% CHARACTER CLASSES
% Jessica L. Parsons <orc@pell.portland.or.us>
% Fri Jan 18 07:40:31 PST 2008

#Character classes

There are only 3 character classes in my campaign; Fighters, Mages, and
Thieves. Each of these classes does what you would expect, except that Mages
also have the standard D&D Cleric spells available to them.

=FIGHTER=
    Good combat skills; fighters have a better initial chance to
    hit and their to-hit chance goes up quickly with level.

=MAGE=
    Magic.

=THIEF=
    Stealing things, of course, but they've also got some of the
    ranger skills (tracking....)

Any character may mix or match any character classes, so it is possible
to have a Fighter-Mage-Thief if you really want.  However, when you create
the character, you only get one free character class (a second class costs
you $500.), and if you decide to pick up another character class after you've
established your character class, it will cost you [1000+](#footnote1) experience points to
get first level in that class.

>[As you get higher level, it takes more experience to
> gain another class.](id:footnote1)

##Awarding experience points

I don't award experience points for killing monsters; I don't award
experience points for gold.  My ep system is based on DragonSlayer, SPI's
(wonderful, but overly complex) RPG, where you get experience points based
on your accomplishments during a mission.

At first level, expect to get 75-125 experience points/mission if
everything worked out properly; less if you screwed everything up.

##Experience points needed for level advancement

<table border=1>
<tr><th colspan=2>MAGE</th><th colspan=2>FIGHTER</th><th colspan=2>THIEF</th></tr>
<tr><th>level</th><th>EP needed</th><th>level</th><th>EP needed</th><th>level</th><th>EP needed</th></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>0*</td><td>1</td><td>0*</td><td>1</td><td>0*</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>250</td><td>2</td><td>200</td><td>2</td><td>150</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>550</td><td>3</td><td>450</td><td>3</td><td>300</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>900</td><td>4</td><td>750</td><td>4</td><td>500</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>1300</td><td>5</td><td>1100</td><td>5</td><td>750</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>1750</td><td>6</td><td>1500</td><td>6</td><td>1050</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>2250</td><td>7</td><td>1950</td><td>7</td><td>1400</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>2800</td><td>8</td><td>2450</td><td>8</td><td>1800</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>3400</td><td>9</td><td>3000</td><td>9</td><td>2250</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>4050</td><td>10</td><td>3600</td><td>10</td><td>2750</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>4750</td><td>11</td><td>4250</td><td>11</td><td>3300</td></tr>
<tr><td>12+</td><td>+900/level</td><td>12+</td><td>+800/level</td><td>12+</td><td>+700/level</td></tr>
</table>

> If an established character is given a new class, it costs 1000 ep
> to attain first level in that class.


##To-hit tables for character classes

<table border=1>
<tr><th colspan=2>FIGHTER</th><th colspan=2>MAGE</th><th colspan=2>THIEF</th></tr>
<tr><th>level</th><th>H<B>AC</B>0</th><th>level</th><th>H<B>AC</B>0</th><th>level</th><th>H<B>AC</B>0</th></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>19</td><td>1</td><td>21</td><td>1</td><td>21</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>19</td><td>2</td><td>21</td><td>2</td><td>21</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>18</td><td>3</td><td>21</td><td>3</td><td>21</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>20</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>17</td><td>5</td><td>20</td><td>5</td><td>20</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>17</td><td>6</td><td>20</td><td>6</td><td>20</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>16</td><td>7</td><td>20</td><td>7</td><td>19</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>16</td><td>8</td><td>20</td><td>8</td><td>19</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>9</td><td>19</td><td>9</td><td>19</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>19-1/2 levels</td><td>19</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>18</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2 rowspan=2>&nbsp;</td><td>11</td><td>19</td><td>11</td><td>18</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>19-1/4 levels</td><td>12</td><td>19-1/3 levels</td></tr>
</table>

Armour class starts at 10 and works its way down from there.  AC10 is
bare skin, AC2 is the equivalent of platemail &amp; a shield.  To figure out
what you need to roll (on a d20, natch), you add your opponent's AC to your
HAC0 and try to roll that number or less on a d20.