Classes (base and prestige)

DMs may wish to use alternate character classes in their Birthright campaign, or in another setting with Birthright concepts such as Bloodline.

Because different classes can have a substantial impact on play - particularly if they are intended to replace existing classes in a region or the entire setting - they should not normally be used in the main BRwiki when describing NPCs, as it can be hard to substitute a 'standard' class for the 'designer' class, should a DM not want to allow the new class in their campaign.

Birthright was originally designed with class variants that differed from the hack-'n'-slash approach that was popular in D&D at the time. One of these variants, the noble, made it into the BRCS. Another, the guilder, did not. Both have vehement proponents of various incarnations. This is a good place to put your favored incarnation with an explanation of various powers and purposes to justify why your version should be used instead of someone-else's.

If you want to add a class, please list it in the appropriate section below – remember the naming convention and try to make the name distinctive. By starting each page with 'your user name you can avoid copying an existing BRCS link and also emphasize that this is your work – not ‘official canon’. Because new classes frequently use 'house rules' such as new abilities, they are 'house rules' not 'Fanfic' for wiki classification purposes.

Please also start with a breadcrumb back to this page for ease of navigation, and put a red band at the top of the article to show that it is a class. The Category for classes should be both ‘Game Mechanics’ and ‘Classes’ – see an existing page for a template. You can copy and paste to and from Word when editing a wiki page and it is often easier to convert a copy of someone else’s rules into yours than work from scratch.