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For questions primarily about classes in RPGs. A design paradigm common among RPGs, a class is an archetype summing up the abilities and role the character will play as well as binding unique mechanics together in one package.

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I've long been bothered by the caster ability imbalance in 5E. 2 WIS full casters. 2 CHR full casters. Then Wizard stands alone in the INT based full caster circle. We are going to see Psion in the ...
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On roll20, there's a mention under the Wind Walk spell page from the 2014 core rules about the spell being able to be used by the Druid and the 'occultist' I can't for the life of me find any non-...
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The 3.5 DMG says the NPC warrior class can be used for "soldiers...and even regular people who have learned to defend their homes with some ability." But if we look at common humanoid ...
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The Undying Sentinel feature states: ...you suffer none of the drawbacks of old age, and you can’t be aged magically. Tortles are (to my knowledge) semelparous, and thus reproduction should likely ...
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It is well established that there is no flavor text in spell descriptions. This question here came out of a comment discussion, where I was told that the question about spells does not aim to ...
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CLASS: Apothecary Level Prof. Bonus Ingred.Uses Features Spells Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5 th 1 2 — Spellcasting, Medical Pouch — — — — — — 2 2 4 Ingredients, Concuct Stimulant 2 2 — — — — 3 2 6 ...
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I believe that the Medic class is trying to fulfill the role of an in combat non-magical healer, but I can’t help but think it was intended for more. As a secondary Initiator, it has 7 levels of ...
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While brainstorming class balance and considering options to present to a player who may soon be retiring their character, I arrived on the idea of the hero, a character class which is functionally a ...
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Quite often, a dungeon master will reveal to the players the classes of the NPCs whom the PCs are fighting for ease of tactical decision making, on assumptions such as that the guy in heavy armour and ...
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I found this summoner class on DMsGuild, and it seems like a fun, balanced class that fills an interesting niche. I intend to play this character without multiclassing, using the Collector subclass, ...
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If I recall correctly, the Bard in AD&D1ed was a true dual (triple) class character who had to progress as a pure fighter, then a pure thief, and then finally could begin to progress as a bard. In ...
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NPCs emulating character classes are many. A very incomplete list would include: Abjurer, Archer, Blackguard, Bard, Champion, Conjurer, Diviner, Druid... You get the idea. Among the monsters there's ...
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Playing as a Shieldbreaker, I found a distinct lack of Dwarf-only advancements that would lead to other Dwarfy classes but for Runebearer, which would lead to the Runesmith classes. There ain't no ...
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The complete psionics handbook was released before Planescape campaign setting and there is no mention of githzerai being able to be psionicist. But from the lore it seems that they can be psionic. ...
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Let's say you're a silverbrown human and have the draconic aura feat. Normally you'd be stuck with a +1 aura, but since you have the dragonblood subtype, the feat states that: If you are of the ...
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This is a defensively-minded Tome of Battle martial adept. As with most of my work, I strive to make it stand-alone: ideally, this class should just work, as-is, without any meta commentary, and fit ...
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Some things, like weapon critical effects, reference your class DC, but most casters do not list a class DC progression. It would however be interesting for example for a Magus using Arcane Fists, as ...
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I want to use Gadgets, but they are uncommon. Inventors and regions with access to Inventors have access to uncommon gadgets. So I check access to Inventors, where the only mention of access is about ...
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Paizo knows about every game my characters play in the Pathfinder Society, and their class. Is there some public information somewhere about these? A naïve google search did not find anything.
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My DM is preparing more of a fairytale-themed campaign with younger adventurers. I want to make a character that consumes their bracelets to cast all their spells. The problem is that I couldn't find ...
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I'm new to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and am making a character. The career advancement with XP confuses me. I genuinely do not understand how XP converts into advances. Please help. The problem: how ...
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I'm creating a character for a D&D 5e game. The setting is home-brewed, but the rules are not. One limitation imposed by the setting is that wizard is not an allowed option at character creation. ...
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In D&D 5e, Barbarians are a core class for the game, and Conan the Barbarian has been cited by E. Gary Gygax as one of the major literary influcences on the game, and is also listed in Appendix N, ...
