A Complete List of 3.5 3rd Party Base Classes (over 400!)

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Complete List of 3.5 3rd Party Classes:

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CLASS	BOOK	TIER	ROLE	NOTES
Devoted Psion	DSP-SRD	2	Caster	Psion ACF - Specialist
Enlightened Monk	DSP-SRD	5	Melee	Monk ACF; doesn't change much
Formbound Spiritist	DSP-SRD	2	Caster	Psionic Druid (Summoning Focus)
Formbound Surger	DSP-SRD	2	Caster	Psionic Druid (Animal Companion+Wild Surge)
Halo Knight	DSP-SRD	5	Melee (Buffer)	Kensai as a base class with minor numeric buffs
Marksman	DSP-SRD	3	Gish (Archery)	Psionic character with archery focus
Psychic Ranger	DSP-SRD	3	Gish (Skills)	Very low optimization floor
Society Mind	DSP-SRD	2	Caster	Primarily buff/debuffs
Thoughtsinger	DSP-SRD	3	Buffer	Psionic Bard
Worldthought Medic	DSP-SRD	2	Caster	Focused buffing
Augur	DSP-SRD	3	Caster (NPC)	Slow-progress manifesting
Eldritch Weaver	Advanced Players Manual	2	Caster	Alternate Wizard; lacks splat support
Evangelist	Advanced Players Manual	3	Buffer	Divine Bard-type
Scout	Advanced Players Manual	4	Skillmonkey	Alter Self: the base class
Spellmaster	Advanced Players Manual	1	Caster	Blue Mage; skill-based casting
Thanemage	Advanced Players Manual	4	Gish	SotAO-type
Warpriest	Advanced Players Manual	3	Gish (Divine)	Nerfed melee Cleric
Psychic	Advanced Players Manual	4	Skillmonkey	Fighter-style class design for APM's alternate psionic system
Akashic	Arcana Evolved	5	Skillmonkey	Knowledge Emphasis
Champion	Arcana Evolved	5	Melee	Paladin variant with ideal-dependent abilities (not always good)
Greenbound	Arcana Evolved	2	Caster	Healing Focus
Mage Blade	Arcana Evolved	3	Gish	Bog-standard gish
Magister	Arcana Evolved	2	Caster	Wizard analog; limited spell list
Oathsworn	Arcana Evolved	5	Melee	Monk analog; ritual progression, but too late
Ritual Warrior	Arcana Evolved	4	Melee	ToB-type with more limited options
Runethane	Arcana Evolved	2	Caster	Bog-standard AE caster, but with traps
Totem Warrior	Arcana Evolved	4	Melee	Animal Lord as a base class
Unfettered	Arcana Evolved	5	Melee	Another crappy Swashbuckler
Warmain	Arcana Evolved	6	Melee	Fighter, with preselected crappy feats
Witch	Arcana Evolved	3	Caster	Strongly encourages gishing
Runeblade	Experimental Might	3	Melee	More of a Summoner in practice
Empyrean Monk	Secrets of Pact Magic	3	Melee	Monk/Binder-type
Foe Hunter	Secrets of Pact Magic	3	Skillmonkey	Ranger/Assassin/Binder-type
Occult Priest	Secrets of Pact Magic	2	Caster	Divine Crusader/Binder-type
Pact Warrior	Secrets of Pact Magic	3	Melee	Slow bind progression
Soul Weaver	Secrets of Pact Magic	1	Caster	Wizard/Binder; turns spells into Su abilities
Psionic Soul Weaver	Secrets of Pact Magic	2	Caster	Psion/Binder; limited powers known
Spirit Binder	Secrets of Pact Magic	2	Caster	ToM Binder-analog
Unbound Witch	Secrets of Pact Magic	2	Caster	Wilder/Geomancer/Binder-type
Warbinder	Secrets of Pact Magic	3	Buffer	Shares/transfers Granted abilities among allies
Exorcist	Villains of Pact Magic	3	Caster	Beguiler-styled casting from Exorcism-themed list (w/ domains)
Muse	Villains of Pact Magic	2	Caster	Sorcerer/Binder; severely limited spell access; lots of randomness
Ravaged Soul	Villains of Pact Magic	3	Melee	Angsty Doctor Who fanfic: the base class
Templar	Villains of Pact Magic	3	Melee	SLAs make Shadowcaster look like marathon runner
Gladiator	Eternal Rome (MV)	5	Melee	Another crappy fighter variant, but at least it has flavor
Charioteer	Trojan War (MV)	6	Melee	Crappy fighter with a chariot. If you're ridiculously creative it doesn't suck too much.
Dedicated Warrior	Trojan War (MV)	6	Melee	Self-buffing fighter with divine theme (no casting though).
Magician	Trojan War (MV)	2	Caster	core wizard with a hacked spell list
Priest	Trojan War (MV)	2	Caster	skill-based spell failure, way too many high-level slots
Godi	Frost & Fur	2	Caster	Tweaked Cleric
Vitki	Frost & Fur	3	Buffer	Crummy War Weaver in a can
Voela	Frost & Fur	3	Caster	Good effects, LOOONG casting time; situationally spans T2 to T5
Angakoq	Frost & Fur	2	Caster	Ghostish druid
Cossack	Frost & Fur	6	Melee	High skill fighter with horse-related abilities.
Koldun	Frost & Fur	2	Caster	Limited spell list, but Polymorph/Planar Binding emphases
Volkov	Frost & Fur	2	Caster	Cleric/Druid-type
Courtier	Rokugan CS	5	Skillmonkey	Built for Diplomancy w/ Built-in Leadership
Ninja	Rokugan CS	5	Melee	Sneak Attack fighter with numeric boosts (speed, init)
Inkyo	Rokugan CS	6	Melee	Monk, minus class abilities
Levite Priest	Mythic Vistas: Testament	2	Spellcaster	Re-flavored cleric with a nerfed spell list
Psalmist	Mythic Vistas: Testament	2	Spellcaster (Buffer/Healer)	Another nerfed cleric. Has some neat abilities also.
Khery-Heb	Mythic Vistas: Testament	1	Spellcaster	Wizard with more class features, including scribing divine scrolls. Very broken.
Magus of the Starry Host	Mythic Vistas: Testament	1	Spellcaster	SpellcasterAlternate wizard with reflavoring. A total pain to play since he has to pilgrimage to learn a significant amount of spells.
Qedeshot	Mythic Vistas: Testament	2	Skill monkey/Gish	Sort of a prostitute bard with more spells. Potentially awkward to play...
Spy	Mythic Vistas: Testament	3	Gish, Sneak	Spellcasting rogue/monk.
Agent	Northern Crown	4	Skillmonkey	Nerfed Rogue
Natural Philosopher	Northern Crown	1	Caster	Extraordinary casting from a decent list
Raider	Northern Crown	4	Melee	Barbarian-type with minor buffs, better skills
Rake	Northern Crown	5	Melee	Swashbuckler-type; really weird save/BA progression
Scout	Northern Crown	5	Skillmonkey	Noncasting Ranger/Rogue with weird Combat Style feats
Soldier	Northern Crown	5	Melee	Fighter with more limited feat selection
Witch	Northern Crown	2	Caster	Really good at buffing other witches.
Holy Champion (Philosophic Warrior)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	5	Melee (Skilled)	Paladin-type skillmonkey
Holy Champion (Bearer of Woe)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Fist of the Forest/Paladin-type; gains bonuses with damage received
Holy Champion (Knight of Twelve Oaks)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	5	Melee	Paladin-type; spell-sharing with allies
Holy Champion (Beltinian Hospitaler)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Paladin-type with improved casting
Holy Champion (Twilight Warrior)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee (Skilled)	Rogue+Shadowdancer+Paladin+Shadow Conjurations; no UMD
Holy Champion (Sentinel of the Blazing Wyrm)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	5	Melee	Paladin-type with weak blast-oriented alterations
Holy Champion (Storm Lord)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Paladin-type with, some useful debuff/teleport effects
Holy Champion (Harbinger of the Dawn)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	5	Melee	Lawful Paladin, eventually with lots of smites
Holy Champion (Fatespinner)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Paladin-type; Reroll-oriented class features
Holy Champion (Deathbringer)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	5	Melee	Evil Paladin-type with debuffing class features
Holy Champion (Holy Judge)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Lawful Paladin-type
Holy Champion (Verdant Champion)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Paladin-type with druid spells
Holy Champion (Tainted Keeper)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	4	Melee	Paladin-type focused on Demon hunting; gains abilities of a chosen demon
Holy Champion (Sea Lord)	Player's Guide to Arcanis	3	Melee (Skilled)	Paladin-type with a slowly-developing mini-shapechange
Patrician	Player's Guide to Arcanis	5	Skillmonkey	Social skillmonkey with built-in Leadership (not factored in Tier)
Priest	Player's Guide to Arcanis	2	Caster	Basically a Cleric minus armor, plus minor numeric party buffs
Occisor	Arcanis - Psionics Unbound	4	Gish/Skillmonkey	A rogue-esque soulknife variant that doesn't utterly suck.
