Secondary Classes in Pathfinder RPG

[SarNati]

I know there are a flood of questions regarding all the upcoming content for the Pathfinder RPG. We are still in the brand new development phase of Alpha testing. With that in mind, i was just wondering if we had any idea about future things to be incorporated:

I love the Warlock and Duskblade classes. Are there any plans on introducing/updating the classes from the "Complete" books of 3.5 and adding them to the Pathfinder RPG?

Will there be work on the negative HP system? I love the way you are trying to make clerics more than simple heal-bots and allow them the ability to use their varied talents. This has been a long time in coming. Are there thoughts on changing the -10hp your dead system? Either by increasing the number you have (half your total hit points available in negatives?) or by changing how damage reduces you to negative (a blow to a character with 1hp left is reduced to -1 no matter the damage or something like that?)

Thanks, and i will continue to support you Paizo. You guys do marvelous work.

[Shisumo]

SarNati wrote:

I love the Warlock and Duskblade classes. Are there any plans on introducing/updating the classes from the "Complete" books of 3.5 and adding them to the Pathfinder RPG?

This is material outside the SRD, and thus owned by WotC. No one else gets to play with them.

That said, we are still an iconic short, and I find myself very curious about the obvious desire for an arcane warrior class...

[Wayne Ligon]

Shisumo wrote:

That said, we are still an iconic short, and I find myself very curious about the obvious desire for an arcane warrior class...

I think that would be a good opportunity for a 'Pathfinder' class :)

[SarNati]

Wayne Ligon wrote:

Shisumo wrote:

That said, we are still an iconic short, and I find myself very curious about the obvious desire for an arcane warrior class...

I think that would be a good opportunity for a 'Pathfinder' class :)

a "Pathfinder" class would be fun... but sounds more rangerish. But i do like the idea of an arcane warrior class (hence why i like the Duskblade).

Any thoughts on the -HP thing?

[DudeMonkey]

The warlock and duskblades have more options available "out of the box" than the core classes. Well, Warlocks have fewer, but they're always available. These two classes don't suffer from the potholes that some of the core classes do (dead levels, restricted options, inflexibility, lack of power relative to newer classes). I expect to use the warlock and the duskblade (two popular classes in my group) side-by-side with the PRPG core classes. PRPG is backwards compatible, so newer WotC classes should be able to slide right in.

[Mr Baron]

If the final product is fully compatible, we should be able to use all the classes in the complete series of books.

Now with that said, I am hoping for a couple of interesting Pathfinder specific classes. I really like the idea of an actual "Pathfinder" class.

[Windbit]

Pathfinder is more of an organization than an actual class, but it has been hinted previously that a Hellknight PrC class may be in the works, so if anything Pathfinders should be a PrC.

However, I would like it the Thaumaturge was included, even if it was just intended as a "villains-only" class. It's already been used in RotR twice that I know of.

[SarNati]

*Bump* for more discussion.

[Jason Bulmahn]

I would love to tackle the classes you mention, but as a few others pointed out, they are not a part of the SRD and are not Open Content. That, unfortunately, means that we cannot touch them.

As for new classes, right now, I think we have enough to work on without including brand new classes. New classes might need to wait for other products.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer