DM: sorry that your character died, do you have a backup in mind?

Me: should I do my “three halflings in a trench coat”? Or maybe the battle master artificer that dual wields lances? We could always use another spellcaster, so I could do the dragon born wizard that’s pretending he’s a draconic sorcerer. But I really like doing melee in combat, maybe the build I based off the song “16 tons”…