Rhi'zen	Arcanis - Psionics Unbound	3	Psionics/Melee	Monk flavored Psychic Warrior.
Swamp Lord of Pit Sseth	Arcanis - Psionics Unbound	1	Spellcaster/Manifester	Weird class that can cast and manifest. Only gets up to 7th level spells........and powers.
Mist Wanderer	Arcanis-Psionics Unbound	3	Manifester/Skillmonkey	A rogue flavored manifester with Psionic Warrior manifesting progression.
Conflagration Knight	Arcanis-Theocracy of Canceri	4	Melee	A paladin with fire.
Nerothian Reaper	Arcanis-Theocracy of Canceri	3	Melee	A necromantic paladin with animating abilities.
Sarishan Knife	Arcanis-Theocracy of Canceri	4	Melee/Sneak	An assassin class with Ranger spellcasting progression.
Beholder Cultist	Complete Guide to Beholders	2	Alt. spellcaster	Uses beholder rays in a manner similar to spells. Essentially a nerfed wizard with different flavor.
Blood Druid	Complete Guide to Drow	1	Spellcaster	Evil wizard alternative
Assassin	Master Class-Assassin's Handbook	4	Gish/Skillmonkey/Sneak	Re-flavored rogue with death strike abilities.
Witch	Master Class-Witch's Handbook	2	Spellcaster	Re-flavored wizard with transmutation focus. Basically an alter self monster. Tier 2 because no conjuration.
Shaman	Master Class-Shaman's Handbook	1	Spellcaster/Buffer	Basically the exact same thing as a cleric, but with more druidic flavor.
Cavalier	Master Class-Cavalier's Handbook	4	Melee	Fighter with progression picked out. More class features so it is more playable then a fighter.
Dark Heart	Dezzavold-Fortress of the Drow	4	Melee	Barbarian with more class features and much darker fluff.
Netherstrider	Dezzavold-Fortress of the Drow	4	Melee	Wild and uncivilized unarmed fighter. Full BAB with Flurry of Blows though!
Yogi	Complete Guide to Rakshasas	3	Gish/Buffer	Complete Guide to Rakshasas
Assassin	Power Classes: Assassin	5	Melee	Sneak attack with double damage after study
Gladiator	Power Classes: Gladiator	6	Melee	Warrior class with ability to perform in combat
Exorcist	Power Classes: Exorcist	1	Caster	Cleric, plus class features, including lots of Turning
Noble	Power Classes: Noble	5	Skillmonkey	Diplomancer with built-in Leadership
Knight	Power Classes: Knight	6	Melee	Chronically ripped off & bossed around as class features?
Artificer	Power Classes: Artificer	2	Caster	Sorcerer with dirt-cheap Golems; UMD abilities, no UMD skill (???)
Hedge Wizard	Power Classes: Hedge Wizard	2	Caster	Slow-advancement Wizard gish
Explorer	Power Classes: Explorer	6	Melee	Having a map: the base class
Pirate	Power Classes: Pirate	5	Melee	Knowledge monkey, eventually gets Water domain spells as Ex ability
Alchemist	Power Classes: Alchemist	2	Caster	Item Creation, no-save death poison and Polymorph Any Object at low levels
Cabalist	Power Classes: Cabalist	1	Caster	Skill-based casting without spell level caps
Fool	Power Classes: Fool	5	Skillmonkey	Mostly dead levels, compelling dip - mass Antagonise and huge Thrown weapon volley.
Acolyte	Darkness & Dread	3	Caster	Defensive buffer; 10-level class
Alchemist	Darkness & Dread	3	Caster	Battlefield Control; 10-level class
Antiquarian	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Minor UMD abilities; 5-level class
Apprentice	Darkness & Dread	2	Caster	Wizard-type with limited list, UMD; 10-level class
Artisan	Darkness & Dread	6	Skillmonkey	Somewhat variable skill list; 5-level class
Beggar	Darkness & Dread	6	Skillmonkey	Crappy class, decent skills; 5-level class
Engineer	Darkness & Dread	6	Cannonfodder	Focused on smashing objects; 5-level class
Gambler	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Metagamey dice manipulation; 5-level class
Grave Robber	Darkness & Dread	6	Cannonfodder	Ain't afraid of no ghosts; 5-level class
Grifter	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Diplomancy, Force self-destructive actions; 5-level class
Herbalist	Darkness & Dread	3	Caster	Buffer/healer; 10-level class
Kennelmaster	Darkness & Dread	6	Cannonfodder	Handle animal bonuses; 5-level class
Medium	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Monster-detection+UMD; 5-level class
Merchant	Darkness & Dread	6	Skillmonkey	Treats markets as twice as wealthy; 5-level class
Minstrel	Darkness & Dread	6	Skillmonkey	Bard-type, toned down; 5-level class
Physician	Darkness & Dread	6	Healer	Wisdom-based Lay on Hands x2; 10-level class
Pit Fighter	Darkness & Dread	6	Melee	Barbarian/Rogue, toned way down; 5-level class
Prospector	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Trap specialist, reroll features; 5-level class
Sage	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Variable skill list, big knowledge bonuses; 5-level class
Sewerjack	Darkness & Dread	5	Melee	Tough defenses, little else; 5-level class
Thief	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Sneak attack, decent skills; 5-level class
Tracker	Darkness & Dread	5	Skillmonkey	Utility feats, ranged sneak attack; 10-level class
Veteran	Darkness & Dread	5	Melee	Fighter, minus hald a feat; 10-level class
Worker	Darkness & Dread	6	Cannonfodder	Variable skill list, physical ability increases; 5-level class
Alchemist	Swashbuckling Adventures	3	Buffer	Spellcaster who only brews potions and uses elixirs. One of the more balanced spellcasters.
Assassin	Swashbuckling Adventures	4	Sneak	Sneak attack based rogue with assassin-esque re-flavoring.
Courtier	Swashbuckling Adventures	5	Skillmonkey	A socially based character thats worthless if there's any combat happening whatsoever. It does get 10 skill points though...
Highwayman	Swashbuckling Adventures	5	Gish (ranged)	Ranged attacker who uses gunpowder. Medium BAB so not very good.
Inquisitor	Swashbuckling Adventures	3	Gish/Controller	Class with tons of unique abilities. Most are enchantment or control oriented.
Musketeer	Swashbuckling Adventures	5	Melee	Yet another fighter with bad class features instead of feats.
Noble	Swashbuckling Adventures	5	Buffer/Social	A buffer with no spells. Fairly worthless.
Pirate	Swashbuckling Adventures	5	Melee	ANOTHER cruddy fighter variation.
Spy	Swashbuckling Adventures	5	Sneak	Rogue with vaguely different abilities. Does not get UMD, so not recommended at all.
Swashbuckler	Swashbuckling Adventures	4	Melee	A fighter class that actually does a half-decent job with class features.
Wanderer	Swashbuckling Adventures	4	Skillmonkey/Tank	A skillmonkey that is relatively good at avoiding damage.
Witch	Swashbuckling Adventures	2	Caster	A wizard with a bard's spellcasting but a nerfed list and "innate spells," which is like flexible spontaneous spellcasting.
Alchemist	Player's Guide to the Wilderlands	3	Caster/Skillmonkey/Buffer	Versatile class and very useful to have, but not necessarily overpowered. Based around magical elixirs.
Amazon Warrior	Player's Guide to the Wilderlands	4	Melee	A movement oriented fighter that does a halfway decent job of making fighters not suck. Gets an animal companion.
Sage	Player's Guide to the Wilderlands	6	Skillmonkey	An absolutely worthless class based around knowledge skills and learning extra languages. Actually useful for NPC "librarian" types.
Witch	Player's Guide to the Wilderlands	2	Caster	Sorcerer with a slightly nerfed spell list...but not enough to bring it down a Tier.
Arcane Mechanik	Iron Kingdoms-Character Guide	3	Caster	Sort of ridiculously nerfed aritificer flavor wise, but with bard spellcasting progression.
Bodger	Iron Kingdoms-Character Guide	4	Skillmonkey	Variant rogue with mechanical flavor.
Fell Caller	Iron Kingdoms-Character Guide	4	Gish	Sort of an oddball. Primary ability is unleashing shouts with different effects.
Gun Mage	Iron Kingdoms-Character Guide	2	Gish/Caster	A character that uses magic guns and has a bard spellcasting progression. Spell list is very good though.
Disciple	Dawnstar Campaign Setting	1	Caster	A freakishly broken divine caster.
Shaman	Dawnstar Campaign Setting	1	Caster	A broken druid with early elemental shapeshifting and rituals.
