Behind the Scenes Interlude II (1/2)

Let's talk about classes and jobs.

Recently, a fan asked me for a list of jobs. While I can't give a complete one, I can certainly give a list of the most basic jobs, explain what each one does, and why classes are a thing.

There are three types of known jobs; Racial, Adventuring, and Crafting. Racial jobs are the hardest to get... you have to be born into that species, or be permanently transformed into a species of that type to gain a racial job. Or you have to have something weird going on with you, like being made as a sentient golem who looks like a bear. In which case you get both the golem job and the job of the race you look like. Ain't you lucky! Well no, not really, but to see proof of that read the rest of this story.

Racial jobs also determine how many adventuring jobs you can have. A human has a cap of seven adventuring jobs. Dragons, depending on their type, have a cap of one or two. Toy Golems, those poor bastards, are an unknown quanitity as yet.

Crafting jobs are passed down from people who know the job, or can be learned by working on basic level projects in that field of expertise. Sew something together, you can be a tailor. Hammer a piece of metal in a forge, you can be a smith. Like adventuring jobs, your race caps your crafting jobs. Humans can have 3, dwarves can have 4, etc, and so on.

Adventuring jobs are where the meat of things are, and where things get a little complicated.

So, classes are broad categories. They describe, in the broadest possible terms, what the jobs that fall under them DO. There are a grand total of seven classes, and each one has four Tier 1 jobs.

Tiers, I should probably explain tiers. I'll get to that later. For now understand that the jobs listed below are Tier 1 jobs.

THE CLASSES AND THEIR TIER 1 JOBS

The classes, and their four associated jobs, are as follows;

CREATORS

Creators cover most of the ”pet” jobs. They are generally mage types that use magical minions to adventure. Each of them has a hefty dose of utility spells and effects, but at the cost of being fairly squishy.

1. Animators are the first Creator job. They animate objects, whether prepared or on the fly. Such objects are called animi, and, well, they're pretty simple.

2. Conjurors are the second Creator job. They summon outsiders to do their bidding, and create objects from nothing. Anvils are a pretty fun mid-level conjure, usually summoned a few hundred feet up.

3. Elementalists can summon elementals of their favored element, and manipulate and create their element. Elementals are pretty powerful, but hard to control.

4. Necromancers turn corpses and souls into undead, and get some stuff for mucking around with the dead. They're not illegal, but usually shunned by polite society.

DIVA

Divas are all about getting and using people's attention. Think of them as social-focused types with a weird trick or three, and you're generally right.

1. Bards use music to do all sorts of things, and are jacks-of-all trades. They can literally learn skills from other jobs. Just a few, but it can come in handy.

2. Models are all about looking awesome, and building their body to the way they want it to be.

3. Rulers like being in charge, because they can hand out awesome buffs for their subjects, and decrees, which get them to do things for the ruler.

4. Sensates... hm, cross an artist with an illusionist and you're not wrong. They're about creating art, and messing with the senses.

PRIEST

Priests are holy folk, who are empowered by the gods and other forces for the benefit of themselves and/or their communities.

1. Clerics are messengers of a specific god, and get a good amount of healing and blessings to help convert people to the faith.

2. Cultists worship or command dark powers, gaining the ability to decieve others, curse people, and cut bargains with foul creatures.

3. Oracles are recipients of wild divine power, holy men and women who bear primal magic and future sight.

4. Shamans are the appointed guardians of nature, using their affinity for plants, beasts, and wild forces to keep things in balance.

ROGUE

Rogues are all about dealing with other sentient people in an underhanded manner, whether it's with knives, theft, or lies.

1. Assassins are all about killing people sneakily.

2. Bandits are about robbing people un-sneakily, although ambushes are sometimes fun.

3. Burglars sneak into places and steal stuff.