D & D.... advice?

[Johanthemonster666]

What race, class ect ect would you suggest to a new player?
I know this probably isn't specific enough, but just give me a reccomendation anyway.

 

[Souplex]

Some basic info first:
What edition are you playing?
I'd recommend something that's compatible with what the rest of your friends are playing as. Do your friends need a tank? a healer? a controller? No matter what you want a well balanced team.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

It depends on how you want to play.

Do you want to go in and do a lot of damage? Do you want to cast spells? Do you want to sneak and/or charm your way out of bad situations?

For a good warrior, I would suggest a Fighter, Dwarf, Human, or Half-Orc.
For a good spellcaster, go for a Gnome or Human, Sorceror, Wizard, or Cleric.
Good races for Rogues are Halflings and Elves.

 

[Zacharine]

Human, and either the titular priest, warrior, thief or mage.

Humans have no real disadvantages and are better than lot of other racial choices.

The basic sets are fairly straightforward to play, while retaining plenty of options for making them your own and taking them to the direction you want.

Just realize that thief or mage do not like stand-up fights; they're quite a bit fragile. Evasion and tactical repositionings what others mistakenly call retreating are the key if you are even at a slight disadvantage.

 

[Johanthemonster666]

Cool.

I was intrigued by the idea of being a druid, any suggestions in that regard?

 

[Zacharine]

Cool.

I was intrigued by the idea of being a druid, any suggestions in that regard?

What edition of D&D? The Druids have changed quite a bit over time.

4th ed? 3.5? Or something else?

If it's the new system, then it's 4th ed.

 

[PxDn Ninja]

Honestly if it is 4e, the best advice is to talk everyone into playing 3.5e. Fourth edition ruined what made DnD great in my opinion. However IF you are playing 4e, I enjoyed my Dragonborn Paladin a good deal.

IF you do 3.5, Human Fighter is always a solid starting point to build your knowledge from. Other than that, a Wizard (or Sorcerery, which I prefer myself), or possibly even Barbarian would work.

 

[Eumersian]

There is almost no way to answer this question without basically making you a into a D&D clone of whoever answers.

Try different things. Read up on the specs of each character. Even try rolling a bunch of characters at once and pick which one you would be most comfortable playing.

As for being a druid, imagine them as a support character. Until they get all of the really cool magics and free animals and whatnot, they pretty much just hang in back and cast support spells and things of that nature. If that's your deal, go for it.

However, I play 3.5, or rather, Pathfinder.

 

[Johanthemonster666]

There is almost no way to answer this question without basically making you a into a D&D clone of whoever answers.

Try different things. Read up on the specs of each character. Even try rolling a bunch of characters at once and pick which one you would be most comfortable playing.

As for being a druid, imagine them as a support character. Until they get all of the really cool magics and free animals and whatnot, they pretty much just hang in back and cast support spells and things of that nature. If that's your deal, go for it.

However, I play 3.5, or rather, Pathfinder.

Yes, they are playing 3.5.
I know this question is vague but I honestly don't know how to approach the question because I not up to speed with D&D.

I'll just research druids and see if my friends need one.

 

[Zacharine]

There is almost no way to answer this question without basically making you a into a D&D clone of whoever answers.

Try different things. Read up on the specs of each character. Even try rolling a bunch of characters at once and pick which one you would be most comfortable playing.

As for being a druid, imagine them as a support character. Until they get all of the really cool magics and free animals and whatnot, they pretty much just hang in back and cast support spells and things of that nature. If that's your deal, go for it.

However, I play 3.5, or rather, Pathfinder.

Yes, they are playing 3.5.
I know this question is vague but I honestly don't know how to approach the question because I not up to speed with D&D.

I'll just research druids and see if my friends need one.

Then you got pretty much two concept options: The shapeshifter, or the support-caster. They are fairly straightforward to play at least, unlike the many other more elaborate builds.

One focuses on strenght and constitutions more than spellcasting, as he'll be changing shape and charging the frontlines as a Dire Bear or something. Better chack taht though, as I don't remember if the shape-changing set the stats to something or grants bonuses.

The support caster is exactly that: tries to stay out of melee and avoid missile attacks, casting offensive and buffing spells, with occasional healing spell. Spellcasting stat is important.

as for race: I would offhand recommend human (that extra feat is handy), or some race with a suitable stat bonus. Many of the inherent abilities like infravision can be compensated for with spellcasting. Also try to make sure, if going for the long haul, to avoid a race with level adjustment of +2 or +3, or greater: after 5-10 actual levels those large level adjustments really start to hamper you.

 

[Fightgarr]

Some basic info first:
What edition are you playing?
I'd recommend something that's compatible with what the rest of your friends are playing as. Do your friends need a tank? a healer? a controller? No matter what you want a well balanced team.

I'd actually disagree with the need for a well-balanced team. Sure, if you're just doing a dungeon crawl, but for D&D in general it's best to just play as someone you'll have fun playing as. I've had the least balanced parties ever but had a great time because the characters were all such... well characters.

 

[crudus]

Cool.

I was intrigued by the idea of being a druid, any suggestions in that regard?

I have always found druids to be at least somewhat complicated and actually require some thought. I always recommend a human warrior for anyone's first time. It lets you learn the system, it lets you see how people play some of the more in depth classes, and they are really hard to screw up. It may be boring but it pays off to learn the system before you actually try to build a character.