularly Rune Knight! So much fun!

Runeknight Fighter and Fathomless Warlock, I really like their theme and features.

Warlock and artificer are my favorites because of customizability and flavor.

I’m always partial to Barbarian Beezerker. Always loved tank characters. I try to flavor/multiclass to make them a shield of some sort though

Ancestral Guardian Barbarian. The amount of damage you can mitigate for your team is insane. You really minimize what a boss or other big monster can do. Making it attack with disadvantage and giving your allies resistance to whatever damage it does. Then, you use Spirit Shield to reduce it farther. Also, the flavour of communing with your ancestors I freaking love.

Class is either fighter, ranger, or sorcerer.

Favorite subclass is either eldritch knight or echo knight

I play a catfolk college of spirits Bard and it's been my favourite character for 5e, and one of my all time favourites of all the characters I've made for TTRPG's. He's a Romani inspired character I made for one of my DM's campaign that has a good amount of Eldritch horror themes. I figures this character would make for a great fit

Necromancer for the win. I enjoy looking at every enemy as a potential resource. Putting my undead around the battle map to surround enemies or support allies. You get all the benefits of a wizard with all the flair of a lich. I filled all my zombies with oil, made them grapple the enemies, cast firewall, and boom.

Rogue for the sheer versatile nature

I'm currently running a gloom stalker ranger/rogue inquisitor. Made him as close to the old urban ranger from 2ed. Super fun character to play.

From basic dnd 5e: Soulknife Rogue is the one with most empty-handed features, for me its the collest to play

With Valdas Spire of Secrets: Warmage of course, oh my god, if you haven't played it yet I recommend it a lot. Its my favorite class for sure. I would probably choose knight or Lancer subclass to play with.

Totem barbarian is always a classic. Nothing beats being unkillable and annoying your dm.

I enjoy all the classes. Though I tend towards casters (all of my martials have had some casting ability). Depending on how I'm feeling, I'll roll a bard for social, wizard if I just want to go ham on spells, or cleric/druid if I want to be at least a partial healer (sometimes this applies to bard too).

My favorite moment has been with a bard. Combined disguise self, Actor feat, and expertise in Deception, I framed a mayor for assaulting the town's tax collector (it was justice served because the mayor taxed our reward for bringing back the town's children). I also undressed the tax collector & ran through town to make sure everyone saw the "mayor" running with the stolen clothes.

Cleric. War Domain Skeleton horde buffed with Crusader’s Mantle 💀

Clerics are good for exploring people’s homebrew world through their connection to established beings, and have a variety of ways to be built that they almost always feels fresh.