Dungeons and Dragons Geeks Debate Their Ideal Class for Real Life DnD Adventures

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Eleonora Bader
Mar 6, 2024 11:30 AM EST

If Dungeons and Dragons were real, which class would you want to be in?

Would you like to be a Druid, a Monk, a Sorcerer? And most importantly, why did you choose that specific class? Well, it just got real in this DnD Reddit thread, because people answered those exact questions, and provided their reasoning for the class they chose. Personally, I'd like to be a Druid. Being a nature-focused spellcaster with abilities like shapeshifting would be super helpful. Having better survival skills than I have in real life would be pretty cool. And I would love to manipulate the environment… Me and the wilderness go hand in hand. So, what do you think? Which class is the best? Scroll down to read the interesting replies, and then when you're finished, check out these Dungeons and Dragons memes for guarded gamers running a tavern (or two). Enjoy the rest of your magical day while you're at it.

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    If DND was real, what class would you want to be 5th Edition If DND was real life, what class etc... would you want to be and why?
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    International Grass42 7 days ago Druid. The trees are gonna tell me to commit crimes and I'm gonna listen. 2.8k Reply Share MirrorExodus - 7 days ago Ok there Poison Ivy. 709 Reply Share ...
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    SmallBlockACup - 7 days ago Sorceror. Just having inherent magic powers that require no personal effort beyond bloodline lottery is like the dnd version of being born a billionaire lol 2.8k Reply Share Way Of The Meat 7 days ago TRUE but the real question which subclass personally I think divine soul or aberrant mind work great for just life things 494 Reply Share
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    Game-On-Gatsby. 7 days ago Ranger. I would walk into the woods and vanish. 310 Reply Share Thelintyfluff 7 days ago Do you need to talk? x 79 Reply Share
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    Mikeadon3 7 days ago artificer, EXTREMELY convenient for day to day life, or druid, where I can hide in the forest because the dnd world is DANGEROUS. 521 Reply Share why-names-hard · 7 days ago It's dangerous but gods I would enjoy day to day life a lot more probably especially if I got to choose a class Reply Share 89
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    Vinkhol 6 days ago Straight up just knowing a cantrip or two would be so incredibly useful. Prestidigitation on it's own is a superpower. Control flames could put out go ...nn lithium ion battery fires or even magnesium thermite. Not to mention Spare the D g or Guidance. But god imagine the havoc of being able to just cause a 15 diameter spherical Thinderclap explosion with just a word. Or the kind of damage an eldritch blaster would do 54 Reply Share
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    Bob_Gnoll 7 days ago Any full caster seems fine to me, although Monk is severely underrated as just a real modern life thing. Literally twice as fast as an average person, speak and understand all spoken language, no food or sleep required, immune to pc.son, on demand invisibility, and perfect health and mobility up to the second you d e. Way of mercy makes you able to heal people as well. 696 Reply Share ...
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    scarparanger 7 days ago I second monk. Sun soul because dbz. 127 Reply Share Iokua_CDN 7 days ago The ability to walk around and have an excellent Armour Class wearing normal clothes also would be ideal. Or having excellent unarmed damage. Two things that seem to not matter much in Dnd, bug would matter more here if you were suddenly getting attacked in a library 135 Reply Share
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    LiffeyDodge 7 days ago Druid. I work in veterinary and "speak with animals "would be so useful. 357 Reply Share WayOfTheMeat 7 days ago "DONT REMOVE MY E YOU" 390 LS I BEG OF Reply Share
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    mehall27 7 days ago Definitely a wizard 460 Reply Share ItayeZbit 7 days ago Artificer because I'm a nerd, but I'm not a NERD nerd A217 Reply Share
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    Xylembuild 7 days ago Whatever class gets Teleport the soonest. 185 Reply Share Ralu61 7 days ago Druid Even misty step would be lovely Reply Share 74
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    LoganIronwolf. 7 days ago Cleric. Heal those who are suffering. Reply Share 688 ScalpelzStorybooks 7 days ago This came up a while ago, and I swear the cleric/paladin combo is unbeatable. Just straight-up cure several diseases a day, spare the dying to stabilize as a cantrip, several cure wounds spell slots for acute tra recovery... my hospital wouldn't know what hit it. 326 Reply Share