Shaper	Dawnstar Campaign Setting	1	Caster	Broken cleric variant with special abilities.
Spirit Adept	Dawnstar Campaign Setting	3	Gish/Melee	A lightly armed fighter who has supernatural enhancements to his abilities. Actually quite well designed.
Elderkin	Player's Guide to Blackmoor	1	Caster	Well flavored but overpowered spellcaster with ties to ancestral spirits.
Idolater	Player's Guide to Blackmoor	1	Caster	Divine spellcaster who draws his magic from idols.
Merchant	Player's Guide to Blackmoor	5	Skillmonkey/Social	A very weak socially oriented class. Possibly good for NPCs.
Arcane Warrior	Blackmoor Campaign Setting	4	Gish/Melee	A melee character with very minor spellcasting built on the Paladin/Ranger chassis.
Noble	Blackmoor Campaign Setting	5	Skillmonkey/Social	A rather useless skillmonkey for social adventures.
Wokan	Blackmoor Campaign Setting	1	Caster	An alternative druid. It, ah, casts arcane spells...but it wildshapes.
Drow Dark Weaver	Encyclopaedia Arcane-Drow Magic	1	Caster/Skillmonkey	A broken spellcaster that has 9th level spells and a medium BAB.
Cunning Man	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	4	Crafter	Numeric buffing, social skills, UMD
Natural Magician	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	2	Caster	Learn any Arcane spells; severely limited spell frequency
Theurge	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	2	Caster	Learn spells from any list, cast at low CL/DC
Priest	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	1	Caster	Slightly nerfed Cleric; can compel sinners to do penance
Saint	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	4	Caster	Very specific healing, curses, divinations and misc. miracles
Canonist	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	4	Skillmonkey	Diplomancer with new ways to break social skills
Scholar	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	6	Skillmonkey	Specialist in the Philosophical Dispute subsystem (seriously)
Artist	Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Manual	6	Skillmonkey	Specialist in the Art subsystem
Buccaneer	Mythic Vistas: Skull & Bones	6	Melee	Weak sniper with melee area fear attack at level 11
Sea Dog	Mythic Vistas: Skull & Bones	6	Melee	Gets pretty good at Profession (Sailor)
Shantyman	Mythic Vistas: Skull & Bones	5	Buffer	Gets Bard's music, not much else
Bokor	Mythic Vistas: Skull & Bones	3	Caster	Voodoo Sorcerer-types; damaged by casting; highly limited high-level slots
Hougan	Mythic Vistas: Skull & Bones	3	Caster	Voodoo Cleric-types; High level spells (7+) may require quests
Noble	Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak	5	Skillmonkey	Social character with Leadership (not factored in tier)
Pirate	Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak	4	Melee	Panic with Demoralize, Charisma to AC; otherwise a crummy fighter rehash
Prophet	Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak	2	Caster	Spontaneous cleric-type
Technologist	Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak	3	Crafter	Build items with low-level spell effects
Adept	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Wizard-type with skill-based failure mechanic, long casting time, lots of skill points
Charlatan	Masque of the Red Death	3	Caster	Bard-style casting with skill-based failure mechanic, long casting time
Metaphysician	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Wizard-type with skill-based failure mechanic, obnoxiously long casting time, lots of skill points
Occultist	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Wizard-type with skill-based failure mechanic, long casting time
Athlete	Masque of the Red Death	6	Melee	Fighter-type with a crummier feat list
Explorer/Scout	Masque of the Red Death	5	Melee	Fighter-type with Ranger skills and class features available
Shootist	Masque of the Red Death	5	Melee	Fighter-type with preselected feats (workable but bizarre advancements)
Soldier	Masque of the Red Death	5	Melee	Core fighter with extra skills
Intellectual	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	Lots of Skill Focus: Knowledge; not a lot else.
Parson	Masque of the Red Death	6	Cannonfodder	Class features like the cleric's, without the spells (the -4 penalty adds insult to injury)
Physician	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	10+Int skill points look interesting. Rigid skill lists and no class features do not. (And a Code of Conduct! :p)
Scholar/Scientist	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	10+Int skill points with no class features and 5 Knowledges as class skills
Mystic	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Cleric-type with a skill-based failure mechanic, long casting time
Medium	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Cleric-type with a skill-based failure mechanic, long casting time, talks to ghosts
Shaman	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Cleric-type with a skill-based failure mechanic, long casting time, Druid's minor class features
Spiritualist	Masque of the Red Death	2	Caster	Cleric-type with a skill-based failure mechanic, obnoxiously long casting time
Sleuth	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	Detection-based skills, Evasion as single notable class feature
Criminal	Masque of the Red Death	5	Skillmonkey	Trapfinding, Evasion and slow sneak attack progression
Dandy	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	10+Int skill points, with a monthly diplomacy bonus.
Journalist	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	The skill list you'd expect, and a couple bonuses to those checks.
Tradesman	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	Lots of bonuses to Profession and Craft
Mechanic	Masque of the Red Death	6	Skillmonkey	A couple bonuses to Craft
Performer	Masque of the Red Death	5	Skillmonkey	Bardic Music
Assassin	Thieves' World	5	Melee	Sneak with bonus prereq feats and sneak attack
Godsworn	Thieves' World	3	Melee	Wisdom-synergy like mad. 9th level casting from limited list, long casting times
Initiate	Thieves' World	3	Gish	Very limited spontaneous(ish) spells, but wide list choice, 6+Int skills
Mage	Thieves' World	2	Caster	Intelligence-based Spontaneous caster
Noble	Thieves' World	5	Skillmonkey	Diplomacy focus, minor buffs/debuffs, Leadership (not factored in Tier)
Priest	Thieves' World	2	Caster	Spontaneous(ish) Cleric
Ranger	Thieves' World	5	Skillmonkey	No spells, more combat styles
Savant	Thieves' World	6	Skillmonkey	Various minor skill bonuses, Skill Mastery at ECL 2
Survivor	Thieves' World	6	Melee	Either the offensive or defensive Monk traits, and then not all
Witch	Thieves' World	2	Caster	Spontaneous Charisma-based caster; Druid/Sorcerer-like spell list
Academician	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	5	Skillmonkey	Gradually customizable skill list, lots of skill bonuses
Berserker	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	4	Melee	Barbarian with Trapsense swapped for Cleave and Intimidate features
Jack-of-All-Trades	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	4	Skillmonkey	Customizable skill list, lots of bonus feats, including temporary feat slots
Noble	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	5	Skillmonkey	Diplomacy focus, minor buffs, Leadership (not factored in Tier)
Scout	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	5	Skillmonkey	Sniping focus; fighter feats, sudden strike
Thief	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	5	Skillmonkey	Rogue, minus UMD and ACFs
Weapon Master	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	5	Melee	Monk-type abilities, bigger numbers, action point-based movement
Zealot	Mythic Vistas: Black Company	5	Melee	The most times Toughness ever appeared in a base class, but a nice frenzy
Tarot Mage	Arcane Mysteries-Tarot Magic	2	Caster	Uses an alternative casting system based on Tarot cards.
Gunslinger	Forgotten Archetypes-The Gunslinger	5	Gish (ranged)	A fighter with ranged capabilities.
