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A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by their class; choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes to create a Dungeons & Dragons player character. [1]
Pages in category "Dungeons & Dragons character classes" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The cleric character class first appeared in the original edition of Dungeons & Dragons. [2] [3]: 18 In the original edition, the class is described as gaining "some of the advantages from both of the other two classes (Fighting-Men and Magic-Users) in that they have the use of magic armor and all non-edged magic weapons (no arrows!), as well as a number of their own spells.
The sorcerer is a playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A sorcerer is weak in melee combat, but a master of arcane magic, generally the most powerful form of D&D magic. Sorcerers' magical ability is innate rather than studied or bargained.
The ranger was one of the standard character-classes available in the original Player's Handbook, [4] one of five subclasses. [5]: 145 The first edition rangers were a subtype of the fighters, [6] using any weapon and wearing any armor, but they gained extra attacks at a slower rate than fighters and paladins.
The fighter is one of the standard playable character classes in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. [1] A fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics. Fighter is a generic and broad class; individual fighters have diverse backgrounds and different styles.
For the 3.5 edition, Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies recommended the sorcerer over the wizard as a starting arcane spellcaster: "Where the sorcerer approaches spellcasting more as an art than a science, working through intuition rather than careful training and study, the wizard is all about research. For this reason, the wizard has a wider ...
The Dungeons & Dragons advancement system was as much about the acquisition of magical items as it was about personal power through leveling. The barbarian changed significantly in the first edition Unearthed Arcana, which elaborated on the class' restrictions and improved its combat abilities to compensate".