Daily Debate: If Zelda Characters Were in a Dungeons & Dragons Campaign, What Classes Would They Be?
Posted on December 11 2019 by Michaela El-Ters
Dungeons & Dragons is a wonderful cultural phenomenon that has experienced a resurgence in recent years. With a variety of classes and gameplay styles to choose from, coupled with the imaginative stories Dungeon Masters weave for their players, the Dungeons & Dragons fever is going strong. It’s fun to imagine existing video game or anime characters in a Dungeons & Dragons class. If I had to pick just a few Zelda characters, I would go with:
Link: Paladin or Bard
I think Link would do well as a Paladin. The class specializes as an offensive, heavy hitting tank that can also spell cast. Link’s expertise with magic and sword fighting would definitely be valuable for the party. I do think you could make a case for Link being a bard, too. Bards specialize in playing musical instruments to boost their allies and distract the enemy. With Link usually being a musician of some kind throughout the Zelda games, classing him as a Bard would make a lot of sense.
Zelda: Wizard
This is a no-brainer for me. Zelda does best as a spell caster, so it makes for her to stay behind the front lines and nuke everything from a distance as a wizard. Plus, wizards get access to some pretty handy abilities at higher levels that enhance their spell casting and strength even more.
Ravio: Alchemist
Ravio’s procurement of a variety of items in A Link Between Worlds makes the Alchemist class a pretty good fit for him. He can specialize in using pretty much weapon he so chooses in combat while creating various potions or Bombs to fight with.
These are just a few suggestions for Dungeons & Dragons classes for Zelda characters, but who would you class them as? Any additional characters you have in mind? Let us know in the comments!
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This Daily Debate was inspired by ninjanunchucks4
Michaela El-Ters is a Senior Editor for Zelda Dungeon. She is also an Senior Writer for Boss Rush Network, and writes blogs and streams games on Objection Network. Her favorite Zelda game changes with the seasons, but the series as a whole is near and dear to her heart.
