Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

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Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:40 pm

Counting the supplements of course. Mine's the Fighter honestly, always has and always will be. However, when I began to make the shift from 5e to OSR/Ruleset Frankesteins I was originally taken aback by the Fighter's simplicity in the BFRPG rulebook, but after a while it grew on me.

I was always a fan of the Champion archetype in 5e and the OSR Fighter being a simple, but effective class that englobes so many concepts pushed all my buttons in the right ways. Even without Combat Specialization, I simply adore the short class description. A picture is worth a thousand words and so is a Fighter.

Thieves are a close second.
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:20 pm

Magic user. So laughably weak to crazy powerful makes for interesting story to me.
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:23 pm

CptClyde wrote: Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:20 pm Magic user. So laughably weak to crazy powerful makes for interesting story to me.
I'd say physically weak but game-changing campaign round is a better description, OSR Sleep ain't no joke. Even 20th level wizards can die from a couple of hits.
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:30 pm

I'd say just from the core rules, I plan to make use of the scout, barbarian and druid classes in the future. Though I'd say clerics interest me when it comes to a theme of a divine warrior. I like the appeal of how the class use healing/support spells and not so much for necromancy and illusions. Well i played a cleric from OSE which the most interesting spell to me was sticks to snakes. the fact we were in a botanical dome made it worth using to want to cast.
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Thu Jan 28, 2021 7:41 pm

Fighters.

Don't like it? FIGHT ME! Oh right. You can't, cause you're not a fighter! BOOM! I may be drunk posting! I'm going to the moon!
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:39 pm

In Core? Probably Cleric, as long as there is a worthwhile god for him. I like the mix of spells and direct combat.

In Downloads? Probably Druid. Again, mix of spells and combat. Plus the third level spell Animal Shape. Love that one.

In Showcase? Probably the Blood Heritage Sorcerer. I think the author nailed it! :lol:
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:23 am

I'm torn between Fighters and Clerics. I still haven't really had too much of a chance to play with the supplemental stuff, but a friend told me he really dug the BFRPG take on Barbarian as a sub-class.
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:33 am

Probably thief; I like sneaking around 8-)
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:10 pm

elmarcotote123 wrote: Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:40 pm Counting the supplements of course. Mine's the Fighter honestly, always has and always will be. However, when I began to make the shift from 5e to OSR/Ruleset Frankesteins I was originally taken aback by the Fighter's simplicity in the BFRPG rulebook, but after a while it grew on me.

I was always a fan of the Champion archetype in 5e and the OSR Fighter being a simple, but effective class that englobes so many concepts pushed all my buttons in the right ways. Even without Combat Specialization, I simply adore the short class description. A picture is worth a thousand words and so is a Fighter.

Thieves are a close second.
You summed it up perfectly for my favorite as well. Gotta love that simplicity yet ferocity of the Fighter.
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Re: Your favorite BFRPG Class and why?

Post Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:14 pm

chiisu81 wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:33 am Probably thief; I like sneaking around 8-)
As a DM I just love it when my Thief players improvise, that Thief Bonus (what I'm using instead of percentiles) really motivates them into doing crazy stuff.
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