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	* War Magic (XGtE)		* War Magic (XGtE)

			== War Mage ==
			''Primary Approach:'' Arcane

			Wizards are defined by their spellbook and their academic approach to magic, resulting in a lengthy, difficult training process. Some cultures (and individuals) have decided to shortcut that process, producing casters who specialize heavily in the arts of magical warfare, training to stand along side regular troops as support and artillery. They sacrifice raw power (never learning the high-circle spells) and breadth of spell access for increased flexibility and efficiency in using their more straightforward evocations and abjurations.

			For more information, see [[War mage]].
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	* Forge Domain (XGtE)		* Forge Domain (XGtE)
	* Grave Domain (XGtE)		* Grave Domain (XGtE)

			== Dragon Knights ==
			''Primary Approach:'' Discipline

			Dragon Knights are known only in areas where dragons hold significant sway--the eastern [[Great Rift]] of [[Soefra]] as well as the [[Dragonreach]] of [[Noefra]] and the northern half of [[Oelfra]]. These mortal warriors have bonded with a drakkon, which is a stunted, half-souled draconic creature. They fight together as a unit. They are essentially unknown in the [[Federated Nations]] region of [[Noefra]], and rare elsewhere.

			For a full description, see [[Dragon knight]].

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	There are no significant organizations of rangers in [[Noefra]] as of 250 AC.		There are no significant organizations of rangers in [[Noefra]] as of 250 AC.

			For a different, more focused take on this same basic mold, see the homebrew [[Bounty Hunter]] class.

	===Homebrew Archetypes===		===Homebrew Archetypes===
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	* Shadow Magic (XGtE)		* Shadow Magic (XGtE)
	* Storm Sorcery (XGtE)		* Storm Sorcery (XGtE)

			== Spellblade ==
			''Primary Approach:'' Arcane

			Less of a spell-caster than a bard (and less musically-inclined), but more martial than a wizard, spellblades are specialists in mixing magic and weapon-play. They can curse their enemies, hampering their performance (a sort of inverse Bardic Inspiration). They are rare throughout the land, with no known organizations in western [[Noefra]].

			For more information, see [[Spellblade]].

	==Warlocks==		==Warlocks==
	''Primary approach:'' Arcane / Planar		''Primary approach:'' Arcane / Planar

	Where sorcerers are born with power and wizards study to gain power, warlocks ~~(the Beholden)~~ gain arcane power by a connection to an extra-planar entity. Via this connection, their souls are attuned to magic and they are taught specific spells. Of all the arcanists, warlocks are probably the most common--most "priests" are actually Beholden rather than Chosen (like clerics). Trained in churches, in cults, or awakened by dreams of strange writhing figures, warlocks are varied. Most do not call themselves warlocks or Beholden--those names are reserved for the more cultish (devil-worshiping or demon-ridden) folks. The "holy men" generally call themselves priests or servants. Any priest of an [[Ascendant]] other than a member of the [[Congregation]] is actually Beholden.		Where sorcerers are born with power and wizards study to gain power, warlocks gain arcane power by a connection to an extra-planar entity. Via this connection, their souls are attuned to magic and they are taught specific spells. Of all the arcanists, warlocks are probably the most common--most "priests" are actually Beholden rather than Chosen (like clerics). Trained in churches, in cults, or awakened by dreams of strange writhing figures, warlocks are varied. Most do not call themselves warlocks or Beholden--those names are reserved for the more cultish (devil-worshiping or demon-ridden) folks. The "holy men" generally call themselves priests or servants. Any priest of an [[Ascendant]] other than a member of the [[Congregation]] is actually Beholden.

			For another, more 3e take on this class fiction, see the [[Beholden (Class)\|Beholden]] homebrew class.

