Ptolus 4e
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Classes
Martial
Order of Iron Might
- Fighter (PHB, Martial Defender)
- Ranger (PHB, Martial Striker)
- Rogue (PHB, Martial Striker)
- Warlord (PHB, Martial Leader)
Divine
Lothian Church, Knights of the Veil (undead), Knights of the Pale (demons)
- Avenger (PHB2, Divine Striker)
- Cleric (PHB, Divine Leader)
- Invoker (PHB2, Divine Controller) – Knights of the Golden Cross
- Paladin (PHB, Divine Defender)
- Runepriest (PHB3, Divine Leader) - primarily dwarves, worshipping the dwarven gods?
Arcane
- Artificer (EPG, Arcane Leader) – Shuul
- Bard (PHB2, Arcane Leader) – Inverted Pyramid/Knights of the Chord
- Sorcerer (PHB2, Arcane Striker) – Inverted Pyramid
- Swordmage (FRPG, Arcane Defender) – Inverted Pyramid
- Warlock (PHB, Arcane Striker) – Sorn
- Wizard (PHB, Arcane Controller) – Inverted Pyramid
Primal
Viridian Lords, Circle of Green
- Barbarian (PHB2, Primal Striker)
- Druid (PHB2, Primal Controller)
- Seeker (PHB3, Primal Controller)
- Shaman (PHB2, Primal Leader)
- Warden (PHB2, Primal Defender)
Psionic
Ardent (PHB3, Psionic Leader) – Urthon Aeder Battlemind (PHB3, Psionic Defender) – Urthon Aeder Monk (PHB3, Psionic Striker) – Order of the Fist Psion (PHB3, Psionic Controller) – Urthon Aeder
Shadow
Assassin (DR, Shadow Striker) – Vai
Races
D&D Races
- Changeling – replacing shades (I think)
- Deva – replacing aasimars (as well as half-celestials and angels in the Malkuth)
- Dragonborn – replacing Litorians
- Drow – as normal
- Dwarf – Stonelost or Grailwarden (no mechanical difference, except in feats? artificers!)
- Eladrin – as normal (Elder Elves)
- Elf – as normal (Shoal Elves)
- Genasi – replacing Cherubim Elves and other exotic sorts (like elemental deva), half-elementals from Charad Titan rule
- Githzerai – taking some Harrow Elves space, maybe all of it?
- Gnome – as normal
- Goliath – added, just as a race rarely seen
- Half-Elf – as normal
- Half-Orc – as normal
- Halfling – as normal
- Human – as normal
- Minotaur – as normal
- Revenant – replace Forsaken Shigmaa
- Shardmind – formed from the breaking of the Gates of Delirium (instead of Pools of Insanity?)
- Shifter – added, just as a race rarely seen, snagging some Litorian space
- Tiefling – as normal, trace lineage back to Kem
- Warforged – added, as a race created by the Grailwarden dwarves
- Wilden – added, rarely seen outside of Feywild
Ptolus Races
- Aram (centaurs) exist as normal, mostly NPCs
- Assari (lizardfolk) exist as normal, mostly NPCs
- Litorians dropped in favor of Dragonborn and Shifters
- Cherubim Elves dropped in favor of Genasi
- Harrow Elves dropped in favor of Githzerai
- Toruk-Rul Orcs are Far-Realm tainted, themed orcs
Noble Houses
- Abanar: The same.
- Dallimothan: Dragonborn.
- Erthuo: Eladrin and half-elves.
- Kath: The same.
- Khatru: The same.
- Nagel: The same.
- Rau: The same.
- Sadar: The same.
- Shever: The same.
- Vladaam: Tieflings.
Organizations
- Circle of Green: Primal power source folks, preceded/associated with the Viridian Lords.
- Fallen: Devils looking to resurrect their dead god.
- Forsaken: Undead worshippers, ties to the shadowfell. Shadar-kai.
- Inverted Pyramid: Arcane power guild.
- Keepers of the Veil: Paladins who fight undead.
- Knights of the Chord: Bards.
- Knights of the Golden Cross: Invokers with lore of the ancient wars.
- Knights of the Pale: Demon-slayers.
- Malkuth: Deva.
- Order of the Fist: Monks.
- Order of Iron Might: Martial class guild for warriors.
- Shuul: Artificers and alchemists guild.
- Sorn: Warlocks. Perhaps Shadow classes?
- Urthon Aeder: Masked psychic power folks, Urthon Aeder armor applies to any
- Vai: Assassin guild (chaos cult?)
- Viridian Lords: Primal power source folks.