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    Fengthehalforc. 7 days ago Artificer. If we're talking a medieval setting, I'm bound to find employment somewhere with magical tinkering skills. If we were talking about our time though, I'd basically be a fully-qualified engineer with seemingly miraculous skills. Either way, I'd make some decent money and live a nice, quiet life (I hope) Reply Share 359
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    NerdQueenAlice. 7 days ago Bard. Then I'd know how to play an instrument. 282 DM Reply Share dm-me-fantasyfiction 7 days ago 56 ... I second this, mostly because I already play an instrument. Reply Share
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    UnbreakableNose 7 days ago I thought for a long time I would want to be a wizard so that I can learn everything there is to be known and use the vast knowledge of the world to fix problems, but the older I grow, the more I realize that modern problems don't require vast intellect to solve. The answers have always been right in front of us. No, the world doesn't need brilliance right now. It just needs somebody to stand up for it. A paladin. 296 Reply Share ...
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    rust_tg 7 days ago Ironically this is the mindset of gandalf. The wizard. 155 Reply Share Grand-Rip5614. 7 days ago DnD-wise, he's more a cleric than a wizard. Sent by the gods, no spell book, more wise than intelligent, casts spells like heat metal, thaumaturgy, serves more of a support role than a blaster role. 94 Reply Share
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    MornGreycastle 7 days ago Wizard. Absolute power to reshape reality from reading? Yes, please. Actually appropriate class? Sorcerer. I do well on the test but am s t at studying. Reply Share 126 AeoSC 7 days ago Absolute power to reshape reality from reading? Yes, please. Gods I love books. 32 Reply Share
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    blizzard2798c. 7 days ago Bard. Jack of all trades means you're at least passable at everything, and expertise means you're really, really good at a few things 162 Reply Share jaffa3811 7 days ago And if those things are your job. Yeah, being like the 1% in any field means you're earning a ton. Reply Share 49
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    I relentless_alligator 7 days ago Paladin 52 Reply Share mcdad_dy 7 days ago I was looking for a fellow paladin. I would be a great therapist with my auras A24 Reply Share
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    eviltomb 7 days ago Druid, not feeling up to being a person today? Turn into a moose and f k off into the woods, whose gonna try to stop a moose from doing anything. Reply Share 91 masterchef81. 7 days ago The barbarian... 28 Reply Share
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    Favorable Trashpanda · 7 days ago Commoner. 77 Reply Share Abramdragon 7 days ago Meta class right there 32 Reply Share Coffeelocktificer 7 days ago Oh no! My cabbages! A29 Reply Share
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    Kaizer6864 7 days ago Warlock, easily. Particularly a pact with a Great Old One. We all know the horrors that exist within DnD, and if it existed as real life then it wouldn't be like a campaign where there's just the one big bad to deal with at the very end. All the Eldritch beasts, vampires and demons would be out to play, and I'd rather be sided, pawn or not, with some great and powerful cosmic horror of an entity - especially if bound to a pact with them. Reply Share 83
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    Goblinand Beast 7 days ago Bard - Me and my ukulele gonna go on an adventure 35 9 more replies Reply Share Resua15 7 days ago Sorcerer, don't want to have to study like a nerd for my power Reply Share 33
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    LenTheWatcher 7 days ago Monk Be able to run on water? Check. Ageless until dth and immune to disease? Check. No longer need food and water? Check. Can understand and speak any language? Check. Immune to po sons? Check. Can stop being afraid at will? Check. Becoming a parkour master who can run up walls and reduce fall damage? Check. Become invisible at will? Check.
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    Be able to astral project? Check. This is before subclasses! You could still teleport through shadows, or shoot energy blasts, or heal people, or make a creature explode after hitting them, of just choose not to d e for the measly cost of a single ki point! It isn't even a contest for me. 26 Reply Share
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    Hovercat1208. 7 days ago Rogue. As an introvert it would be nice to just hide out of sight all the time. I also like being dexterous, so. 67 Reply Share
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