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Professions and Specialties

Page history last edited by Aryx 8 years, 4 months ago

Professions and Specialties is an alternate class system I am experimenting with.

 

Instead of selecting a class, a character being created selects a Profession and a Specialty.  Professions offer non-core combat abilities.  Specialties offer core combat abilities.  In terms of class design, all Professions are Thievery 1, while Specialties vary.


The fact that all Professions are Thievery 1 allows me to present Specialties as a full class, with known XP costs, hit dice, and so on.  Thievery doesn't affect anything other than the abilities it grants, and since all Professions have an identical XP cost, a Specialty's XP cost can be calculated without needing to know specifically which Profession was selected.

 

D&D 5E backgrounds, as well as the Iron Kingdoms and Dungeons: the Dragoning class systems, are the biggest inspirations of this system.

 

Professions

 

Acolyte

Criminal

Entertainer

Peasant

Artisan

Hermit

Noble

Outlander

Sage

Sailor

Soldier

Warlock

Witch

Trader

Mystic

 

Specialties

Fighter (HD 1, Fighting 2)

Wizard (Arcane 3)

Cleric (HD 1, Fighting 1, Divine 1)

Thief (Fighting 1, Thievery 2)

Priest (Divine 3)

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