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Well, they can "offend" them as much as they like...as long as it doesn't break some element of the Pact. I don't think anyone is claiming a Warlock's Patron can just automatically remove powers for "offense." This is what I mean/was talking about about the, really, fundamental importance of...

Troubadour was my first, knee-jerk... but reading your description of what it is you actually want a name for... "muscial," "trickster," "picking pockets," "influencing/bolstering/seducing"... I think what you're really looking for is "Jester." Though that does conjure the image of needing to...

I selected 4 of the possible options because it is really a case by case basis...and different classes function differently. What will happen to a Warlock is not the same as what could happen to a Cleric (or Paladin). I don't actually use Warlocks in my setting/homebrew games. The reason...

I think, for my tastes and your purposes, you want a Witch class that sits somewhere between Attunement and Wizardry. So, not #2 at all...though their use of magic could certainly access/work into that area..or a subclass of them could/can.

Mens-o'-barbazon. hahaha.

So...here's an example of what I'm thinking/mean...using the OP's example... Centaur 1st level: PC Centaurs are large creatures. They use weapons as... yada, yada, yada, as detailed by the OP. Your movement is X. You gain Sylvan as a bonus language of your heritage. At levels 4, 8, 12, and...

Sorry, I had a call...you asked about ATLA and the White Lotus... ATLA = "Avatar: the Last Airbender." Within that world was a secret ancient (hermetic?) organization of elders that transcended/was composed of members of all of the various elemental nations called....yup, Order of the White...

shrug Guess you're groups are just SOL, then. No "empowering/empowered races" for you. Do you have an alternate solution of what the original poster is asking/looking for? Convince me how it can be done in a way, across the board, other than what I and others (more or less) have suggested.

Given your hypothetical, you'd do Human, Elf, Dwarf, and Gnome. You would know, as the DM what species are likely to be encountered in a given session...so, let's say, before play, you have Orcs (which, given you've already done humans, gets you everything you need half-orcs. For that matter...

Oh totally. They were nuts. I seem to recall (and I don't know why/where this was) that the -admittedly, nearly impossible to overcome- magic resistance was a result of their ages long affiliation with the strange radiations of their subterranean and demonic magics. Player Character drow (when...

OH, of course! Even though I was well into playing AD&D (1e) by then, I still made sure to get the Companion and Masters boxes. Never did get my hands on an Immortals, actually. I still have all of the BECM (not I) manuals. The boxes themselves did not fair through the decades as well. I still...

OH! It came back/I remember! ...the whole "Witcher" thing... You mention a couple of times in the class description about "alchemy" and "alchemical [alterations or whatever it was]"... So, got to thinking, why don't I see any Alchemical/Alchemist skills or features that have to do with -at...

Well, no. We're (well, speaking for myself, I'm) talking about using it/building it in to part of character creation and development. Not a "choose this or..." There's no reason you couldn't make "Centaurs are large" as a simple (quite obvious) part of the species. I wouldn't necessarily make...

I, in fact, did not know that was how a Drow's 1e powers were determined. But interesting/"fun fact" tidbit. I suppose my response to that is, as we should all know by now, "If everyone is special, then no one is special." That is, if this kind of thing is applied to all species, then who has...

I noticed in a skimming, that you specifically call out a "rare school" of elemental "Binders" for fae, shadow, celestial or fiendish entities. That makes me think/expect that one of your "Mystic Orders" (which I would rename "Esoteric Orders" for the subclasses, as its a term you use...

I really quite like "Athamir," tbh. Better than just the actual name of the dagger/knife. Becomes much more a "fantasy rpg class" kind of thing. As for the powers and subclass orders, I like a lot of it. The "standard swordmage" subclass. The more fightery/less (outward) magical and more...

I started with the Mentzer '83 "Red Box", but had/gotten a copy of the Cook/Marsh '81 Expert rules before the "Blue Box" Expert came out...which I then got anyway... ...cuz, you know,...had to get/have the matching sets.

Yeah, the simple solution, as others have stated -in effect- is turning something akin to "Paragon race traits" into a standard part of a PC race/species. That is. You get XYZ at 1st level. When you hit 5th level you get your class features and a racial trait...or choose 2 from a set of...

I could also see...just for symmetry's sake (and I'm a sucker for some symmetry)... Fighter: Str, Con, Dex, Cha, Int, Wis. Paladin: Str, Wis, Cha, Con, Int, Dex. Cavalier: Str, Cha, Con, Int, Dex, Wis. Rogue: Dex, Con, Int, Cha, Str, Wis. Ranger: Dex, Con, Str, Int, Wis, Cha. Swashbuckler...

Fighter: Str, Con, Dex, Cha, Int, Wis. Barbarian: Str, Con, Dex, Cha, Wis, Int. Paladin: Str, Wis, Cha, Con, Int, Dex. Cavalier: Str, Cha, Con, Int, Dex, Wis. Rogue: Dex, Con, Int, Cha, Str, Wis. Ranger: Dex, Con, Str, Int, Wis, Cha. Monk: Dex, Wis, Str, Con, Cha, Int. Cleric: Wis, Cha, Con...