Character Classes of Scalgard
Base Classes
A few base classes are not available for players to take at all, due to style restrictions or setting considerations. Rather than listing base classes that are not available, and updating the list as each new book comes out, a list of available base classes should suffice:
- Barbarian
- Bard
- Druid
- Fighter
- Knight
- Ranger
- Rogue
- Scout
- Sorcerer
- Wizard
These available base classes are further sub-divided by nation, as noted in The Peoples and Nations of Scalgard. This is to preserve regional flavor, and can be safely ignored with a good reason, but note that DMs and Players will have to work harder to preserve differences between nations.
Prestige Classes
Cleric Presige Classes
To be a priest of the elemental gods of the Phantom World is to sacrifice. There is submission and strife, but also there is power. This power comes from abilities granted to the cleric as he advances in his god's service, but also in the form of minor spellcasting powers. To the truly devoted, however, even more potent magic awaits.
For every level a character takes in one of the Prestige Classes below, he may choose to sacrifice a defining class feature of an earlier class in order to cast spells as a cleric of one level higher, for purposes of both caster level and number of spells per day. Base classes and the defining features they can sacrifice include:
- Barbarian
- Rage
- Bard
- Bardic Knowledge
- Bardic Music
- 2 Caster Levels
- Druid
- Animal Companion
- Wild Shape
- 1 Caster Level
- Fighter
- Bonus Feats
- Knight
- Knight's Challenge
- Ranger
- Favored Enemy
- Combat Style
- Animal Companion
- Rogue
- Sneak Attack
- 16 Skill Points
- Evasion
- Scout
- Skirmish
- Evasion
- Sorcerer/Wizard
- 1 Caster Level
A character who gives up a class feature knows what he has given up; he can remember that the once possessed the knowledge of arcane magic or where to strike in a sneak attack, but can no longer remember the details or explain them to others. He has given a piece of his history and soul over to his patron in exchange for spell power. Such is the price of greater glory in service to the gods.
Note: This option exists to reinforce the flavor of the gods' greedy nature and to allow a full 6 Levels of Cleric spellcasting in a setting that otherwise would not. Careful reading will show that few characters, almost none of them physically powerful, can claim full cleric spellcasting. This is intentional.
The prestige clerics (and their patron gods) are:
(Note: the Prestige Classes above draw on Open Game Content used according to the terms of the d20 System License version 6.0. A copy of this License can be found here.)
