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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mon" data-source="post: 4641288" data-attributes="member: 71673">Here is what I'd do...Barbarian (Player's Handbook) - A classic, well balanced core class. - No changes.Binder (Tome of Magic) - Full of flavoursome goodness, nice alternative approach to magic - No changes, but things besides vestiges can be bound (ancestral spirits, unknowable horrors from the far realm, etc).Fighter (Player's Handbook) - Fundamental warrior, needs work though. - Armsmaster: +1 damage with focused weapons at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level (replaces Weapon Specialization feat chain). - Battle Sense: +1 to maneuvers (disarm, feint, trip, bull-rush, overrun) and flanking/charging/AoO damage at 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th level.Marshal (Miniature's Handbook) - A good "educated warrior" and alternative to bard for party buffer. - Fighter base attack (they're warriors, afterall). - Minor aura bonus is lesser of Int and Cha mods (minimum +1).Mystic (Dragonlance Campaign Setting) - Conceptually, miles ahead of the groan-worthy Favoured Soul. The basic divine caster. - No changes.Rogue (Player's Handbook) - A classic. - Trapfinding gives a free passive search check within 10ft. (anyone trained in search can actively use it to find traps of any DC). - Sneak attack deals half damage against creatures immune to critical hits.Savant (Dragon Compendium) - The only decent Jack-Of-All-Trades class I've come across - Spells are spontaneous, not prepared. Know all spells on list. Can swap arcane and divine spells around if desired (divine at 5th, arcane at 10th).Scout (Complete Adventurer) - Decent ranger substitute and rogue alternative - No changes.Shaman (Complete Divine) - Good class, crappy name; Taking out the "spirit" part improves things, esp. since there are no dragon shamans on the list. Basic nature caster. - No changes, other than name shortening from "spirit shaman".Sorcerer (Player's Handbook) - Basic arcane caster. - No changes.Warlock (Complete Arcane) - Another flavoursome class with a good alternative form of magic - No changes.--Why Other Classes Are Out (aka I paid good money for this?!?!)Bards are too fruity/weak, Clerics and druids are too powerful, Monks are too oriental, Paladins are just fighter/clerics (or fighter/mystics), Rangers have never been done "right", and book magic is represented by rituals not over-powered Wizards. Most of the "splatbook" classes are fairly cheesy and ill-conceived IMO, so they're out.Rituals (aka "book" magic for a world without wizards)* Rituals don't use spell slots.* Any spell can be cast in ritual form, but it is pointless for some (e.g. fireball). * Casters can use their known spells as rituals if they want.* Anyone can try to cast a ritual if they have the spell in written form and can read it, using a caster level of 2 x spell level.* Casting time: +10 mins/level; Component cost: spell level x caster level x 5gp (half what you'd pay an NPC to cast for you).* Arcane rituals require an int check (DC 10 + spell level), divine rituals a Wis check; Failure means spell doesn't work and half components lost.* On a natural 1, a mishap is threatened (as per failed UMD check or scroll reading). Repeat the Int/Wis check, with a second failure confirming it.* Multiple participants can use Aid Another with a DC 10 Int/Wis check, but might cause mishap. Maximum 1 assistant per 2 spell levels.Short Rests (aka surviving in a world without clerics)* Resting for five minutes resets hit points to half maximum (after that point, natural and/or magical healing required).We have all the bases covered...Tanks: Barbarian, Fighter, MarshalSkimishers: Rogue, ScoutPriests: Mystic, ShamanMages: Sorcerer, WarlockHybrids: Binder, Savant</blockquote>

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