Necromancer	Secret College of Necromancy	1	Caster	A wizard who focuses on necromancy...and can use energy drain as a SLA.
Death Knight	Secret College of Necromancy	4	Melee	An alternative evil paladin with necromantic abilities.
Ancestral Speaker	Corwyl-Village of the Wood Elves	2	Caster	A spontaneous spellcaster who communicates with ancestors. Wood elves only.
Terellian Knight	Corwyl-Village of the Wood Elves	4	Melee	A fighter with his progression already mapped out. However, this one's progression doesn't utterly suck.
Hero	The Complete Guide to Fey	3	Gish	A sort of fey only bard.
Empyrean	The Complete Guide to Fey	1	Caster	A fey only spellcasting class.
Mysterial	The Complete Guide to Fey		Misc.	Essentially you take levels as a fey. Does not function like a normal class.
Ruffian	The Complete Guide to Fey	4	Melee	A huge fey fighter. He's big and he'll run you over.
Velociraptor Warrior	The Complete Guide to Velociraptors	5	Melee	A fighter who trades some feats for d12 HD. Velociraptor only, 10 level class.
Velociraptor Tactician	The Complete Guide to Velociraptors	5	Buffer	A velociraptor only buffer/tactician class that only has 10 levels.
Velociraptor Shaman	The Complete Guide to Velociraptors	5	Buffer	An unusual, velociraptor only 10 level class that uses potions and mixtures.
Shifter	The Complete Guide to Wererats	4	Melee	A bonus feat heavy melee class only for lycanthropes that boosts their natural abilities.
Weaver	The Complete Guide to Wererats	1	Caster	A lycanthropic wizard that's almost literally identical to a transmuter.
Altherian Artificer	Magic of Arcanis	3	Skillmonkey	Trap/breaking-stuff specialist; robot companion; useful Item creation at levels 13+; Wizard-light spell list at Bard rate
Hedge Mage	Magic of Arcanis	2	Caster	Spontaneous Wisdom casting counts as Arcane & Divine
Shaman	Magic of Arcanis	2	Caster	Spontaneous Divine caster manipulates spirits; spell list is mix of Cleric/Druid
Spellblade	Magic of Arcanis	4	Gish	Standard, if uninspired, gish. 3/4 BA and caps at 4th level spells at level 10.
Suromar	Magic of Arcanis	3	Gish	Psion-hunter with Bard spell progression. Abilities to block mental effects, deny psionic focus, Improved Evasion for Will, act before Initiative as a capstone
Warder	Magic of Arcanis	3	Gish	Ranger-like gish; Damage/skill bonuses in favored terrain and Ranger-like bonus feats, Bard-rate casting from defense-based Druid/Sorcerer mashup list
Chronomancer	Magic	1	Caster	Wizard with additional time-themed spells, rerolls
Elemental Adept	Magic	1	Caster	Wizard with growing elemental companion and a minor elementally-themed power
Totemist	Magic	2	Caster	Eccentric spontaneous divine caster with interesting spell list, craft totems for minor metamagic-like effects
Flesh Mage	Magic	2	Caster	Spontaneous buffer/debuffer ignores SR, Dispels
Mage Smith	Magic	2	Caster	Constitution-based sorcerer with crafting emphasis, make weapons that deal alternate damage types, Cleric chassis
Arcane Monk	Magic	3	Gish	Unarmed combat with Strength-based casting from a solid gish list
Adept of the Awakened Eye	Magic	2	Caster	Mad spontaneous caster ignores SR, Dispels; buff/mass debuff/battlefield control spell list, can burn spell slots/add casting time to ramp up caster level
Number Magician	Magic	1	Caster	Wizard with extra metamagic, metamagic cost reducers for specified targets, treat dice rolls as natural 20s
Runewright	Magic	2	Caster	Arcane-like spontaneous Wisdom caster, can add scroll-like enhancements to items/weapons that activate on use; spell list like Wizard, minus summons/morphs
Shadow Mage	Magic	2	Caster	Arcane-like spontaneous Wisdom caster, Spell failure chance in light, spell list with shadow and manipulation themes (and Divine Favor/Power, apparently)
Tinker	Magic	2	Caster	Crafter with trapfinding makes inexpensive Robots, prepared spells (limited but versatile selection from Wizard list)
Thaumaturge	Magic	1	Caster	Wizard with access to all spells, gains domains, cannot use metamagic
Witch	Magic	1	Caster	Spell-point caster selects spells known from Sorcerer/Druid lists, access to "freeform" impromptu spell effects
Holy Warrior	Book of the Righteous	5	Melee	3.0 Paladin with a few extra ability options, but its own highly limited spell list
Priest of the Celestial Spheres	Classes of Legend: Priest of the Celestial Spheres	2	Caster	AD&D-styled Divine Caster whose spells are determined by Sphere selection (more elaborate domain-style thematic groups)
Arcane Healer	Penumbra: Occult Lore	5	Healer	NPC class prepares healing spells/defensive buffs very slowly
Computer	Penumbra: Occult Lore	5	Caster	NPC class with UMD, useful skills, Divination SLAs available a couple levels early
Astrologer	Penumbra: Occult Lore	1	Caster	Prepared caster with modified Wizard list (Improved Conjuration, nerfed Evocation and Illusion); invoking spells needs to be altered to take the spells' normal casting times
Elementalist	Penumbra: Occult Lore	2	Caster	Elemental Wizard, become Elemental, cast from Elementally-themed spell list
Gleaner	Penumbra: Occult Lore	5	Caster	Trap spirits of dead characters in items; eventually gain ability to emulate trapped souls' abilities (skills, base attack), spam low-level spell effects
Sympathetic Caster	Penumbra: Occult Lore	1	Caster	Freeform Spell-point casting, within specified domains (eg. "Animals" or "Transformation")
Basiran Dancer	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	4	Gish	Alternate Bard with Two-Weapon Fighting feats and a very limited spell list
Brigand	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	5	Melee	Combat Rogue with preselected combat feats replacing skills and unique class features
Gladiator	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	5	Melee	Attack of Opportunity and feint specialist; high-DC area fear attack at high levels; morale attack bonus per log10 spectators
Infiltrator	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	5	Skillmonkey	Wilderness Rogue, but speed bonus instead of certain skills, special abilities
Shaman	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	1	Caster	Alternate Druid; gain bonuses and shapeshifting according to selected totem animal; Druid spell list+domains
Spellsinger	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	2	Caster	Primarily arcane spontaneous caster with eclectic spells list, access to Sonic spells from any list. (Sonic spells from divine lists cast as divine)
Watchman	Player's Guide to the Sovereign Lands (Kalamar)	5	Melee	Spell-less Urban Ranger. Variable bonus feat list and Favored Enemy-type bonuses against criminals
Noble	All for One & One for All	6	Skillmonkey	Gets party invitations as a class feature
Priest	All for One & One for All	6	Skillmonkey	Certain 1st level Cleric spells as SLAs up to 3/day; if it sinks 20ish skill points, can get party invitations as class feature
Soldier	All for One & One for All	4	Melee	Counts as Fighter, but gets extra bonus feats, including leadership, as well as a military division as a class feature
Shaman	Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun	4	Caster	Divine spells up to 7th level from very short list; Mostly cures, plant-tending and Summon Nature's Ally
Nagual	Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun	--	Caster	Spontaneous arcane casting from ANY spell list, force rerolls, large daily skill bonuses, capstone is omnipotence
Noble Knight	I, Mordred: The Fall & Rise of Camelot	5	Melee	Fighter with 4 feats replaced with Paladin class features
Totem Speaker	Transcendence (Arcana Evolved)	3	Gish	Geomancer-like base class; Skill points based on Wisdom, 7th level spells at ECL 20
Archer	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	5	Gish (ranged)	Ranged fighter with a Medium BAB that makes him very ineffective.
Elemental Mage	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	3	Caster	Caster with an alternative, much more balanced elemental system.
