Spell slinging wizard or sneaky rogue? Shining paladin or ranger hunting her prey?
Classes in D&D are a collection of related abilities that your character gains. They’re sort of like jobs, if choosing to be a plumber meant you suddenly understood flow rates, welding, and some thermodynamics. That is, they’re jobs, but choosing the job also gives you the abilities to do that job.
Each class has things it’s good at, and things it’s not good at. ...