Classes
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| Class | Role | Description | Source Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adept | Spell | Caster NPC class, they get a familiar. Woohoo! | Dungeon Master's Guide |
| Adventure Chef | Support | A heavy buffer and healer focused on food production. | Homebrew |
| Anagakok | Spell | A tribal wizard with good fortune and a special school of magic | Dragon Magazine #344 |
| Archer | DPS | An adept combatant that uses bows to maximum effect | Homebrew |
| Archivist | Support Utility | Prepared divine casters with dark lore to augment effectiveness | Heroes of Horror |
| Aristocrat | Utility | Wealthy and largely skill focused NPC class | Dungeon Master's Guide |
| Bandit | DPS Utility | A hard to kill rogue like with a plethora of skills to escape | Book of Roguish Luck |
| Barbarian | DPS Tank | Excellent warriors who can deal and take more damage using their rage | Player's Handbook |
| Bard | Utility Support | Versatile arcane casters with powerful performance to help allies and hurt enemies | Player's Handbook |
| Battle Dancer | DPS | A DPS who uses dances to augment their Damage and stay alive on the battle | Dragon Compendium |
| Beguiler | Spell Support | Arcane casters that baffle foes with illusions and catch them flat-footed | Player's Handbook II |
| Brawler | DPS | Bruisers with a penchant for high impact grappling and striking | Homebrew |
| Brigand | DPS Utility | Rogue Like DPS utility with a frightening gaze | Kalamar's Player Guide |
| Chaos Mage | Spell | Casters that spontaneously create spells and effects for a price | Encyclopedia Arcane: Chaos Magic |
| Chaplain | DPS Support | Invocation slinging servants of a deity | Homebrew |
| Cleric | Spell Support | Divine prepared casters who cast spells with magic from their god | Player's Handbook |
| Commoner | Utility | NPC class for common people, no real abilities or skills | Dungeon Master's Guide |
| Cosmic Traveller | DPS | A travelling warrior channeling space through their weapon | Homebrew |
| Courtier | Utility | Utility class focused on political intrigue and manipulating it. | Rokugan Campaign Setting |
| Dread Necromancer | Spell Utility | Arcane caster focused on Necromancy gradually turning into a lich | Heroes of Horror |
| Druid | Spell Support | Shapeshifting divine spell casters drawing on nature for their power | Player's Handbook |
| Expert | Utility | Skill focused NPC class, like Courtier and Factotum sorta kinda but far less powerful. | Dungeon Master's Guide |
| Factotum | Utility | Factotums are ever versatile supports with incredibly varied abilities | Dungeonscape |
| Fencer | Tank | Combatants that outwit and outmaneuver their foes | Homebrew |
| Fighter | DPS Tank | Class with best all-around fighting capabilities each with their own specialties | Player's Handbook |
| Gentleman | Utility Support | Joke class that does some really stupid stuff | Old Spice |
| Gladiator | DPS Tank | A warrior using awe inspiring performance in combat | Dark Sun 3 |
| Gutter Mage | Spell Utility DPS | Arcane roguelike, who steals spellbooks and masters using magic items | Book of Roguish Luck |
| Harbinger | Utility Support | Arcane casters who use their bardic music to debuff foes. | Dragon Magazine #337 |
| Healer | Spell Support | Divine prepared caster focused solely on healing | Miniatures Handbook |
| Hexblade | Spell DPS | A limited caster swordslinger who can curse foes. | Complete Warrior |
| Horselord | DPS Tank | As Barbarians using battle ecstasy and mounted combat to deal damage instead of rage. | Dragon Magazine #338 |
| Inkyo | Tank DPS | Mystic monks that use kiho to enhance their abilities | Rokugan Campaign Setting |
| Jester | Utility | A caster who revels in performance and annoys enemies | Dragon Compendium |
| Knight | Tank Support | Tanks who redirect attacks to themselves | Player's Handbook II |
| Knight of the Wild | DPS Utility | Mounted warriors that gain several summons and cohorts, limited casting | Homebrew |
| Light Cavalry | DPS | As scout without Skirmish! They get abilities revolving around a mount instead | Dragon Magazine #346 |
| Maho-Tsukai | Spell | Blood magic casters, with metamagic and can replace material components with blood | Oriental Adventures |
