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Contents 1 Thief Classes 1.1 Thieves 1.2 Burglars 1.3 Assassins 1.4 Rogues 1.5 Acrobats 1.6 Bards 2 Warrior Classes 2.1 Warriors 2.2 Knights 2.3 Rangers 2.4 Archers 2.5 Monks 2.6 Barbarians 3 Mage Classes 3.1 Mages 3.2 Sorcerers 3.3 Healers 3.4 Battle Mages 3.5 Spellswords 3.6 Nightblades 3.7 Notes

[edit] Thief Classes

Although all thieves and thief sub-classes have the ability to pick locks, pick pockets, and steal items, various classes have certain advantages or disadvantages in these areas. The governing statistics for all thief classes are Agility and Intelligence. A high Speed rating is also very desirable.

[edit] Thieves

Quick, agile, and cunning, Thieves use agility and speed to steal for a living. They are useful in combat to surprise the enemy, scout, or try for critical hits. Thieves have a chance per level of experience to score a critical hit when attacking an opponent. A critical hit is defined as triple the damage the weapon normally does. Thieves are the fastest to rise in experience levels. Thieves can pick locks and pockets. This ability increases as the Thief increases in levels.

• Weapons: Dagger, shortsword, broadsword, saber, war axe, short bow
• Armor: Leather only
• Shield: Buckler only
• Starting Health: 25 + d10

[edit] Burglars

Burglars are adept at picking locks and infiltrating different areas. They do this better than any other class, honing their skills to be able to find ways into areas thought inaccessible. They are very useful when exploring new dungeons, palaces, or other areas where others may be stopped by locked doors and/or chests. Burglars also receive a chance per level to score a critical strike (triple damage) when attacking an opponent, though they are not as adept at this as Thieves.

• Weapons: Dagger, shortsword, tanto, short bow
• Armor: Leather only
• Shield: None
• Starting Health: 25 + d8

[edit] Assassins

Assassins are the dark hand of the night, their skills honed to the killing of others. They are very adept at this, able to find weak points or areas to strike, often felling opponents much more powerful than themselves. Assassins have the greatest chance per level to score a critical hit (triple damage) when attacking.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather only
• Shield: None
• Starting Health: 25 + d12

[edit] Rogues

Rogues are Thieves who have also trained in using arms and armor. They have combined the agile and cunning of their brethren with the skill of arms found in Warriors. This makes them formidable and versatile. They are comparable in combat to the Warrior class, but still retain the ability to pick locks and pockets. Rogues have a slight chance per level to critical strike an opponent (triple damage).

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: Any except for tower
• Starting Health: 25 + d14

[edit] Acrobats

Acrobats are Thieves who have honed their physical skills in agility and balance to such a degree that they are almost supernaturally adept at scaling walls, running, jumping, and tumbling. They retain the ability to score a critical hit. They also have the ability to leap great distances and climb walls more securely and faster than the average Thief. They are, in general, the fastest characters on foot. Further, because of their nimbleness, Acrobats deduct a certain percentage form their opponent's base chance to hit when engaged in combat with them. This makes them difficult foes to hit, and dangerous adversaries.

• Weapons: Dagger, shortsword, broadsword, tanto, short bow
• Armor: Leather only
• Shield: None
• Starting Health: 25 + d8

[edit] Bards

A Bards is the proverbial "Jack of all Trades". They are able to perform many tasks, including but not limited to critical strikes, weapons skill, picking locks/pockets, and magic. they are a very versatile class, able to take up slack in almost any situation. Bards receive an amount equal to their Intelligence in spell points. A Bard's critical strike capability is useful when cornered by stronger opponents, though their chance to score is not as great as Thieves and the others in this subclass.

• Weapons: Dagger, shortsword, broadsword, saber, mace, war axe, short bow
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: Any except tower
• Starting Health: 25 + d10

[edit] Warrior Classes

Warriors and their subclasses are the strong arm of the Empire. They are versatile and useful in most situations, since there is no question that any problem can be solved with a sword. Warriors and their subclasses cannot ever cast spells. The governing statistics for Warriors and their subclasses are Strength and Endurance. A high Agility is also desirable, since this directly affects their Armor Rating.

[edit] Warriors

Warriors are the basic stock of the world of Tamriel. They are a versatile character, able to employ their skill at arms in almost any situation. With the exception of Knights and Rangers, Warriors are the only other class able to wear plate armor. This fact is important, for only plate armor is strong enough to be enchanted. Therefore, only Warriors, Knights and Rangers may wear enchanted armor. Warriors are the second fastest to rise in experience, thieves being the fastest. At high levels this, along with the use of magical equipment, puts them in equal standing with Mages and their ilk.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Any
• Shield: Any
• Starting Health: 25 + d20

[edit] Knights

Knights are the fighters of the noble class. They are well schooled in the ways of chivalry and conduct themselves with honor and dignity. Because of a Knight's innate strength of character, he or she is immune to paralyzation, whether they be carried by spells or poison. They also have the ability to repair damaged weapons or armor. This ability is done automatically to any weapons or armor in their inventory. Knights and the other Warrior subclasses do not rise in experience as quickly as a Warrior.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Any but leather
• Shield: Any
• Starting Health: 25 + d18

