Dungeons and Dragons

Warlock. The built in flavor is amazing and allows easy roleplay options and background story tie ins even for new players and new GMs.

Also I enjoy Charisma based classes since it opens up social skills and I enjoy being the face role for the group.

Lastly the invocations allow for fun customization options. And some spell casting without being reliant on long rest is also cool.

Bard without stereotypes. Because I love the roleplaying aspect of the game. And I can pretty much help my friends easily

My favorite is playing a shadow monk. It's so much fun in darkened combat to run up, get like 50 hits in, then just shadow step out of range and let your tank soak damage. Druid is alright, but I feel it's better when I really want to RP my PC rather than min-max.

Mine personally is rogue. While a druid might be able to stealth better, or a fighter do more consistent damage or a wizard solve most problems with magic there's something about rogues to me that I love.

I really try not to play the cliché rogue that acts as a loner or steals from the party. I'm personally more interested in a rogue that isn't a criminal but rather someone who uses roguish fighting tactics.

I like trying to find opportunities for sneak attack and I like being really good at what I'm good at.

My first 5e character was an Arcane Trickster Rogue so I really enjoyed dabbling with magic and the flavor is awesome. Later on, I made a Phantom Rogue and while I didn't get too far with her or use many of her features she was also pretty awesome.

Currently playing a Druid and Wizard in two games which I love, but I'm hoping for at least one more long term campaign that I get to play rogue before I am "done" with 5e.

Anything magic. I'm the same with video games! It just appeals to me! I love how randomly powerful it can be, but also safe in that you can stand back from the fight a little

wizard

i like having a bajillion spells and rituals

Artificer was one of my most fun characters I ever played. Getting to come up with fun flavors for my spells as inventions was such a blast. Really helped pull me into some great role playing too.

I've played maybe a dozen characters, but the one I always want to go back to is my DND4 runepriest. I'm not sure why, I don't think DND4 is particularly good, but that class just felt so fun for me

I love sorcerers! Sorcery points make things flexible and fun.

Monk. I have a long standing love for monks.

Fighter. I know its vanilla. I just enjoy not having to deal with spell mechanics. Also I'm able to make my characters unique enough with role playing.

While it used to be arcane trickster rogue, I recently played a Paladin and was amazed by the power of smite.

Mostly been trying different Cleric subclasses. Grave life etc.

So far grave has been my go to, but I've been itching to try war cleric soon...

Cleric. I love being able to keep a party alive, and still helpimn direct combat.

I've been my friend's group DM for most of my D&D career; so I don't get to play characters too often. When I do I usually gravitate to Cleric. In 3.5 I liked doing clerics that raised zombies! Cleric is definitely my favorite!

Very long time player here. Started with AD&D 1st edition in 1978.

For many years, I loved the Thief. 1st and 2nd edition because of their abilities and skills.

3 and 3.5ed it was the feats and skills a Rogue can use. Made a character that was absolutely devastating at range with a long bow.

Never actually played 4th. Was busy getting married and having two kids when it came out.

In 5e, I actually like the Paladin and Cleric. Currently playing a Fairy Peace Domain Cleric and he's a lot of fun. Funny enough, I have yet to play a Rogue in 5e.

Dwarf cleric, because I'm a tallish Atheist. Also you get to smite people.

I've always loved Rangers. Mechanically they have good skills, some spells, and they can be built into great range or melee fighters depending on how the story goes. Stylistically, a woodsy loner is just fun to play. It was great to see 5e altered some of their awful class features to make them playable again.

I'm a sucker for gish characters, but also kind of bored with the 5e options. I tend to blend a martial and a caster. Right now I'm running shadow monk and blade singer, loving it so far.

I love playing a bard - it allows me to excel in social and stealth situations, gives a lot of utility magic and their overall versatility is really appealing.

I also like multiclassing bard with warlock to get a little combat oomph with eldritch blast and invocations!

Even though they can be a bit one dimensional, I love playing a barbarian. The ridiculous stuff you can get away with with a high strength is just too silly to pass up.

I'm a big fan of sorcerers; it gives me a nice balance of having fun spells to use while not having to manage which ones I've "prepared." My first character was a half elf draconic bloodline sorcerer, and I had a ton of fun playing him.

I have been stuck in the DM role in the past few campaigns I've played, so I guess I enjoy that role 😅

I first played a druid in World of Warcraft, and the druids in DND are even better. I try to shake things up a bit by making clerics or themed druids (spore is a fun one).