| Mandrake | DPS | Stealthy killers that use poison to fell their foes | Homebrew |
| Marshal | Tank Support | Tank who gives a variety of buffs using auras | Miniatures Handbook |
| Miko | Spell Support | Shrine maidens who heal their allies through Dance | Homebrew |
| Monk | DPS Tank | Largely unarmed warriors with a ki pool to enhance their strikes | Player's Handbook |
| Ninja | DPS | Sneaky DPS who strike from the shadows and use their ki pool for extraordinary abilities | Complete Adventurer |
| Noble | Utility Support | A class for inspiring and coordinating people while calling in favors | Dragonlance Campaign Setting |
| Nomad | DPS | World wandering warriors with a variety of favored terrains to fight in | Homebrew |
| Ochremancer | Tank | Foul creature slowly disincorporating into slime | Homebrew |
| Paladin | Tank Support | Holy defenders of good who will smite evil given the chance | Player's Handbook |
| Plague Doctor | Support DPS | Limited Casting. Healer focused on science with a toxic touch | Homebrew |
| Ranger | DPS | Survivalist DPS with favored enemies | Player's Handbook |
| Rogue | DPS Utility | Skillful characters with a penchant for sneaking up on foes | Player's Handbook |
| Runethane | Spell Utility | Limited arcane caster with unique rune abilities | Arcana Evolved |
| Samurai | Tank | Warrior wielding katanas that uses fearsome war cries to control the battlefield | Complete Warrior |
| Scout | DPS | DPS focused on scouting and moving around the battlefield | Complete Adventurer |
| Sentinel | Spell DPS | A nature focused invocation caster, like a druid warlock | Homebrew |
| Shadowcaster | Spell Utility | Arcane casters witha mysteries to cast their spells | Tome of Magic |
| Shugenja | Spell Support | Divine spellcaster that channels one of the four elements (like in ATLA) | Oriental Adventures |
| Sidhe Scholar | Spell Support | A fey focused druid variant | Dragon Magazine #339 |
| Sniper | DPS | Scout without Skirmish! They get long ranged bonus damage instead. | Dragon Magazine #346 |
| Sohei | Tank DPS | Warrior monks with frenzied attacks and limited casting | Oriental Adventures |
| Sorcerer | Spell | Spontaneous arcane caster with loads of spell slots | Player's Handbook |
| Soulknife | DPS | Invocation focused melee warrior that can conjure magic blades | Homebrew |
| Spell-less Paladin | Tank Support | As paladin, without spells! They gain other divine features instead! | Complete Warrior |
| Spell-less Ranger | DPS | As ranger, but no spells! They get a bunch of boons from nature. | Complete Warrior |
| Spellthief | Spell Utility DPS | Roguelike that sneak attacks and drains spells from foes. | Complete Adventurer |
| Spirit Shaman | Spell Support | Divine caster, uses druid spell list, spellcasting like sorcerer | Complete Divine |
| Sumo | DPS | A bulky grappler and combatant with a variety of combat manuevers | Homebrew |
| Swashbuckler | DPS | A graceful battlefield warrior who can dodge in and out of combat | Complete Warrior |
| Telekineticist | DPS Utility | Mid-to-long range characters that can use large melee weapons and grapple from far away | Homebrew |
| Telepath | Spell DPS Utility | Brainbusting rogue-likes with a suite of mental powers | Homebrew |
| Thug | DPS Utility | Worse rogue with a backstab | Traps and Treachery I |
| Totem Warrior | DPS Tank | Warriors who use a variety of animal powers to assist in combat | Arcana Evolved |
| Urban Druid | Spell Support | Divine spellcaster that controls vermin and can polymorph into objects | Dragon Compendium |
| Vox Mortis | DPS | Sonic yell wielding warriors that can cause significant amounts of damage | Homebrew |
| Warlock | Spell DPS | Arcane caster that gains powers from otherworldly beings | Complete Arcane |
| Warmage | Spell DPS | Armored casters who excel at dealing damage | Complete Arcane |
| Warrior | Tank | Tank NPC class, has some combat potential | Dungeon Master's Guide |
| Weeper | DPS | Mask wearing ghost slaying casters with masks with powerful abilities. | Homebrew |
| Witch | Spell | Caster with limited casting and witcheries | Arcana Evolved |
| Wizard | Spell | Prepared arcane caster, widest versatility in spell lists for class | Player's Handbook |
| Wu Jen | Spell | Arcane casters with taboos they cannnot break | Oriental Adventures |