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(Base) classes you've never played

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I saw the topic regarding Spirit Shaman spells, and though "Huh... never played one of those before!"

Then I was wondering, what base classes have you never played, and why?


And perhaps as a follow up, maybe there's some fun to be had in creating some "Classes you've never played"-adventure groups! I generally play EU times, which means I mostly get the low seasons in population, but perhaps if time permits, I'd be interested in joining one such group myself!
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Ive never played MAA. For some reason, I keep picturing the power armor from Fallout.
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I've never played Phantom or Spirit Shaman.

Spirit Shaman feels like a niche, and I just don't quite understand Phantom :lol:
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Fighter - at least never played a pure/dedicated one. Didn't ever felt an itch to touch it
Scout - still want to give it a try - but still can't get the idea of what character to roll with it
Ninja, Man at Arms - just don't understand the idea of those classes honestly, but would actually give a try to ninja one day
Paladin - screw all this hardcore Lawful Good (tm) thing :p
Phantom - how *this* is any different from rogue/ninja?
Commoner - I have enough of Average Joe in real life, thanks
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Well, that's a long list,
Paladin, cleric, barbarian, wizard, phantom, man at arms, commoner, monk.
No inspiration to play a character that'd fit them, yet!
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Global-galatic in view over all server I had played and only counted the vanilla-base classes:

Paladin
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TheDwarfGristle wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:34 am I've never played Phantom or Spirit Shaman.

Spirit Shaman feels like a niche, and I just don't quite understand Phantom :lol:
Phantom is amazing. Give it a try
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I've never played a Wizard. I feel like it's a class for people with advanced degrees in mathematics.

MAA is an awesome class. I highly recommend it to anyone who prides themselves on being a Tank.

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MrSmith wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 10:42 pm I've never played a Wizard. I feel like it's a class for people with advanced degrees in mathematics.
Have you seen some of our wizards? They're casting 9's and not knowing how cantrips work.
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Aspect of Sorrow wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 4:29 pm
MrSmith wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 10:42 pm I've never played a Wizard. I feel like it's a class for people with advanced degrees in mathematics.
Have you seen some of our wizards? They're casting 9's and not knowing how cantrips work.
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Not actually played a cleric of any form, I do tend to prefer passive builds and not keep track of spell timers and such.
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Re: (Base) classes you've never played

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Gorebash wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:06 am Not actually played a cleric of any form, I do tend to prefer passive builds and not keep track of spell timers and such.
Ha! I completely feel you with that.
A dumb build with a lot of damage would probably be my preference :lol:
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:D
TheDwarfGristle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 4:13 pm
Gorebash wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:06 am Not actually played a cleric of any form, I do tend to prefer passive builds and not keep track of spell timers and such.
Ha! I completely feel you with that.
A dumb build with a lot of damage would probably be my preference :lol:
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For base classes implemented here I never played on a PW? Commoner, Druid, Favored Soul, MAA, Monk, Paladin, Phantom, Spirit Shaman and Swashbuckler.

Commoner might be fun, I guess I never felt like actually playing one.
Druid, Monk and Paladin RP never really interested me, so yeah.
With Spirit Shaman, I never felt the inclination to play a Spirit Shaman concept and the NWN 2 implementation being poor because of the weaker selection of Druid spells, the longer NWN combats in terms of rounds, as well as it being two stat dependent and fully spontaneous instead of prepared spontaneous is just an added deterrent.
Swashbuckler really feels like WotC should have just made it a feat instead of a class. It is solid in NWN 2, though I have not yet felt the inclination to actually play such a concept.
The rest are either just weak classes where a better class can fit the concept just as well, or basically nerfed ACFs of classes I already played.
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