![]() At low levels, your class gives you only two or three features, but as you advance in level you gain more and your existing features often improve. Your class gives you a variety of special features, such as a fighter’s mastery of weapons and armor, and a wizard’s spells. While the fighter has contacts in a mercenary company or army, the cleric might know a number of priests, paladins, and devotees who share his faith. A cleric, by contrast, might see himself as a willing servant in a god’s unfolding plan or a conflict brewing among various deities. ![]() A fighter, for example, might view the world in pragmatic terms of strategy and maneuvering, and see herself as just a pawn in a much larger game. Class shapes the way you think about the world and interact with it and your relationship with other people and powers in the multiverse. It’s more than a profession it’s your character’s calling. ![]() They are heroes, compelled to explore the dark places of the world and take on the challenges that lesser women and men can’t stand against.Ĭlass is the primary definition of what your character can do. ![]() Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft CreaturesĪdventurers are extraordinary people, driven by a thirst for excitement into a life that others would never dare lead. ![]()
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