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Champions have Focus Spells, and that gives them the Cast a Spell activity. They are also trained in divine spell attacks and divine spell DCs. Is that enough to cast spells from divine scrolls?
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I am mostly a noob to 3.5e. The build I have in mind is fairly close to a rogue, but I’m not sure if there might be a better class to represent the character. My GM has access to basically any content....
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I find home-brewing a banker class kind of fun. The gist is he/she can fast-track funds for the group, start a subscription ledger and have the local affluent commit funds for the next adventure. The ...
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Three days ago I asked Is this homebrew gunslinger class balanced? and got a some good answers. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my post and especially thank you to the person who ...
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The Marshal archetype seems to be great, with many useful feats, but what is the best base class? I know this seems broad and opinion based, but to be considered best, I have many criteria: Qualifies ...
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How does the knight class's ability loyal beyond death (Player's Handbook II 27) function for an undead creature? If an undead creature's hp are reduced to 0, it is destroyed, but what if the creature ...
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At what level does each class get its subclass?
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Is there a cross wizard and sorcerer type class or a way of achieving the following. Some of the spells selection are limited like a sorcerer and other slots can be prepared like wizard? I am not ...
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A dual progression prestige class is one that progresses two class features, usually spellcasting, manifesting, invocations, etc. at once. These prestige classes are typically intended for multiclass ...
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There are prestige classes that apply or effectively apply a template to the character that attains a certain level. To clarify, I am not asking about other "Apotheosis" prestige classes, ...
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I'm here today to ask whom it may concern to read through this class' description. I would ask your answers to address this class in terms of balancing, its features fitting with image of a medieval ...
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I have a player who wants to play a Lycanthrope (werewolf). But that is technically against the rules. Using only the 5e official rules form hardcover books, what is the best combination of race/...
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One of my players in my new campaign wanted to play a Wizard with a gun / Magic Law Enforcement type character. However we found that none of the existing class options quite hit what we were looking ...
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What are martial classes in the context of 5e? Is there a consensus on what the terminology means? Are martial classes something that you have to specify to make yourself understood?
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The question boils down to the title, but the reason I'm asking the question in the first place is a bit unusual, so I will give all the information here in case that helps with answers. I recently ...
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I have a friend who's interested in D&D and is coming from a background in 40k and Star Wars Armada. Given the difference in types of games, I worry about them being bogged down and overwhelmed. ...
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long time lurker, first time poster, yada yada to the point. Some time ago I written a homebrew class for D&D 5e called Death's Incarnate. I would like to ask for any opinions and critique about ...
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In Original D&D, specifically the rules described in Men & Magic, it says: Elves can begin as either Fighting-Men or Magic-Users and freely switch class whenever they choose, from adventure ...
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Elementalist The Elementalist is a master of elemental magic, often lashing out across the battlefield with rays of destructive elemental energy. Hit Die: d8 Starting Wealth: 2d6 × 10 gp (average 70 ...
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My Question In Pathfinder (1e), I'm seeing classes (or class-like things?) referred to as any of the following: Core classes Base classes Unchained classes Hybrid classes Parent classes Alternate ...
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I'm creating a character for DnD 5e, and I was wondering what kind of hit dice Sages use. He's a Wizard's Apprentice if that helps.
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Early dissatisfaction with the ranger led to many attempts at revision. A widespread belief that the class was underpowered often met with the counterclaim that of the original two subclasses, one (...
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I am preparing to DM a D&D 3.5e game. One of my players is trying to go Soulbow into Kensai. Can Kensai actually enhance the Soulbow's weapon? I am not sure if it can do that, as it is just an ...
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Conventional wisdom is that more spell levels are better than more spell slots of lower level. For example, this argument has been used to argue in favor of playing a Focused Specialist Wizard. From ...
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One of my friends mentioned wanting to play a succubus in a pathfinder game and wants to use the savage species succubus class for it though at a glance the succubus class in savage species seems ...
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Say, my human Wizard permanently True Polymorphs themself into a halfling. That halfling won't have a class, so can it, say, gain Fighter levels? What about creatures that aren't playable races, like ...
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Unearthed Arcana lists the two Fighter variants "Thug" and what is commonly referred to as "Sneak Attack Fighter". I have been reading in forums here and there that you can combine ...
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