List of Archetypes
Bard
Bard
A muse has called you to dabble in occult lore, allowing you to cast a few spells. The deeper you delve, the more powerful your performances become.
The bard archetype grants knowledge and powerful compositions that support your allies, whether from the front line or at a safe distance. These compositions use actions; making them a great choice if you have actions to spare.
Cleric
Cleric
You are an ordained priest of your deity and have even learned how to cast a few divine spells. Though your main training lies elsewhere, your religious calling provides you divine gifts.
Although many characters profess faith in the gods, the cleric archetype represents a character of another class who’s been acknowledged by a particular deity and granted divine spellcasting. Before a character takes the cleric archetype, it’s important to consider the god’s anathema and whether they’ll be able to avoid it. The many domains available to clerics of different deities also present a variety of options for focus spells.
- Martial clerics are typically looking for a potent domain spell or some healing to use in a pinch.
- Divine witch clerics double down as the ultimate divine spellcasters.
- Other spellcaster clerics diversify their options, becoming theurgic characters who combine two magical traditions.
Druid
Druid
You have entered a druidic circle and learned a few of the order’s secrets, granting you primal power.
The druid archetype can provide a bit of healing or elemental damage and can increase your utility in a natural environment with spells like speak with animals and one with stone.
Fighter
Fighter
You have spent time learning the art of warfare, increasing your skill with martial arms and at wearing armor. With further training, you can become a true combat specialist.
The fighter archetype grants access to great feats for characters focusing on any combat style, and it’s particularly helpful for characters looking to diversify their offensive abilities or focus on more powerful weapons.
- Bard fighters lead warriors from the front, using their martial skills to stay in the thick of combat where their audience is.
- Cleric fighters focus on a style of combat exemplified by their deity. A shield-using warpriest benefits from the best of both worlds in shield feats.
- Ranger fighters can either specialize in archery or use their fighter feats to pick up an unusual combat style combination.
- Rogue fighters can make good use of fighter’s free hand, two-weapon fighting, or archery feats. Making multiple Strikes can serve them well.
- Spellcaster fighters benefit greatly from the additional weapon proficiencies, and fighter is a solid choice for any spellcaster of a particularly martial bent.
Ranger
Ranger
You have studied hunting, tracking, and wilderness survival, adding a ranger’s tools to your skill set. Your keen eyes while hunting prey help gather more information.
The ranger archetype has access to excellent options to improve a character’s monster knowledge and survival skills, but ranger is of particular interest to any character wanting to become a dedicated archer.
- Bard rangers support their allies and animal companions with expanded combat options. The bard’s knowledge can also complement the ranger’s investigation of their foes.
- Cleric rangers are particularly fitting for deities who connect thematically to nature or have a bow as their favored weapon. (Or, in the case of Erastil, both!)
- Druids have the most thematic overlap with rangers among the spellcasters, allowing you to create a true master of the wilderness.
- Fighter rangers are among the most fearsome archers, combining the feats from both classes to create a fighting style unique to each fighter ranger. Some warden spells can also be particularly helpful to a fighter.
- Rogue rangers make excellent snipers or ranged skirmishers, with their rogue skills naturally playing into the ranger’s strengths.
- Witch rangers add a new prowess scouting to the information they can gain through their familiar and patron.
- Wizard rangers benefit greatly from ranger’s feat support, backing up their spells with ranged weapon attacks.
Rogue
Rogue
You’ve learned to sneak, steal, and disable traps. With time and luck, you’ll become capable of moving through the shadows, striking unseen, and escaping without notice.
Nearly any character can benefit from the many skills and tricks the rogue archetype grants.
- Bard rogues expand their robust base of skills. They are also well-suited to take advantage of the distractions caused by their performances and otherwise apply their skills to combat.
- Cleric rogues often follow gods that support trickery in combat, such as Calistria, learning a combat style that fits their god. However, many clerics might need stealth and trickery when their voices are unwelcome.
- Druid rogues can ambush foes in other forms, seamlessly fading into the shadows of the natural world.
- Fighter rogues combine the fighter’s accuracy with extra damage, a deadly combination for archers or finesse fighters.
- Ranger rogues benefit from the shared focus on trailing foes and catching them off
- guard. The flurry edge can get you many sneak attacks, and the precision edge doubles down on precision damage.
- Witch rogues apply the hexes of their patrons from the shadows and improve many of the simple weapons they’re trained in.
- Wizard rogues use the rogue multiclass to shore up skills or to pick up tricky rogue feats to help keep them safe.
Witch
Witch
You have heard the whispers of a distant patron, who sent an emissary to teach you powerful magic.
The witch archetype grants versatile prepared spells, perfect for characters looking to add some extra utility.
Wizard
Wizard
You have dabbled in the arcane arts and, through discipline and academic study, learned how to cast a few spells.
The wizard archetype grants versatile prepared spells, perfect for characters looking to add some extra utility.