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Although many of Norrath's greatest figures began as sons and
daughters of simple farmer: or merchants, at some point in their
lives they were called to a higher purpose. Perhaps they were
called by king, country, church, or even hy their gods, perhaps the
harsh reality of defending a homestead against raiding gnolls
forced their roles upon them, or perhaps a burning desire to he
more than their simple birthright moved them to leave behind
their mundane lives. Whatever their reasons, those who seek
glory, adventure, fame and fortune on dangerous and daring
quests are no longer tanners or merchants. Such heroes are the
stuff of legends, able to call upon the aid of the gods, slay giants
with blows of their bare hands, or conjure up maelstroms of fire
with arcane incantations. Be they noble saviors, curious seekers of
truth, or devious villains, all are examples of the heroic classes. If
they are strong, smart, quick and lucky, they grow in power and
fame. If they are not, they may end their lives forgotten in the
depths of a dusty crypt.

A character's class determines more about her than any other
single choice her player will make. A class is more than just a
vocation - it's a way of life, almost certainly the result of years of
training and study. Many players are likely to pick a class before
making any other decisions about a character, and then to arrange
ability scores and race to suit the chosen class. A character's class
determines her ability in combat, her selection of skills and feats,
and the special abilities that set her apart from others.

'''Starting Characters:'''

The "Class Rules" section in each character class presented in
this chapter details the hit points of a lst-level character of that
class and the skill points such a character has available at lst level.
Skills are explained further in Skills Link TBD. Also note that
every character receives five training points and one starting feat
when they begin play (humans also receive an extra bonus feat as
a racial ability). Feats are explained further in Feats LINK TBD
Each class presented also includes discussion of any special abilities
or bonus feats granted to characters of that class.

'''The Classes:'''

There are fifteen classes from which players may choose
to define their character, A class is like a profession,
outlining the character's aptitudes and training,

The fifteen available player classes (and their abbreviations) are:

Bard (Brd): Entertainer, perfumer of magical songs,
and keeper of obscure lore.

Beastlord (Bst): Spiritual warrior aided by animal
companion, Hybrid of shaman and warrior.

Cleric (Clr): Servant of a god, healer and divine
spellcaster.

Druid (Dru): Powerful nature priest with spells that
focus around animals and plants.

Enchanter (Enc): Arcane spellcaster specializing in
mental influence and enhancements.

Magician (Mag): Arcane spellcaster specializing in
conjumtions and summoning.

Monk (Mnk): Unarmed combat expert who utilizes
mind over body" techniques.

Necromancer (Nee): Arcane spellcaster specializing
in black magics and the undead.

Paladin (Pal): Divine soldier of light and justice,
Hybrid of cleric and warrior.

Ranger (Rug): Woodsman, tracker and archer, Hybrid
of druid and warrior.

Rogue (Rog): A sly fighter who depends on agility and
cunning more than strength and bravery.

Shadow Knight (Shd): Malevolent arcane fighter,
Hybrid of necromancer and warrior.

Shaman (Shin): Divine priest whose magic deals heavily
in spirits and animals.

Warrior (War): Dedicated to the ways of war; combat
specialist using heavy arms and armor.

Wizard (Wiz): Arcane spellcasters who specialize in
invoking powerful damaging spells.

Each class is described in terms of the role it plays
within the P99 Offline world, as well as the game rules
needed to play the class.

'''Class Advancement:'''

As a character gains experience, they goes up in level, gaining
additional skills, feats, and special abilities. Each level requires a
number of additional experience points (XP) equal to the
character's current level multiplied by 1,000. In other words, to go
from 4th level to 5th level requires 3,000 (4 x 1,000) experience
points. Table 3-1 shows the total number of experience points
required at each level of advancement.

'''Table 3-1 : Character Advancement:'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Level !! XP Need to Gain !! Total EXP at Level
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0
|-
| 2 || 1000 || 1000
|-
| 3 || 2000 || 3000
|-
| 4 || 3000 || 6000
|-
| 5 || 4000 || 10000
|-
| 6 || 5000 || 15000
|-
| 7 || 6000 || 21000
|-
| 8 || 7000 || 28000
|-
| 9 || 8000 || 36000
|-
| 10 || 9000 || 45000
|-
| 11 || 10000 || 55000
|-
| 12 || 11000 || 66000
|-
| 13 || 12000 || 78000
|-
| 14 || 13000 || 91000
|-
| 15 || 14000 || 105000
|-
| 16 || 15000 || 120000
|-
| 17 || 16000 || 136000
|-
| 18 || 17000 || 153000
|-
| 19 || 18000 || 171000
|-
| 20 || 19000 || 190000
|-
| 21 || 20000 || 210000
|-
| 22 || 21000 || 231000
|-
| 23 || 22000 || 253000
|-
| 24 || 23000 || 276000
|-
| 25 || 24000 || 300000
|-
| 26 || 25000 || 325000
|-
| 27 || 26000 || 351000
|-
| 28 || 27000 || 378000
|-
| 29 || 28000 || 406000
|-
| 30 || 29000 || 435000
|-
| 31 || 30000 || 465000
|-
| 32 || 31000 || 496000
|-
| 33 || 32000 || 528000
|-
| 34 || 33000 || 561000
|-
| 35 || 34000 || 595000
|-
| 36 || 35000 || 630000
|-
| 37 || 36000 || 666000
|-
| 38 || 37000 || 703000
|-
| 39 || 38000 || 741000
|-
| 40 || 39000 || 780000
|-
| 41 || 40000 || 820000
|-
| 42 || 41000 || 861000
|-
| 43 || 42000 || 903000
|-
| 44 || 43000 || 946000
|-
| 45 || 44000 || 990000
|-
| 46 || 45000 || 1035000
|-
| 47 || 46000 || 1081000
|-
| 48 || 47000 || 1128000
|-
| 49 || 48000 || 1176000
|-
| 50 || 49000 || 1225000
|-
| 51 || 50000 || 1275000
|-
| 52 || 51000 || 1326000
|-
| 53 || 52000 || 1378000
|-
| 54 || 53000 || 1431000
|-
| 55 || 54000 || 1485000
|-
| 56 || 55000 || 1540000
|-
| 57 || 56000 || 1596000
|-
| 58 || 57000 || 1653000
|-
| 59 || 58000 || 1711000
|-
| 60 || 59000 || 1770000
|}

Upon gaining a new level, a character receives additional skill
points, hit points, and other class abilities (detailed in the description of each class).
Each class description specifies a type of hit dice
(d4, d8, d10 or (112) that the player rolls at each level; the player
then adds the character's Constitution modifier to that level's
dice result to determine how many additional hit points the
character receives for reaching the new level. Characters with
negative Constitution modifiers still gain at least 1 hit point upon
reaching a new level. For example, an enchanter with a 7
Constitution (-2 modifier) reaches a new level and her player
rolls ld4 for additional hit points, getting a "1" on the roll. Despite
the Constitution modifier of -2, the enchanter still gains 1 hit
point for the new level.

'''Training Points:'''

At 1st level and each time the character gains a new level she
receives 5 training points to spend on new feats or skills, to
improve her ability scores or resistances, or to add additional ranks
to existing skills. Normally, characters must have access to a guild
or order or to some mentor in order to spend these training points,
The ''P99 OffLine: Game Master's Guide'' has more information on
role-playing through the use of training points.

Characters may "save up" [mining points level after level if they
desire, and may spend them any time they have access to a mentor.
Table 3-2: Training Benefits shows both the number of training
points required to purchase various benefits and any limitations
on the expenditure of those points. All bonuses purchased with
training points are cumulative. A character who trains in fire
resistance upon reaching 2nd level and who later trains in fire
resistance again will have a total bonus of fire resistance (2) from
her training.

Feats cannot be purchased with training points more frequently
than once for every two levels beyond lst. Thus, a 3rd-level.
character can have no more than one trained feat (note that certain
races and classes grant bonus feats at lst level, however), with no
more than two trained feats at 5th, three at 7th, four at 9th, etc. If
a character does not buy feats with training points over many levels,
she can later catch up to the maximum number of trained feats
allowed, even if that involves buying feats more frequently than
once every two levels -- or even all at once. For example, a paladin
reaches 10th level without having spent any training points on feats,
and decides that he would now like to dedicate training points
toward feats, He can purchase up to four trained feats immediately,
if he has the training points available (four being the maximum
number of trained feats allowed for a 10th-level-character); he could
also choose to purchase feats more often than one every two levels
over the next several levels, up to the maximum number of feats
allowed for his current level (i,e,, five trained feats by 11th level, six
by 13th level, etc,).

Skill rank purchases using training points are separate from those
gained through standard class level advancement, For example, a
1st level rogue who accumulates 2,000 XP reaches 2nd level, As
given in the rogue character class description, rogues gain 6 +Int
modifier skill points per level to spend on either class or cross-class
skills. In addition, the character gains 5 training points for reaching
her 2nd character level, She could spend 3 of these training points
to increase a rogue class skill by 1 rank, or spend all 5 to gain a cross-class skill rank.
Multiclass characters may spend training points on
class skills or cross-class skills for any of their character classes. In any
case, however, no character can purchase skill ranks beyond their
normal skill rank caps, even with ranks purchased through training
points (see "Multiclass Characters" in this chapter and also Skills LINK TBD for details on skill caps),

'''Table 3-2: Training Benefits:'''

{| class="wikitable"
! Benefit !! Training Point Cost !! Limitations
|-
| +1 to any ability score || 12 || No ability may be trained more than 6 times
|-
| +1 rank to any class skill || 3 || Skills may not be increased beyond normal skill caps
|-
| +1 rank to any cross-class skill || 5 || Skills may not be increased beyond normal skill caps
|-
| +1 to any resistance || 1 || Each resistance type may be trained a number of times equal to the characters level
|-
| Bonus (trained) feat || 7 || A character may not have more trained feats than one for every odd-numbered character level attained.
|}

'''Class Description Format:'''

The following format is used to describe all the classes,

Name: Although some warriors might consider themselves
simple guardsmen and some rogues may prefer to be known as
"scouts," each class's standard name is the first indication of the
areas at which the class excels. After the class name, a brief
description is given of a typical member of the class.

Attributes:This section outlines the strengths and weaknesses
of the class and gives some suggestions regarding how best to use
those strengths and weaknesses.

Questing: Not everyone spends time on quests, but this section
outlines some common reasons why members of the class might do so.

Religion: This section discusses the view a typical member of
the class might have with regard to her religion and her relationship
to her church, as well as what religions are most likely to cater
to members of her class.

Culture and Training: In this section you will find some
typical backgrounds for members of the class, As with all the
information in these sections, these ideas are intended only as a
model for a given character's background, not a set of inflexible rules.

Interaction: Here some ideas are given about the ways in which
members of this class tend to interact with the community around
them, with questing groups, and with individuals of other classes.

Alignment: Alignment is detailed more fully in
Description LINK TBD, but this section gives some guidelines for the class, as
well as any alignment restrictions the class may have.

Level Progression: Each class's level progression table shows
its base attack bonuses and Fortitude, Reflex, and Will saving
throw bonuses at each level.These bonuses are not cumulative
a 3rd-level character gets the bonuses listed at 3rd level, not the
sum of lst, 2nd,, and 3rd-level bonuses. Any special abilities of
the class are also listed at the appropriate level, Descriptions of
these special abilities are given in the "Class Rules" section.

Class Rules: The class rules section provides everything you
need to create and advance a character of the given class, The
section includes information on ability scores, race, Hit Dice and
hit points, skill points and class skills, starting proficiencies, and
any special abilities the class receives at various levels, The
majority of the information presented here constitutes the game
rules required to play the class.

Starting Package: For players who do not want to take the time
to custom pick equipment, one or two starting packages of gear
have been provided at the end of each class, For more information
on equipment see Equipment LINK TBD.

'''Spellcasting:'''

open. the caster must select a spell already prepared and remove it
instantly. asafree action. beforeattemptingto fill the slot with a new
spell choice. He must then make a Meditation check (see Chapter
4: Skills) with a DC of 10 the spell's level. A successful check
means the spell is placed into the newly open prepared spell slot.
The base amount of time required to prepare a spell is a number
of fullaround actions equal to the spell's level minus the caster's
number of skill ranks in Meditation. to a minimum of 1 fuII-round
action. Preparing a spell provokes attacks of opportunity (see
âAttacks of Opportunity" in Chapter 12: Combat for more
information), and if the caster is injured by such an attack. then
the attempt to prepare the new spell is interrupted and fails. 1fthe
caster was replacing an already prepared spell with a new one. and
the preparation attempt fails. then the old spell is still removed
from its slot (as it has to be removed before the caster begins to
prepare a new spell). Newly prepared spells may not be available
for immediate use (see "Recast" in Chapter 8: Using Magic)
Mana: A11 spellcasters have a magical energy known as mana.
The amount of mana a caster currently has available is referred to as
his mana pool. Each spell a caster casts takes an amount of mana. as
detailed in the spellâs description. temporarily reducing the size of
his mana pool. A casterâs mana pool has a maximum capacity equal
to double his appropriate ability modifier per level: arcane casters
use Intelligence. divine casters use Wisdom. and bards use Cha-
risma. Thus a 4th-level cleric with a Wisdom modifier of has a
mana pool of (3 x 2) x 4. or 24 maria; a lOthâlevcl hard with a
Charisma modifier of has a mana pool of (4 x 2) x 10. or 80 mana.

- A caster recovers an amount of mana equal to his spellcasting stat
6â" modifier plus his total ranks in Meditation for each hour of rest.
fl: .i Thus. if the 10th-leve1bardabove has 13 ranks in Meditation. she

would recover 17 mana with 1 hour of rest.

Gaining Spells: Most dedicated spellcasters begin play with 4
spells of lst level known to them and recorded in their spellbook.
Bards are the exception to this rule: they begin with only 2 songs
known to them. These spells (or songs) are selected by the player
during character creation from among those available by class. It is
also possible for a caster to gain new spells by copying them from
scrolls he may find; by trading with other spellcasters (always those
from his own class. and usually only those from the same religious
order. arcane society. etc. ); by recovering them from the spellhooks
of similarly classed opponents he defeats. or even by purchasing
them from a temple. guild. or spell (or song) vendor. For more

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