[edit] Rangers

Rangers are woodsmen and hunters, adept at tracking, survival, and pathfinding. Rangers, because of their skills at tracking and survival, automatically decrease their traveling time between cities. In addition, Rangers do extra damage equivalent to their level to their opponent.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Any
• Shield: Any except tower
• Starting Health: 25 + d18

[edit] Archers

Archers are the marksmen of the Empire, adapt at using any missile weapon during melee. Archers have a chance of causing a critical strike upon a target per experience level when using any missile weapon (long bow or short bow). A critical strike causes triple the normal damage caused for the weapon used.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: None
• Starting Health: 25 + d16

[edit] Monks

Monks use the discipline of their mind to hone their bodies into lethal killing machines. Monks have a chance per level of experience to deliver a critical strike (triple damage) when engaged with an opponent. They do not have this ability with missile weapons. Further, Monks deduct from their opponents base chance to hit for each level of experience they have attained. Because of their mental discipline, Monks can actually reduce the amount of damage they would normally take. If they successfully save versus a spell, it will result in no damage, as opposed to the normal result of taking half damage.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: None
• Shield: None
• Starting Health: 25 + d14

[edit] Barbarians

Barbarians are Warriors who have learned to fight in order to survive the harsh life of their homeland. Barbarians begin with the most hit points of any character class. Because of their hardy upbringing, Barbarians have a natural immunity to poison. Barbarians, because of their incredible physique, heal additional health points based upon their endurance.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: Any
• Starting Health: 25 + d30

[edit] Mage Classes

Wizards and their subclasses use and manipulate the essence of magic. They are, at high levels, some of the most powerful characters available to play, mainly because of the wide variety of spells they can employ. Wizards and their subclasses use Intelligence and Willpower as their governing statistics.

[edit] Mages

Mages are born and bred for manipulating magic. They may however use a limited assortment of weapons. They depend upon spells for defensive and offensive power. Mages have double their Intelligence in spell points.

• Weapons: Dagger, staff
• Armor: None
• Shield: Buckler only
• Starting Health: 25 + d6

[edit] Sorcerers

Sorcerers are a strange breed of magic users. They are those born with the potential of casting spells, but with no power to generate spell points internally. This does not make them any less powerful; in fact, Sorcerers have the potential to be the most powerful of all the Mage classes. This is because of the unique way in which they manipulate magic. Sorcerers are in essence magical batteries. They absorb spell points from spells that are targeted at them. Sorcerers may absorb up to triple their Intelligence in spell points. If a spell is absorbed, the Sorcerer takes no damage, but instead adds the spell's total power points, divided by the Sorcerer's level, to his/her spell points. These points are permanent until used. If the Sorcerer fails to absorb a directed spell, they take the normal effects, whatever they may be. The chance a Sorcerer will absorb the spell is equal to the sum of his Intelligence and Willpower, then divided by two. Sorcerers do not regenerate spell points and they do not absorb points from their own spells. If a Sorcerer has absorbed spell points to his/her maximum, he/she will be unable to absorb more spells, and will take damage from spells just as any other character. Regardless of these restrictions, they have the ability to cast more powerful spells because when they are fully charged, they have more spell points than any other Mage class. They can therefore cast more powerful spells at lower levels, provided that the spell is in their spellbook.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: None
• Starting Health: 25 + d6

[edit] Healers

Healers are Mages dedicated to treating injuries and helping those in need. Their powers tend to be powerful in a defensive nature, and weak in an offensive nature. Healers have an increased base healing rate. Certain defensive spell effects in the Spellmaker are cheaper for a Healer to buy. Healers have 1.75 times their Intelligence in spell points.

• Weapons: Dagger, staff, mace, flail
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: Buckler or round only
• Starting Health: 25 + d10

[edit] Battle Mages

Battle Mages are trained and bred to manipulating the essence of magic in battle. They are highly skilled at delivering offensive spells at their targets. They have 1.75 times their Intelligence in spell points. Certain offensive spell effects in the Spellmaker are cheaper for a Battle Mage to buy. In combat, a trained Battle Mage has few equals.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather only
• Shield: Buckler or round only
• Starting Health: 25 + d12

[edit] Spellswords

Spellswords are those few Mages who have found that they have a unique ability to cast spells while in armor or using weapons. They are warrior-mages, dedicating their lives to learning not only the arts of war, but the ethereal ways of power. Spellswords, because of their dedication to learning both arts, receive only 1.5 times their Intelligence in spell points. This is more than made up for by their versatility in combat and their increased starting hit points.

• Weapons: Any
• Armor: Leather or chain only
• Shield: Any except tower
• Starting Health: 25 + d16

[edit] Nightblades

Nightblades are those Mages who have perfected their arts to help in activities involving infiltration, spying, and stealth. They are much like Thieves, creatures of the night, able to use their considerable powers to help them in their nocturnal activities. In combat, Nightblades receive a chance per level of scoring a critical hit (triple damage). Nightblades can pick locks about as well as Rogues. They also receive 1.5 times their Intelligence in starting spell points.

• Weapons: Dagger, staff, short bow, shortsword, saber
• Armor: Leather only
• Shield: Buckler only
• Starting Health: 25 + d8

[edit] Notes

• Where starting health is described as "25 + dy", "25" is the base number of hit points and "dy" is a random number between 1 and y. So, if starting health is described as "25 + d8", your starting hit points will be from 26 to 33. Also, when you level, your hit points will go up by "dy", so to continue the example, when the character gains a level, he will also gain 1 to 8 hit points.