Mounted Warrior	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	5	Melee	Fighter with pre-determined cavalry feats.
Noble	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	5	Support	Yet another class that has social skills and leadership...
Sailor	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	4	Melee	A re-flavored rogue with an alternative to sneak attack that is more widely usable.
Stalker	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	4	Melee	A mix between a rogue and ranger that's made viable by a full BAB.
Void Mage	Sovereign Stone Campaign Setting	3	Caster	An alternative elemental mage that can sacrifice HP for improved casting.
Martial Artist	Beyond Monks	3	Melee	A monk fix that works (*gasps*).
Abellican Brother	DemonWars Campaign Setting	5	Melee	A monk fix that is almost exactly the same as the original, and doesn't actually fix anything.
Gem Master	DemonWars Campaign Setting	3	Caster	Interesting caster-style class that uses gems to achieve unique effects.
Gem Sorcerer	DemonWars Campaign Setting	3	Caster	A variant on the gem master. Uses gems for unique magical effects.
King's Trooper	DemonWars Campaign Setting	5	Melee	A fighter variant that's re-flavored yet changes almost nothing.
Toul'alfar Woodsman	DemonWars Campaign Setting	4	Melee	A gish style class with focus on one weapon. Interesting, but no versatility whatsoever.
Priest	Good (AEG)	1	Casting	A non-melee cleric.
Adherent	Good (AEG)	1	Casting	A non-melee cleric meant to be the sort of rank and file of the church.
Alchemist	Mercenaries (AEG)	2	Casting	A wizard that prepares his spells as elixirs. Slightly nerfed spell list.
Guardian	Mercenaries (AEG)	3	Gish	A very typical gish class with bard spellcasting progression.
Guerilla	Mercenaries (AEG)	4	Melee	An alternative ranger with some rogue qualities (like a d4 sneak attack).
Hunter	Mercenaries (AEG)	4	Melee	Another ranger/rogue that hunts down specific creatures.
Legionnaire	Mercenaries (AEG)	4	Melee	A melee class with built in leadership and teamwork. Very similar to a fighter.
Mercenary Ranger	Mercenaries (AEG)	4	Melee	A ranger that trades spellcasting for terrain oriented abilities.
Myrmidon	Mercenaries (AEG)	3	Gish	Heavily armored gish with no somatic components in his spells. Bard spellcasting progression.
Nomad	Mercenaries (AEG)	4	Skillmonkey	Flavorful skillmonkey class that has some terrain oriented abilities.
Scout	Mercenaries (AEG)	4	Gish (ranged)	A rogue with ranged abilities and less skills.
Tattoo Mage	Mercenaries (AEG)	3	Caster	A spellcaster with uses tattoos with a nerfed spell list. Debatable Tier 2 but no 9th level spells.
El Fuego Adentro Mage	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster/Blaster	A spellcaster with a ridiculously nerfed spell list.
Porte	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster	A spellcaster focused on teleportation.
Fate Witch	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster	A spellcaster with fate/divination oriented spells.
Zerstorung Mage	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster	A spellcaster focused on destruction/debuffing.
Glamour Mage	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster	An illusion oriented spellcaster.
Laerdom Mage	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster	A laerdom mage uses runes for magical effects and has buffing oriented spells.
Pyeryem Shapeshifter	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster/Self buffer	A pyeryem shapeshifter transforms himself to become a viable melee fighter.
Scrying Sorceress	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Caster	Uses scrying spells and potions. Very much a utility class.
Male Scrying Sorcerer	Swashbuckling Arcana	3	Misc.	A very hardy class thats abilities are basically focused on self preservation.
Thean Druid	Swashbuckling Arcana	2	Caster	A spirit oriented spellcaster who is quite similar to the wu jen. Draws spells from the druid spell list, but doesn't have wild shape.
Thean Priest	Swashbuckling Arcana	2	Caster	Extremely limited casting from the cleric's spell list.
Arcane Engineer	Path of Magic	1	Caster	Wizard spinoff that implants magic items in people; wizard spell access
Arsenalist	Path of Magic	1	Caster	Wizard trades some feats for the ability to make gunpowder/firearms; wizard spell access
Mind Weaver	Path of Magic	2	Caster	Int-based Sorcerer-type that tries to be a psion (trades XP for components, gradually ignores ASF), use spell-level lower for counterspells
Sun Mage	Path of Magic	2	Caster	Spontaneous caster with fire spell bonuses in sunlight; requires sunlight to restore spell slots, list of slightly restricted Sorcerer spells plus healing
Chameleon	Path of Shadow	3	Skillmonkey	Disguise-focus, half-rogue sneak attack, with 6th level Abj/Div/Ench/Ill spells from the wizard list
Con Artist	Path of Shadow	5	Skillmonkey	Bluff-focus, Fascinate/Suggestion/Inspire competence as a bard
Delver	Path of Shadow	5	Skillmonkey	Bardic Knowledge, Rogue trapfinding/defenses, combat feats at higher levels
Psychic Thief	Path of Shadow	3	Skillmonkey	Psionic Rogue (3.0 system, but progression matches PsyWar) - slower Sneak Attack and Trapfinding than Psychic Rogue, faster powers and Uncanny Dodge
Commander	Path of the Sword	5	Melee	Fighter with half feats, a minor numeric party buff and Leadership (not counted in tier)
Hunter	Path of the Sword	5	Melee	Bounty hunter-type with extra emphasis on hunting favored enemies
Outdoorsman	Path of the Sword	5	Melee	Favored Terrain noncasting Ranger-type with extra bonus feats, companion eventually equal to druid's, with magical beast option
Faith Caster	Path of Faith	1	Caster	Rainbow Warsnake: the base class
Thaumaturge	Path of Faith	1	Caster	Cleric with the Sorcerer's spells per day chart, no domains or turning, bonus metamagic/item creation feats as a wizard
Devoted Illusionist	School of Illusion	2	Caster	Strict Illusionist with limited spontaneity, metamagic cost mitigation, bonuses to DCs/CL checks (can access to another school for a feat)
Devoted Evoker	School of Evocation	2	Caster	Strict Evoker with limited spotaneity, metamagic cost mitigation, bonuses to DCs/CL checks (can access to another school for a feat)
Knight	Excalibur	5	Melee	Mounted Combat feats with built-in mount, Leadership (not counted in tier), SR v. opposite alignment
Corsair	Crisis in Freeport	4	Melee	A sort of "dirty fighting" class that has a few naval abilities
Brave	Deadland d20	4	Melee/Buffer	A melee class that can buff allies with war cries. Themed on native american fighters.
Gunslinger	Deadland d20	4	Ranged	A fighter with predetermined feat paths/abilities that make them good with guns. Since guns are excellent weapons in Deadland, this got a tier boost.
Huckster	Deadland d20	2	Caster	A dark spellcaster with skill based casting.
Mad Scientist	Deadland d20	2	Caster	A mechanically themed caster with skill based abilities.
Maverick	Deadland d20	4	Skillmonkey	Basically a re-flavored rogue.
Rowdy	Deadland d20	4	Melee	A tough fighter class based around a sort of "hardiness" theme.
Scout	Deadland d20	4	Sneak	Another re-flavored rogue, with emphasis on combat.
Shaman	Deadland d20	2	Caster	A re-flavored caster with skill based powers. Has spirit related abilities.
Merchant	Black Flags	6	Skillmonkey	Contacts; Skill points as a class feature, still comes short of Expert
Sailor	Black Flags	5	Melee	Fighter with several feats replaced with 1/day Curse-themed SLAs
Noble	Black Flags	6	Skillmonkey	Gets party invites as a class feature
Priest	Black Flags	6	Skillmonkey	Handful of Level 1 SLAs, up to 3/day; can blow a bunch of skill ranks to get invited to parties
Channeler	Midnight Campaign Setting	2	Caster	Generic spellcaster in Midnight's Feat-based casting system; very limited spell levels per day
Defender	Midnight Campaign Setting	4	Melee	Monk variant with added customizability, flexibility, unique options
Wildlander	Midnight Campaign Setting	4	Melee	Noncasting Ranger variant with added flexibility in mundane effects
