Character class - Classless Characters

A character class represents a character's archetype and career in some role-playing games (RPGs). Usually, players choose their class when they create their character and may not completely part from that class during the life of that character. Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) introduced the usage of classes, and they are now found in all games which use the d20 system. They are also found in many computer and videogame RPGs. Character class - Various sorts of classes. D&D ...

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D&D provided a set of four classes that many players consider prototypical among games with classes: Fighter (combat-based abilities, but almost non-existent magic), Thief (in non-fantasy games) or Rogue (in medieval circumstances) (with stealth- and socialization-based abilities), magic user (powerful magical abilities, but physically weak), and Cleric (healing and supportive magical abilities, and minor combat abilities). Non-fantasy role-playing games often fill the place of the magic user with psychic- or scientist-like classes, and the Cleri ...

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Character class, Character class - Various sorts of classes, Character class - Classless Characters, Character class - Non-Role-Playing Games

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