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Message: <blockquote data-quote="squibbles" data-source="post: 8610747" data-attributes="member: 6937590">Now that the thread has been going for a little bit, here is my entry:I organized the casters into broad themes (maybe more like tones) and the martial casters mechanically. New classes are in orange, places the current classes go are in blue.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">diabolist—casters with dark and ominous powers; intelligence caster with pact magic, known spells, and eldritch invocations<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">sorcerer, no additional subclasses included (being born with magical powers because you're descended from a supernatural entity always struck me as being inherently ominous)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">warlock with a couple variations for its subclasses representing different entities</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">necromancer wizard</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">enchanter—casters that manipulate minds and have a fey or playful aspect; charisma caster with known spells<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">bard, no additional subclasses included</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">beguiler (i.e. enchanter wizard since the name is already taken for the class)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">illusionist wizard</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">warrior—catchall for the fighty classes (it could also be named fighter, I'm agnostic, but calling it a warrior helps to mark it as different)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">barbarian, no additional subclasses included</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">paladin—1/3 caster, no additional subclasses included</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">open hand monk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">beastmaster ranger (a non-casting one)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the most thematic fighter subclasses</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">rogue—catchall for the skilled and sneaky classes<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ranger (a non-casting one), no additional subclasses included</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">way of shadows monk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the most thematic rogue subclasses</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">thaumaturge—casters with religious overtones; wisdom caster with prepared spells<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">cleric with variations for its most thematic subclasses—life, light, death, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">druid with variations for moon and not-moon druid subclasses</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">wizard—the book-learnin' casters; intelligence caster with prepared spells<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">artificer—rebalanced as a full caster… somehow</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">remaining wizard subclasses</li> </ul></li> </ol>I have two martial classes and four caster classes. I don't include any half-casters. I have at least one caster class for every mental ability score. I have two prepared casters and two known casters. I have one pact magic caster. Most of the names are thematic, thaumaturge is the only one that feels a little iffy.Is it needlessly complicated? Yes, absolutely! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:"  data-smilie="10"data-shortname=":oops:" /></blockquote>

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