Sunday, August 24, 2008

Snake Eyes: Favored Class Equivalencies

Most races in the game use one of the 11 core classes for their favored class. This works fine in theory, but many non-core classes mesh together very well, prohibiting non-humans from making good use of certain builds. The following are equivalencies for non-core classes based on your race's favored class. In order to make this more open-ended, rather than less, if your favored class is any of the following, it's of its equivalent classes as well. I went from thematics over mechanics in assigning these, because I found that route more interesting. If your race already has a non-core class, just find what it equates to.

Barbarian
(Self-taught characters and untrained brawlers)
-Wilder (Expanded Psionics Handbook)
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Soulknife (Expanded Psionics Handbook)

Bard
(Performers, motivators, and talkers)
-Hexblade (Complete Warrior)
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Beguiler (Player's Handbook II)
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Marshal (Miniatures Handbook)

Cleric
(Servants of a higher power)
-Ardent (Complete Psionic)
-Binder (Tome of Magic)
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Dragonfire Adept (Dragon Magic)
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Favored Soul (Complete Divine, Miniatures Handbook)
-Warlock (Complete Arcane)

Druid
(Servants, but not of deities)
-Dragon Shaman (Player's Handbook II)
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Healer (Miniatures Handbook)
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Spirit Shaman (Complete Divine)
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Shugenja (Complete Divine)

Fighter
(Career warriors and the highly trained)
-Samurai (Complete Warrior)
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Warblade (Tome of Battle: The Book on Nine Swords)
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Psychic Warrior (Expanded Psionics Handbook)
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Duskblade (Player's Handbook II)

Monk
(Wise warriors)
-Ninja (Complete Adventurer)
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Swordsage (Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords)

Paladin
(Champions of a cause and protectors of the weak)
-Crusader (Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords)
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Divine Mind (Complete Psionic)
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Knight (Players' Handbook II)

Ranger
(Warriors comfortable in the woodlands)
-Scout (Complete Adventurer)

Rogue
(Sneaks, scoundrels, and thieves)
-Factotum (Dungeonscape)
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Lurk (Complete Psionic)
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Spellthief (Complete Adventurer)

Sorceror
(Specialized magicians with limited training)
-Warmage (Complete Arcane, Miniatures Handbook)
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Dread Necromancer (Heroes of Horror)

Wizard
(Bookworms with power)
-Archivist (Heroes of Horror)
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Artificer (Eberron Campaign Setting)
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Psion (Expanded Psionics Handbook)
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Truenamer (Tome of Magic)
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Wu Jen (Complete Arcane)


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