Legate	Midnight Campaign Setting	1	Caster	Evil Cleric with Magic-eating Ghost companion
Chaos Mage	Chaos Magic	1	Caster	Menu-selection casting with access to genuinely openended effects
Black Heart	Dezzavold - Fortress of the Drow	4	Melee	Evil fear-inciting rager can temporarily learn dead enemies' abilites by eating their hearts
Netherstrider	Dezzavold - Fortress of the Drow	4	Melee	Unarmed combatant with focus on underground combat in tight spaces; minor rage and a huge number of unarmed attacks per round
Bisaakir Zaari	Dry Land - Empires of the Dragon Sands	1	Caster	Elementally themed genie servant, Charisma-based prepared casting from Sorcerer list
Shaman	Dry Land - Empires of the Dragon Sands	2	Caster	Banishes Outsiders, casts from gradually-increasing number of domains (extremely limited at low levels)
Slave	Dry Land - Empires of the Dragon Sands	6	Cannonfodder	Commoner with restrictions on cross-classed skill ranks, 5-level class.
Mystic	Tome of Artifacts	3	Gish	Divine warrior with Monk abilities like Flurry, Evasion and Dimension Step and a versatile spell list
Amazon	Daiblo II - Diablerii	3	Melee/Ranged	A combat class with Amazonian flavor and multiple options for combat, including semi-magical abilities. This class has 25 levels.
Barbarian	Diablo II - Diablerii	3	Melee	A combat class that buffs itself through things that are described flavor wise as shamanistic magic, but function more like special class abilities or feats. This class has 25 levels.
Necromancer	Diablo II - Diablerii	3	Caster	Spontaneous necromantic class with up to 6th level spells.
Paladin	Diablo II - Diablerii	3	Gish	A paladin re flavored as more of combat oriented cleric and special abilities.
Sorceress	Diablo II - Diablerii	3	Caster	A caster with unique special powers and up to 6th level spells.
Mlar	Dungeon Magazine 100	6	Caster	An NPC class, similar to a magewirght in concept, but much, much worse. Has very odd saves and base attack, and is intended for use with githyanki fluff.
Noble	Empire (AEG)	6	Skillmonkey	Finally a Noble without Leadership (!!!) Otherwise, it's a strangely huge will save on a weak frame.
Enforcer	Guilds (AEG)	6	Melee	NPC class with a big Intimidate bonus
Barbarian of the Frozen Wastelands	Secrets (AEG)	5	Melee	Frightful Presence, Strength enhancement, cold resistance
Bard of the Black Crow	Secrets (AEG)	3	Caster	Debuff bardic music is a step down optimization-wise, but spell as a normal bard.
Seasonal Druid	Secrets (AEG)	1	Caster	Divine caster with minor seasonal/elemental bonuses. Druid spells.
Breath of the Wind School Monk	Secrets (AEG)	5	Melee	Monk with saves and feats trades for way too many Flurry attacks and much extra speed.
Charred Chameleon Monk	Secrets (AEG)	5	Melee	Monk with Bonus feats replaced with half-advancement Sneak attack, scouting bonuses, Hide in Plain Sight (Su)
Fist of Fury Monk	Secrets (AEG)	5	Melee	Monk without bonus feats, with crappy rage and blasting power.
Jaded Stone School Monk	Secrets (AEG)	5	Melee	Monk with Hardness, static damage bonus, and a bunch of Toughness feats in place of normal bonus feats and Will save.
Rogue of the Whispering Blades	Secrets (AEG)	3	Skillmonkey	Rogue with ability damage and combat tricks in place of sneak attack and Trapsense. And Shadowdancer's Hide in Plain Sight as (Ex)
Soldier of Truth	Secrets (AEG)	4	Melee	Monk, but with UMD, armor, Wis to AC/Ref/attack (multiple iterations of wis), self-revivify, eventually flight (too late for most purposes)
Chaplain	Secrets (AEG)	5	Support	Heals damage nonmagically. Has Druid/Marshal chassis. Two varieties - one heals limited times per day, one heals limited times per patient per day.
Desert Ranger	Wilds (AEG)	4	Melee	Customizable 3.0-style Ranger with bonuses specific to deserts
Woodsman	Wilds (AEG)	5	Melee	Twist on the 3.0 Ranger with an extra feat, small skill bonuses, much weaker spallcasting
Beast Lord	Wilds (AEG)	4	Melee	Better animal companion than Druid, natural weapons, minor numeric bonuses, strong melee chassis, capstone calls 5xCha HD of animals
Swamp Ranger	Wilds (AEG)	4	Melee	Customizable 3.0-style Ranger with bonuses specific to swamps
Mountaineer	Wilds (AEG)	5	Melee	Ignore difficult terrain, climb bonuses, elemental resistances, DR, Fighter feats at half rate, strong chassis
Tundra Ranger	Wilds (AEG)	5	Melee	Awesome chassis, flexible bonus feats, minor situational bonuses, no spells.
Archer	Iron Heroes	4	Melee	Ranged damage-dealer with tag-on effects, best at picking off immobile targets
Armiger	Iron Heroes	5	Melee	Defensive melee, really swingy token mechanic, abilities stack poorly
Berserker	Iron Heroes	4	Melee	Rager with a variety of rage powers fueled by enemies' attacks
Executioner	Iron Heroes	4	Melee	Study enemies and gain debuffs against them; gain sneak attack and free tokens to start encounters. Good skills.
Harrier	Iron Heroes	5	Skillmonkey	Mobile fighter with numeric attack and defense bonuses equal to squares of movement in a round. Gets Dervish dance ability really late.
Hunter	Iron Heroes	4	Melee	Scouting and support character. Give allies numerical buffs and tokens (if their classes use them). Use combat maneuvers against multiple opponents. Good skills.
Man-at-Arms	Iron Heroes	4	Melee	Fighter-type class with floating feats, good skills
Thief	Iron Heroes	4	Skillmonkey	Elevated skill rank cap, sneak attack, various social skill tricks, ****loads of skill points.
Weapon Master	Iron Heroes	5	Melee	Focus on one weapon's use. Easy to get weapon tokens, difficult to get enough of them to use class abilities. Generally a Warrior with really big numbers.
Arcanist	Iron Heroes	2	Caster	Skill-based caster with severe limitations, nasty consequences for faiure or overzealousness, but still can access very powerful effects.
Coglayer	Dragonmech Campaign Setting	3	Skillmonkey	A skillmonkey with very versatile steam based powers who builds things.
Steamborg	Dragonmech Campaign Setting	3	Melee	Turns his body into part machine and uses steam powers his own engine creates. Allows for very creative abilities.
Mech Jocket	Dragonmech Campaign Setting	5	Melee	Controls powerful mechs, a kind of massive robot. Pretty much worthless while not in a mech, but if you do get a mech this is a much higher Tier (2 or 3).
Steamborg Mark II	Dragonmech - Steam Warriors	3	Melee	An alternative version of the steamborg. Slightly less versatile, but still very good.
Street Judge	Judge Dredd d20	5	Melee	Almost identical to the fighter, but reflavored for Judge Dredd
Psi Judge	Judge Dredd d20	1	Caster	A psion with fighter melee powers. Pretty broken.
Citizen	Judge Dredd d20	4	Support	A class that basically represents a talented normal person. Power may vary based on backgrounds, which gives lots of choices at character creation but less as the game progresses.
Oji	The Goy	4	Support	A very strange class that supports the party, but who's main ability is counterspelling...
Rojin	The Goy	4	Skillmonkey	A rogue with the ability to counterspell in a manner similar to the oji.
Wudu	The Goy	5	Support	A character whose only real ability is an essentially rabid companion.
Bronco Rider	Dinosaur Planet	5	Melee	Worthless by himself, and about on par with a commoner. However, he gets a dinosaur mount so Tier 5.
Machinist	Dinosaur Planet	5	Support	An artificer without any versatility or good powers whatsoever. Basically just makes slightly better weapons.
Soldier	Dinosaur Planet	5	Melee	A fighter, except futuristic and with less feats.
Spy	Dinosaur Planet	5	Skillmonkey	A rogue without the combat abilities. Very much James Bond when he's being dapper...just not when he's fighting. Actually quite neat and flavorful, if grossly underpowered.
Two-Fister	Dinosaur Planet	5	Melee	A wild monk with less special abilities but higher unarmed damage. Still medium BAB though.
Wild One	Dinosaur Planet	4	Support	A character that gets a lot of dinosaur companions. You have to admit...it's cool.

