Variant class

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Variant classes are slightly altered core classes, creating classes that are somewhat different than the standard druid, hunter, warlock, mage, etc. A variant class takes one of the existing base classes and alters it slightly — usually swapping one class feature for another, or performing some other minor alterations. These variant classes allow a larger range of customization and represent slightly different concepts. In a way, the healer and arcanist classes already present variant classes: they have different paths. The healer class, for instance, has four variants: the druid, priest, shaman and witch doctor. The arcanist class, has four variants: the inscriber, mage, necromancer and warlock.^{APG 4 HPG 4}

Variant classes are RPG classes.

Contents 1 Variant Classes 2 Arcanist Paths 3 Healer Paths 4 Ex-variant 5 Notes

Variant Classes

• Lone druid
• Totemic druid

• Druid of the claw
• Druid of the talon
• Druid of the fang

• Focused mage
• Auradin
• Melee hunter
• Wandering hunter
• Uncorrupted necromancer
• Uncorrupted warlock
• Battle shaman
• Far Seer
• Hidden warlock
• Aquatic druid
• Druid of the nightmare
• Martial enchanter -The only prestige class variant.
• Dark inscriber
• Arcane alchemist
• Elementalist
• Contender
• Lone wolf runemaster
• Dungeoneer
• Aquatic shaman
• Shadowmage

• Racial Iconic Classes

Arcanist Paths

• Mage
• Necromancer
• Warlock
• Inscriber

Healer Paths

• Druid
• Priest
• Shaman
• Witch Doctor

Ex-variant

• Ex-paladin - Not so much a true variant or class, but a penalized paladin (blocked from Light-given abilities).
• Ex-barbarian - Not so much a true variant or class, but a penalized barbarian (loses certain wild abilities).

Notes

Druid of the Claw, Druid of the Talon, Druid of the Fang are alterations of the totemic druid.