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When playing computer "rolleplaying" games I often chose a rogue as first character, tough my time in warcraft (RP Server) has shown me that I'm more a fan of warrior or cleric RP.

I don't normally play D&D, but I enjoy it last tabletop RPG I played was Numenera, the way they do character creation is you choose a descriptor, which adds a small bonus, a type, which determines what, in general, your character is good at doing, and then a focus, which is like a specialization, but does not apply to just a single character type. so I could be a magic user from their focus, but a melee fighter by their type. and get bonuses from both. like... being a swordsman, but being able to have an aura of fire that constantly burns around you as part of your fighting style.

one of the characters I was playing is a Tough Nano who Fuses Flesh and Steel. tough gives me extra natural armor and a +1 to my healing rolls, Nano is a spellcaster type, so I could attack from range and up close, and Fuses flesh And Steel gives me more natural armor. I was REALLY hard to hurt.

It was supposed to be for a solo campaign, and built for solo survivability, but the DM decided to add more players. so my main weapon was a cast iron frying pan. and all my magic was frying pan themed. but for the sake of comparison, I would say it is like a cross-class between wizard main and a splash of warrior. the character was very fun, but not effective in party play.

the other character I played was a bard type dex tank, who gave bonuses to my allies rolls when I attacked. much more suited to party play.