[FearlessGnome]

While I'm sure a lot of time went into listing all of these classes, without any idea of what they do, for a lot of people they will just be words meaning nothing listed under the names of books they have never heard of.

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by FearlessGnome

While I'm sure a lot of time went into listing all of these classes, without any idea of what they do, for a lot of people they will just be words meaning nothing listed under the names of books they have never heard of.

I plan on gradually adding in descriptions Just...over 400 descriptions seemed like a lot to do at once (I already had the list on my computer).

EDIT: My first step will be to highlight the classes I think are particularly good though.

[FearlessGnome]

Originally Posted by Vilpich

I plan on gradually adding in descriptions Just...over 400 descriptions seemed like a lot to do at once (I already had the list on my computer).

EDIT: My first step will be to highlight the classes I think are particularly good though.

If such descriptions were added, the thread would suddenly become a much more useful resource. I think a lot of people would like a thread where they could go to get a quick summary of obscure classes, whether they are looking for something particular or just looking for inspiration.

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by FearlessGnome

If such descriptions were added, the thread would suddenly become a much more useful resource. I think a lot of people would like a thread where they could go to get a quick summary of obscure classes, whether they are looking for something particular or just looking for inspiration.

That's what I'm hoping for with this thread As it is, I recognize that it's, uh, pretty much useless. I'm going through and putting up descriptions for classes I can remember off the top of my head now. Hopefully I'll be done in a month or so.

[Tokuhara]

Holy Bleepity Bleep Bleep! You are my hero. I adore obscure classes. They make my DMs scream in nerd rage as they accuse some of these classes as "Overpowered," including the rare melee class that was balanced off of Wizard...

[Chronos]

It'd also be helpful to nest some more spoilers for particular categories (everything from a particular publisher, for instance). In particular, the official WotC-endorsed ones should be separated out.

As it is, it's not even clear what the order of them is.

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by Tokuhara

Holy Bleepity Bleep Bleep! You are my hero. I adore obscure classes. They make my DMs scream in nerd rage as they accuse some of these classes as "Overpowered," including the rare melee class that was balanced off of Wizard...

Haha thanks! I'm also a HUGE fan of obscure classes... hence the obsessive list

[The-Mage-King]

Hm. Maybe we could add rough tier estimates?


I know that Chaos Mage, for one, is at LEAST Tier 2. Probably about T1.


Let's get started.





Also, toss on the DSP stuff. Because DSP.

[Suddo]

Originally Posted by Chronos

It'd also be helpful to nest some more spoilers for particular categories (everything from a particular publisher, for instance). In particular, the official WotC-endorsed ones should be separated out.

I have to second this.

Also you should list what your favorite 3rd Party books are. I was thinking about grabbing some but some just look terrible.

[Grinner]

While it's good to see many of the larger names in third party material recognized, this list seems...incomplete.

Where's the Dreamscarred Press's psionic classes? Or Radiance House's binder classes?

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by Scotchland

While it's good to see many of the larger names in third party material recognized, this list seems...incomplete.

Where's the Dreamscarred Press's psionic classes? Or Radiance House's binder classes?

Secrets of Pact Magic should be on there. I put them on, but I have 5 or so copies of this list on my computer...I might have actually put a (slightly ) incomplete one up.

However, I was unaware of Dreamscarred Press's...existence. Thanks for showing me! I'll add them in a minute.

[Psyren]

Since you're including 3rd-party, and NPC classes, Dreamscarred Press made a psionic Adept-like class called the Augur.

There's a number of other classes on that wiki as well, coming from their other published d20 works like Untapped Potential, the Mind Divine, High Psionics etc, such as the Society Mind, Marksman and Thoughtsinger. See here.

EDIT: Cursed ninjas!

