Re: RPGs, my preferred role goes in this order (using D&D terms because you kids and your Skyrim):
1: Wizard/Sorcerer: There's nothing to beat a fully-prepared wizard. With the right spells, you can do anything. Favourite thing to do in D&D is Stinking Cloud -> Force Cage. Or anything with Time Stop and metamagic fireballs (preferably Enlarged and then Empowered or Maximized). Can be tricky to multiclass with since I hate giving up caster levels. Gishes/battlemages fall under this category too.
2. "Tank" - I love being the Fighter and keeping the squishier members of a team alive. Ideally I'd be a Paladin since the high CHA makes them a good face for the party. My favourite character ever though was a Warforged (basically a magic robot) Warblade. Warblades are kind of like wuxia-style fighters, they have stances and maneuvers. I had an Attack on Titan hook/harness thing so I could swing from bulilding to building, and because I had high INT from being a Warblade I had loads of skill points so I could run up walls no problems.
3. Ranger - Love playing these, but need the right flavour to be interesting. Favoured enemy bonuses are always nice later in a campaign. I get bored with archery though, I like to pick Two-Weapon Fighting when I can.
4. Cleric - Depends on the setting really, always wanted to play a warpriest type character, worshipping someone like Tyr. Don't like being a healbot though.
5. Rogue/Thief - I'll only play this role if I absolutely have to. Don't like sneaking, too many enemies are immune to crits/sneak attack and hate "I check for traps 20 times."
