DnD 5e Classes

DnD 5e Classes are the mechanical heart of characters in Dungeons and Dragons. While your race and background carry equal weight in who your character is, your class defines what your character does. Understanding how to build and play a class effectively is the most important part of building an effective DnD character.

Listed below are the various classes and within each guide we explore the nuances and tricks to get the most out of each. To that end we not only go over the features and options of each dnd 5e class, but put those ideas into practice by showcasing example builds.

We try to keep multiclassing to a minimum in these basic examples.

DnD 5e Classes Player's Handbook / Basic Rules

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Critical Role

3rd-Party Publishers

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Keith Baker

Keith Baker’s Forge Adept Artificer Handbook

Keith Baker’s Oath of Veneration Paladin Handbook

Kobold Press

Kobold Press’s Black Powder Sorcery Handbook

Matt Mercer / Critical Role / Tal’Dorei

Matt Mercer’s Blood Hunter

Matt Mercer’s Gunslinger

Matt Mercer’s Oath of the Open Sea Paladin

Matt Mercer’s Way of the Cobalt Soul Monk

Tal’Dorei Blood Domain Cleric Handbook

Tal’Dorei Blood Magic Wizard Handbook

Tal’Dorei Circle of the Blighted Druid Handbook

Tal’Dorei College of Tragedy Bard Handbook

Tal’Dorei Path of the Juggernaut Barbarian

MCDM

MCDM’s Beastheart Handbook

Other

Bilgewater Subclass Breakdown

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