[Grinner]

Originally Posted by Vilpich

However, I was unaware of Dreamscarred Press's...existence. Thanks for showing me! I'll add them in a minute.

No problem...I'll let you know if I remember any others.

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by The-Mage-King

Hm. Maybe we could add rough tier estimates?


I know that Chaos Mage, for one, is at LEAST Tier 2. Probably about T1.


Let's get started.





Also, toss on the DSP stuff. Because DSP.

Tiers would be good. And I'm adding the DSP stuff now (I'd never seen that particular resource before).

Originally Posted by Chronos

It'd also be helpful to nest some more spoilers for particular categories (everything from a particular publisher, for instance). In particular, the official WotC-endorsed ones should be separated out.

As it is, it's not even clear what the order of them is.

Yeah I know. A lot of formatting an organization has to happen. The thing is, this was originally my own personal resource I'd use for inspiration when homebrewing or writing adventures, so I never needed it to be that organized

I'll separate WotC ones out soon also.

[mattie_p]

Umm, under the player's handbook there should be 11 base classes. You left out monk. Was that deliberate?

And I second that you differentiate between official WOTC and 3rd-party publishers, as not all DMs permit 3rd party. Also, versioning would be nice - isn't Oriental Adventures 3.0?

Great work so far, though.

[Grinner]

Have you also included Villains of Pact Magic?

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by mattie_p

Umm, under the player's handbook there should be 11 base classes. You left out monk. Was that deliberate?

And I second that you differentiate between official WOTC and 3rd-party publishers, as not all DMs permit 3rd party. Also, versioning would be nice - isn't Oriental Adventures 3.0?

Great work so far, though.

The monk was deliberate when I made this list for myself. I did mean to add it in when I put the list online though though thanks for reminding me!

Originally Posted by Scotchland

Have you also included Villains of Pact Magic?

I did

[killem2]

Originally Posted by Vilpich

That's what I'm hoping for with this thread As it is, I recognize that it's, uh, pretty much useless. I'm going through and putting up descriptions for classes I can remember off the top of my head now. Hopefully I'll be done in a month or so.

I can help. You want me to pick a section and make summaries i can do that. I'm not sure if we can go further than that. (copyrights yada yada)

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by killem2

I can help. You want me to pick a section and make summaries i can do that. I'm not sure if we can go further than that. (copyrights yada yada)

It'd be great if you could help

Yeah. I think that we should limit the classes descriptions to a few key categories:

Tier
Role (spellcaster, skill monkey, gish, etc.)
VERY broad overview of the flavor. Give closest PHB or official PrC approximation.
Give the most important details (e.g. the Theurge from Mythic Vistas: Medieval Player's Handbook uses more ritualistic details).
If racial or alignment restrictions exist, specify them.

So for example, I'm thinking a description could look like this.

Corwyl, Village of the Wood Elves (Green Ronin Publishing)
The Cerellian Knight
Low Tier 4 melee fighter, similar to ranger with the ability to boost his strength in a manner similar to a barbarian. Good only.

[Randomguy]

You should probably list third party classes and official classes separately, since many DM's don't allow third party classes and some books are so obscure that it's hard to tell at first glance whether they're one or the other.

[Empedocles]

On it now

EDIT: Finished, although all of the monster classes and racial paragon classes are still under the 3rd party publisher list. I'll fix that in a few.

[gorfnab]

Originally Posted by Vilpich

On it now

EDIT: Finished, although all of the monster classes and racial paragon classes are still under the 3rd party publisher list. I'll fix that in a few.

Don't forget the 2 Eberron classes listed there as well.

Dragonlance Races of Ansalon has the Nightstalker base class.

[Giegue]

Just a word of warning; the secret collage of Necromancy's Necromancer class is broken. Like infamously broken. So much in fact that you should probably put up a warning telling people it's just that broken. It gets 9th level spells BEFORE A WIZARD, and gets Energy Drain(a 9th level spell) as an SLA before it gets 9th level spells. I just thought I'd let you know.

[FearlessGnome]

Originally Posted by Giegue

Just a word of warning; the secret collage of Necromancy's Necromancer class is broken. Like infamously broken. So much in fact that you should probably put up a warning telling people it's just that broken. It gets 9th level spells BEFORE A WIZARD, and gets Energy Drain(a 9th level spell) as an SLA before it gets 9th level spells. I just thought I'd let you know.

While it gets spells quicker, and more of them, they are quite limited. I'd pick wizard casting over Necromancer any day of the week.
Energy Drain once per day is... less than impressive. An Ur-Priest can prepare it at level 14, and a wizard can just do Split Ray on an Enervation and get the same results. As ninth level spells go, Energy Drain is not that impressive.

[Giegue]

I suppose your right, and the class is very flavorful compared to other necromancers I've seen so it gets a pass I suppose. However, Encyclopedia Arcana: Necromancy Beyond the Grave is still my all time 3rd party supplement dealing with necromancy. That and hollowfaust. I have a massive collection of 3rd party necromancy-related books since Necromancy and Enchantment are my favorite magic schools in the entire game. The Necromancer from Secret Collage is still a unique class, and has some very, very nice and flavorful exclusive spells. It's a nice alternative to the Dread Necro for those who want an arcane necromancer who is not as fail at making undead at the wizard, though the Dread Necro is still an awesome class. I've played a secrect collage necromancer before, with the intent to "ballance" it after I played it, needless to say it was a fun class. A good necromancer to boot. The lack of awaken undead saddened me, though.

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by gorfnab

Don't forget the 2 Eberron classes listed there as well.

Dragonlance Races of Ansalon has the Nightstalker base class.

Nightstalker is already up there, I just forgot to move it to the WotC approved list (it's listed under 3rd party supplements right now)

Originally Posted by Giegue

I suppose your right, and the class is very flavorful compared to other necromancers I've seen so it gets a pass I suppose. However, Encyclopedia Arcana: Necromancy Beyond the Grave is still my all time 3rd party supplement dealing with necromancy. That and hollowfaust. I have a massive collection of 3rd party necromancy-related books since Necromancy and Enchantment are my favorite magic schools in the entire game. The Necromancer from Secret Collage is still a unique class, and has some very, very nice and flavorful exclusive spells. It's a nice alternative to the Dread Necro for those who want an arcane necromancer who is not as fail at making undead at the wizard, though the Dread Necro is still an awesome class. I've played a secrect collage necromancer before, with the intent to "ballance" it after I played it, needless to say it was a fun class. A good necromancer to boot. The lack of awaken undead saddened me, though.

I'll list it as Tier 1, which is pretty much saying it's broken.

[The-Mage-King]

Hm. I see a way to make it better organized...



Organize it into a table in a word processor with a search and replace function, then proceed to fill in the table appropriately.


Then copy, paste here, copy the pasted thing to a second document, and use the replace to fix the table. Tada! Organized, and sortable by source, tier, name, or type!

When you need to update parts, just fill in the original table more, copy/paste/copy, replace, and continue.

[Empedocles]

Originally Posted by The-Mage-King

Hm. I see a way to make it better organized...



Organize it into a table in a word processor with a search and replace function, then proceed to fill in the table appropriately.


Then copy, paste here, copy the pasted thing to a second document, and use the replace to fix the table. Tada! Organized, and sortable by source, tier, name, or type!

When you need to update parts, just fill in the original table more, copy/paste/copy, replace, and continue.

Uh...

How? Like a spreadsheet organizer? Because when you say "word processor" I think Microsoft Word (which is what I use) but I don't know how to do that on word...

[OracleofSilence]

The Eberron Players Guide, Savage Species, and Unearthed Arcana are all WOTC, aside from that, it looks good.