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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 2606770" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>Sohei is in Oriental Adventures, and they do get spells. I don't have the book in front of me, but I believe they have a bard- or psychic warrior-like progression, except they cast divine spells (focused on improving their own fighting prowess).</p><p></p><p>OA also has the Samurai (different from the CW one) that doesn't cast spells. There's also the wu-jen, shugenja, and shaman, which do.</p><p></p><p>Eberron has the Artificer, which technically doesn't cast spells. However, they have "infusions", which work pretty much exactly like spells, and there's one infusion that can mimic any spell up to level 4 (if the artificer is high enough level). I'm guessing that if you count psionic classes as spellcasters, you should count the artificer too.</p><p></p><p>There's also the recently released Magic of Incarnum, with a bunch of classes that don't cast spells either, but use incarnum soulmelds. IIRC, they're the Incarnate, Totemist, and the Soul-something.</p><p></p><p>If you start including third-party products, the list increases. Arcana Unearthed/Evolved has the Unfettered, Champion, Totem Warrior, Oathsworn, Warmain, and Ritual Warrior. The last three get "combat rituals" though, which work sort of like spells. There's also the Akashic, which technically can cast spells, but that ability doesn't kick in until 20th level. Iron Heroes, of course, is all about non-magic classes, and has the Archer, Armiger, Berserker, Executioner, Harrier, Hunter, Man-At-Arms, Thief, and Weapon Master, but they're only semi-compatible with D&D (they're balanced with not having magic items in mind, so the classes themselves are a lot more powerful).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 2606770, member: 907"] Sohei is in Oriental Adventures, and they do get spells. I don't have the book in front of me, but I believe they have a bard- or psychic warrior-like progression, except they cast divine spells (focused on improving their own fighting prowess). OA also has the Samurai (different from the CW one) that doesn't cast spells. There's also the wu-jen, shugenja, and shaman, which do. Eberron has the Artificer, which technically doesn't cast spells. However, they have "infusions", which work pretty much exactly like spells, and there's one infusion that can mimic any spell up to level 4 (if the artificer is high enough level). I'm guessing that if you count psionic classes as spellcasters, you should count the artificer too. There's also the recently released Magic of Incarnum, with a bunch of classes that don't cast spells either, but use incarnum soulmelds. IIRC, they're the Incarnate, Totemist, and the Soul-something. If you start including third-party products, the list increases. Arcana Unearthed/Evolved has the Unfettered, Champion, Totem Warrior, Oathsworn, Warmain, and Ritual Warrior. The last three get "combat rituals" though, which work sort of like spells. There's also the Akashic, which technically can cast spells, but that ability doesn't kick in until 20th level. Iron Heroes, of course, is all about non-magic classes, and has the Archer, Armiger, Berserker, Executioner, Harrier, Hunter, Man-At-Arms, Thief, and Weapon Master, but they're only semi-compatible with D&D (they're balanced with not having magic items in mind, so the classes themselves are a lot more powerful). [/QUOTE]
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