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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DammitVictor" data-source="post: 7998855" data-attributes="member: 6750908">I am generally not down with Modern D&D anymore, but the sheer volume of content means I can generally get 3.X and PF to do what I want.I'm currently doing this in AD&D, though I'm in the process of converting it to Rules Cyclopedia. I should note that I'm almost always willing to work with a player who wants to design a new racial class, as long as it fits within the theme of the race.I break the Human classes down like this:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior: Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Kensei, Sohei, Barbarian. Paladins, Rangers, and Sohei gain spellcasting at 4th and expanded spell lists.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rogue: Thief, Bard, Ninja. Bards have a more Druidic spell list. Ninjas gain spellcasting at 4th from Shadow, Mentalism, Illusion, Necromancy, and all Ninja spells in Complete Ninja's Handbook.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mage: Currently, all Human Mages are Specialist Wizards with more banned Schools and PF-style bonuses. I want to trim this way the hell down to no more than five or six iconic variants.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Priest: Sadly limited to Cleric, Druid, and Shugenja at this time. My current WIP doesn't involve deities, so Specialty Priests don't make much sense. I need to expand these.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Psychic: Mystic and Psion. These are a work in progress, as I don't have a psionics ruleset I like, and Mystic is going to take some adaptation. I intend to have more than two classes here.</li> </ul>Humans can multiclass. Their multiclassing options are expansive, but not unlimited.There are a lot fewer classes for each nonhuman race.Dwarf<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior: Stalwart, Battlerager, Stonelord. Dwarven Warriors have d12 HD and their racial saving throw bonuses improve. Stonelords are basically Paladins, but Dwarves.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rogue: Sapper. Sappers have d8 HD, armor proficiencies, and more dungeon/siege Thief skills.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Priest: Axepriest, Forgepriest, Hearthpriest. Dwarf Priests have d10 HD. Axepriests are more martial, like Crusaders; Hearthpriests are more like traditional Clerics, but Dwarves; Forgepriests are like divine artificers.</li> </ul>Stalwarts can multiclass with Sapper or any Priest. If I wanted to include Duergar (I do not), I would design them as a particularly martial Psychic class that could theoretically multiclass with any of the above.ElfAll Elves are multiclass, choosing a Warrior type and a Rogue type that represents their innate magic. If pressed, I might allow an Elf PC to triple-class by doubling up on one or the other.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Warrior: Bladesinger, Heartseeker, Nightblade. Bladesingers are melee specialists, Heartseekers are archers, Nightblades are like Ranger/Ninjas without the spellcasting abilities of either.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rogue: Eladrin, Grugach, Druchii. Eladrin represent all of the more celestial/otherwordly subtypes, Grugach represent all of the more primal/elemental subtypes, Druchii are dark/shadow elves but not Drow. This is more cultural/personal than racial, with Elven communities always having one supermajority and substantial minority populations.</li> </ul>If I wanted to do Drow (and I do not), they'd be a separate race following the same pattern-- basically Fighter/"Spellcaster"/Ninja, period, with "spellcaster" including a couple different types of creepy Mage and Priests of Drow gods.Gnome/Halfling - I don't really have good answers for them yet. Frankly, their identity in TSR D&D is far too vague and diluted to make anything of it.Half-Elf/Half-Orc - I hate them. I will probably write up class add-ons for Human classes that allow you to be a hybrid.One of the several reasons I'm switching from AD&D2 to Classic D&D/OSE is to simplify all of this down to simply having a list of classes that are available to each race, with their own simplified XP tables and basic class options built into them.</blockquote>

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