	===Homebrew Archetypes===		===Homebrew Archetypes===

Admiralbenbo at 04:56, 16 May 2025

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Monks

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	===Archetypes===		===Archetypes===

	* ~~[[Way of the Caduceus]] (WIP)~~		* None yet

	==Paladins==		==Paladins==

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Archetypes

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	* [[Path of the Primal Incarnate]]		* [[Path of the Primal Incarnate]]
	*[[Blade ~~Seeker~~]] (WIP)		*[[Path of the Whirling Blade]] (WIP)

	==Bards==		==Bards==

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Archetypes

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	* [[Path of the Primal Incarnate]]		* [[Path of the Primal Incarnate]]
			*[[Blade Seeker]] (WIP)

	==Bards==		==Bards==
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	* [[Rune Bearer]]		* [[Rune Bearer]]
	* [[Weapon Master]]		* [[Weapon Master]]
			*[[Aegis Seeker]] (WIP)

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	~~None yet~~
			* [[Way of the Caduceus]] (WIP)

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	===Archetypes===		===Archetypes===
	~~None yet~~
			* [[Mage Hunter (Archetype)\|Mage Hunter]] (WIP)

	==Sorcerers==		==Sorcerers==

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Clerics

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	Most priests are not clerics, and most clerics are not members of official clergies. Priests are trained and some gain power from that training (much like a warlock), while some are born to that power (like a sorcerer). Their powers are restricted in scope, while a cleric has access to a wide range of powers, including those of types that their patron god does not oversee. Clerics can lose their power (unlike priests), but the traits that make one a suitable cleric are fungible enough that often a different god, more suited to the cleric's nature, will pick up the connection instead. Relationships between the clergy and the clerics are often strained--the clerics are the direct agents of divinity and so disregard things like hierarchy and process. They tend to wander about, driven by the will of their god as they understand it.		Most priests are not clerics, and most clerics are not members of official clergies. Priests are trained and some gain power from that training (much like a warlock), while some are born to that power (like a sorcerer). Their powers are restricted in scope, while a cleric has access to a wide range of powers, including those of types that their patron god does not oversee. Clerics can lose their power (unlike priests), but the traits that make one a suitable cleric are fungible enough that often a different god, more suited to the cleric's nature, will pick up the connection instead. Relationships between the clergy and the clerics are often strained--the clerics are the direct agents of divinity and so disregard things like hierarchy and process. They tend to wander about, driven by the will of their god as they understand it.

	'''Setting notes''': ~~Casting ''animate dead'' is considered a violation of clerical ethics by almost every member of~~ the ~~[[Congregation]]. Only those~~ of ~~the~~ [[~~Hollow King~~]] ~~will do so~~, ~~and only for limited purposes. The Death domain is~~ '''not~~''' a player option~~. Clerics must be clerics of specific deities, not of philosophies or ideas.		'''Setting notes''': Due to the nature of animating [[undead]], ''animate dead'' is not on the cleric spell list in Quartus. Clerics must be clerics of specific deities, not of philosophies or ideas.

	===Archetypes===		===Archetypes===

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Bards

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	Unlike most other arcanists, harmonic magic practitioners can heal others--their songs align the anima within the hearer and cause it to draw in ambient anima for healing. Conversely, bards find it comparatively easy to affect the minds of living creatures rather than their bodies directly. They are not as talented with creating energy manifestations (such as fire or lightning) as many others, although those with power can "cheat" and learn patterns that mimic those effects quite closely.		Unlike most other arcanists, harmonic magic practitioners can heal others--their songs align the anima within the hearer and cause it to draw in ambient anima for healing. Conversely, bards find it comparatively easy to affect the minds of living creatures rather than their bodies directly. They are not as talented with creating energy manifestations (such as fire or lightning) as many others, although those with power can "cheat" and learn patterns that mimic those effects quite closely.

	In the [[Federated Nations]], bards are most associated with communities along the water, whether lakes or the sea. [[Byssia]] is home to many, as is the [[Serpent Dominion]] and [[Rauviz]] and [[Crisial Kingdom]]. There is a legacy of bardic magic in the [[Holy Kaelthian Republic]], although that legacy has dimmed since the breakup of the [[Council Lands]] when most of the bards at the [[~~Index.php?title=Granite-Flame Academy\|~~Granite-Flame Academy]] moved to the other successor states to avoid the religious fanaticism growing in [[Kaelthia]].		In the [[Federated Nations]], bards are most associated with communities along the water, whether lakes or the sea. [[Byssia]] is home to many, as is the [[Serpent Dominion]] and [[Rauviz]] and [[Crisial Kingdom]]. There is a legacy of bardic magic in the [[Holy Kaelthian Republic]], although that legacy has dimmed since the breakup of the [[Council Lands]] when most of the bards at the [[Granite-Flame Academy]] moved to the other successor states to avoid the religious fanaticism growing in [[Kaelthia]].

