D&D Classes

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A D&D character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the RPG. A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by their class. Thus, choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes to create a D&D player character. A character's class affects a character's available skills and abilities. A well-rounded party of characters requires a variety of abilities offered by the classes found within the game.

Dungeons & Dragons was the first game to introduce the usage of character classes to role-playing games. Many other traditional role-playing games have since adopted the class concept as well. D&D classes have generally been defined in the Player's Handbook, one of the three core rulebooks. Over the editions and decades, a large amount of optional classes have also been defined in D&D supplemental sourcebooks.

These D&D classes have appeared as character classes in the core books over multiple published editions are:

Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard.