Your character's class is somewhat his job as opposed to his race. Some races might have a class they prefer like a gnome will often end up as an Illusionist. In Original Dungeons & Dragons for demi-humans, their race was their class; in later versions of the game, demi-humans were treated just like humans in that their race and their class were separate.
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A list of character classes in role-playing games:
Chainmail and Original D&D(Men & Magic Volume I, Monsters & Treasure Volume II and The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures Volume III)
Basic (human) classes
Additions from Greyhawk - Supplement I, Blackmoor - Supplement II, Eldritch Wizardry - Supplement III and The Strategic Review
Classic Dungeons & Dragons (The Basic, Expert, Companion, Master and Immortals Dungeons & Dragons Rules & The Rules Cyclopedia - a compilation of the Basic thru Immortals Rulebooks)
Basic (human) Classes
Fighter character classes
Optional character classes
First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Player's Handbook Classes
Unearthed Arcana
Oriental Adventures
Dragonlance Campaign World
- Solamnic Knight
- Knight of the Crown
- Knight of the Sword
- Knight of the Rose
- Wizard of High Sorcery
- Student Magic-User
- Wizard of the White Robes
- Wizard of the Red Robess
- Wizard of the Black Robes
- Holy Order of the Stars
- Tinker
Dragon Magazine
Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Basic classes from the Player's Handbook
- Warrior
- Rogue
- Priest
- Wizard
Classes from supplements
Legends and Lore
Tome of Magic
Vikings, Campaign Sourcebook
Complete Psionics Handbook
The Complete Gladiator’s Handbook
Complete Ninja's Handbook
Complete Barbarian's Handbook
Player's Option: Skills and Powers
Player's Option: Spells and Magic
Chronomancer
Shaman
Giantcraft
Birthright Setting
Dragonlance Setting
Dark Sun Setting
Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons (including "3.5 Edition)
Core classes from the Player's Handbook
Psionic classes
Prestige classes from the Dungeon Master's Guide
- Arcane Archer An Elven archer who can magically empower arrows.
- Arcane Trickster Combines Magic, sneakiness and a tendancey for mischief.
- Archmage Those who can bend magic in even stranger and more powerful ways than most.
- Assassin A master of killing and concealment.
- Blackguard The true champion of evil, a nemisis for all those who are good.
- Dragon Disciple They begin to realise their draconic background and change to meet it.
- Duelist A dashing warrior who is nimble and precise.
- Dwarven Defender An Iron wall with legs and a beard.
- Eldritch Knight Combining martial weapons with arcane lore and spellcasting to make a balance between fighting and casting
- Heirophant A god's champion on earth; only the highest priests can become these.
- Horizon Walker The ultimate traveller-and not just on the earth.
- Loremaster Book smarts are what these people excel at.
- Mystic Theurge Combining Arcane power with Divine Magic, a Theurge explores magic in all forms
- Red Wizard A wizard who becomes even more focused on a particular area of magic; from the evil land of Thay
- Shadowdancer Uses the shadows to move from place to place, very tricky.
- Thaumatergist A master at summoning aid from outside this world.
Basic classes from supplements
Complete Warrior
Complete Divine
Complete Arcane
Oriental Adventures
Eberron Campaign Setting
Ultima I - II
Ultima III
Ultima IV - IX
(You weren't allowed to choose class in Ultima VII, VII part 2, or VIII, and class choice has far less significance in games beyond Ultima IV.)
Included in the list are the corresponding Virtue and the starting town in Ultima IV.
1 through 5
6, 7
These two games had all the classes above, and in addition:
8
The final game in the series added the Gadgeteer class.
The original game did not have anything resembling a class system; however, in many later games, the characters are assigned to classes, even if it is not possible to create new characters.
Dragon Quest 2
- Fighter: The first hero.
- Paladin: The second hero.
- Mage : The third heroine.
Dragon Quest 3
Special Classes
- Holy Knight (Agrias & Delita)
- Engineer (Mustadio & Balk)
- Heaven Knight (Rafa)
- Hell Knight (Malak)
- Divine Knight (Meliadoul)
- Holy Swordsman (Orlandu)
- Temple Knight (Beowulf)
- Holy Dragon (Reis)
- Dragoner (Reis)
- Soldier (Cloud)
NPC/Enemy Classes
Other
Dragon of Darkness and Sword of Light (Famicom) / Monshou no Nazo(Super Famicom)
- Base Class --> Promoted Class
You can get all of these classes on your team unless stated otherwise.
- Social Knight (Cavalier) --> Paladin (can dismount only in Super Famicom version)
- Armor Knight (Knight) --> General
- Pegasus Knight --> Dragon Knight (Wyvern Rider)
- Commando
- Thief
- Fighter
- Pirate (cannot join your team on Super Famicom version)
- Knight (Super Famicom version only)
- Mercenary --> Hero
- Mage --> Priest/Priestess
- Monk/Cleric --> Priest/Priestess
- Lord
- Archer --> Sniper
- Hunter --> Horseman
- Soldier (Super Famicom only, enemy only)
- Shooter
- Mamkute
- Dancer (Super Famicom only)
Seisen no Keifu / Thracia 776 (Super Famicom)
Technically, Seisen classes doesn't have set promotions, each character has a set class they'll upgrade to. But they generally follow these lines. The weapon type name (Sword, Axe, Lance, or Arch) in a class name means that the unit is restricted to that type of weapon. "Armor" units are restricted to one type of weapon until promotion.
- Junior Lord --> Lord Knight (ally only)
- Free Knight --> Forrest Knight (restricted to swords) (Sword Cavalier)
- Axe Knight --> Great Knight (restricted to axes) (Axe Cavalier)
- Lance Knight --> Duke Knight (restricted to spears) (Spear Cavalier)
- Social Knight --> Paladin (male)
- Trobadour --> Paladin (female) (Valkyrie)
- Dancer (ally only)
- Bard (ally only) --> Sage
- Shaman (ally only) --> Sage
- Mage --> Mage Knight
- Sword Fighter (Mercenary) (male) --> Forrest (Hero) (male)
- Sword Fighter (Myrmidon) (female) --> Sword Master (female), except Radney --> Forrest
- Sword Master (male)
- Forrest (female)
- Arch Knight (Nomad) --> Bow Knight (restricted to bows) (Nomad Trooper)
- Bow Fighter --> Sniper
- Fire Mage --> Mage Fighter
- Wind Mage --> Mage Fighter
- Thunder Mage --> Mage Fighter
- Dark Mage (enemy only)
- Thief --> Thief Fighter (not like the Assassin in Rekka no Ken)
- Axe Fighter --> Warrior
- Barbarian (enemy only)
- Hunter (enemy only)
- Mountain Thief (enemy only)
- Pirate (enemy only)
- Pegasus Rider (enemy only)
- Pegasus Knight --> Falcon Knight (Falcoknight)
- Dragon Rider (enemy only)
- Dragon Knight (Wyvern Rider) --> Dragon Master (Wyvern Lord)
- Sword Armour --> General
- Lance Armour (Knight) --> General
- Axe Armour --> General
- Bow Armour --> General
- Baron (enemy only)
- Emperor (enemy only)
- Prince (ally only) --> Master Knight (male) (can use any type of weapon or attack spell)
- Princess (ally only) --> Master Knight (female) (can use any type of weapon, spell, or staff)
- Queen (enemy only)
- Priest --> High Priest
- Bishop (enemy only)
- Dark Bishop (enemy only)
- Civilian (NPC only)
- Child (NPC only)
- Long Arch (enemy only)
- Iron Arch (enemy only)
- Killer Arch (enemy only)
- Gold Arch (enemy only)
- Soldier, Spear Soldier, Axe Soldier, Archer, Sword Soldier (Thracia 776 only)
- Dark Prince (enemy only)
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Fuuin no Tsurugi / Rekka no Ken (Gameboy Advance)
- Lord (Roy -- Fuuin no Tsurugi) --> Master Lord (restricted to swords)
- Lord (Hector -- Rekka no Ken) --> Great Lord (can use swords in addition to axes after promotion)
- Lord (Lyn -- Rekka no Ken) --> Blade Lord (can use bows in addition to swords after promotion)
- Lord (Eliwood -- Rekka no Ken) --> Knight Lord (can use lances in addition to swords after promotion)
- Cavalier --> Paladin
- Knight --> General
- Nomad --> Nomad Trooper
- Bandit --> Berserker
- Pirate --> Berserker
- Shaman --> Druid
- Monk (male only) --> Bishop (male)
- Cleric (female only) --> Bishop (female)
- Mage --> Sage
- Fighter --> Warrior
- Mercenary --> Hero
- Myrmidon --> Swordmaster
- Troubadour --> Valkyrie
- Thief (both games) --> Assassin (Rekka no Ken only)
- Wyvern Rider --> Wyvern Lord
- Pegasus Knight --> Falcoknight
- Dark Druid (enemy only)
- Archsage
- Soldier (enemy or NPC)
- Archer --> Sniper
- Bard (male only)
- Dancer (female only)
- Magic Seal (enemy only)
- Mamkute (Fuuin no Tsurugi only)
- Prince (NPC only)
- Emperor (Fuuin no Tsurugi only -- enemy only)
Fire Emblem: Seima no Kouseki (GBA)
- Lord (Eirik) --> Master Lord (restricted to Swords)
- Lord (Ephraim) --> Master Lord (restricted to Lances)
- Mamkute (Myrrh)
- Trainee Fighter (Ross) --> Pirate or Fighter
- Trainee Soldier (Amelia) --> Social Knight or Armour Knight
- Trainee Mage (Ewan) --> Mage or Shaman
- Thief --> Rogue or Assassin
- Sword Fighter --> Swordsmaster or Assassin
- Pirate --> Berserker or Warrior
- Fighter --> Warrior or Hero
- Mercenary --> Hero or Forrest Knight
- Archer --> Forrest Knight or Sniper
- Social Knight --> Paladin or Great Knight
- Armour Knight --> Great Knight or General
- Mage --> Sage or Mage Knight
- Troubadour --> Mage Knight or Valkyrie
- Sister --> Bishop or Valkyrie
- Monk --> Bishop or Sage
- Priest --> Bishop or Sage
- Shaman --> Druid or Summoner
- Dragon Knight --> Dragon Master or Wyvern Knight
- Pegasus Knight --> Falcon Knight or Wyvern Knight
- Necromancer (enemy only)
- Soldier
Other games
There are many games with character classes (the articles on these games include information about the classes they use):
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