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	Druids are the premier negotiators with the [[kami]] big and small. Originating with the [[Ages of the World\|Second Wish]], druidic magic involves understanding the wishes and desires of these beings and learning to make deals with them. Generally, those deals are transactional--the druid feeds them a small bit of anima from their soul in exchange for the kami using them as a channel to create a magical effect. If one could see the kami as lights, most druids would look like they had a cloud of fireflies surrounding them at all times. This is also why wearing armor made of large sheets of hammered metal is distasteful for druids--the worked metal is "dead" to kami, creating a "typing with boxing gloves" effect on the druid.		Druids are the premier negotiators with the [[kami]] big and small. Originating with the [[Ages of the World\|Second Wish]], druidic magic involves understanding the wishes and desires of these beings and learning to make deals with them. Generally, those deals are transactional--the druid feeds them a small bit of anima from their soul in exchange for the kami using them as a channel to create a magical effect. If one could see the kami as lights, most druids would look like they had a cloud of fireflies surrounding them at all times. This is also why wearing armor made of large sheets of hammered metal is distasteful for druids--the worked metal is "dead" to kami, creating a "typing with boxing gloves" effect on the druid.

	Druids are most common in [[Byssia]], where the [[Dreamgrove]] is a major influence in government. There are two other major circles (and countless smaller ones): the [[Lady's Grove]] in [[Crisial Kingdom]] and the [[Pactum Grove]] in [[Dreamshore]]. However, most of the [[ihmisi]] tribes are affiliated with druidic practitioners, as are many of the goblin tribes of the [[Windwalker Confederacy]]. Druidism is rarest among the dwarves of the [[Ulan Confederacy]] and in the [[Holy Kaelthian Republic]]; the first because the people are bound to their metal-smithing and mining ways (which many druids find unnatural and repellant) and the other due to the fanatic religiosity of the people which beats nature into submission to the people's consensus.		Druids are most common in [[Byssia]], where the [[Dreamgrove]] is a major influence in government. There are two other major circles (and countless smaller ones): the [[Lady's Grove]] in [[Crisial Kingdom]] and the [[Pactum Grove]] in [[Dreamshore]]. However, most of the [[ihmisi]] tribes are affiliated with druidic practitioners, as are many of the goblin tribes of the [[Windwalker Confederacy]]. Druidism is rarest among the dwarves of the [[Uulan Confederacy\|Ulan Confederacy]] and in the [[Holy Kaelthian Republic]]; the first because the people are bound to their metal-smithing and mining ways (which many druids find unnatural and repellant) and the other due to the fanatic religiosity of the people which beats nature into submission to the people's consensus.

	===Archetypes===		===Archetypes===

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Planar Warriors

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	==Planar Warriors==		==Planar Warriors==
	''Primary approach:'' Discipline/~~Planar~~ (Elemental)		''Primary approach:'' Discipline/Primal (Elemental)

	See [[Planar Warrior]].		See [[Planar Warrior]].
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	==Rogues==		==Rogues==
	''Primary approach:'' Discipline/~~Planar~~ (Shadow)		''Primary approach:'' Discipline/Primal (Shadow)

	Like fighters, rogues are found across the land. But not all cut-purses, killers-for-hire, and general criminals are rogues. Rogues have connected with [[Shadow]] via their training and talents, drawing on its power to hide, enhance their abilities, and perform seemingly impossible feats. Not all rogues are criminals either--many of those who merely want to find things that others wish to hide, who prefer precision over brute force, whose thoughts are twisty find their way into the life of a rogue.		Like fighters, rogues are found across the land. But not all cut-purses, killers-for-hire, and general criminals are rogues. Rogues have connected with [[Shadow]] via their training and talents, drawing on its power to hide, enhance their abilities, and perform seemingly impossible feats. Not all rogues are criminals either--many of those who merely want to find things that others wish to hide, who prefer precision over brute force, whose thoughts are twisty find their way into the life of a rogue.

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