The Fatemark

Dragonborn resemble humanoid dragons. They’re covered in scaly hide, but they don’t have tails. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 7 feet in height and weighing 300 pounds or more. A typical dragonborn’s scales can be scarlet, gold, rust, ocher, bronze, or brown. Young dragonborn grow faster than human children do. They walk hours after hatching, reach the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 3 and reach adulthood by 15. They live about as long as humans do.

They mostly live in the City of Zir, rarely seen away from it. When Zir fell under the Dominion, the dragonborn, due to the dragon blood in their veins, were given a choice to pledge loyalty to the Dominion or die. Those that did escaped bondage, were elevated to the race-exclusive caste of Draconians and given control over the civil government of the Desert Citadel.

The barbarian is a primal warrior who prefers to charge in to engage foes in melee. They can follow either the Path of the Berserker, focusing on dealing as much damage as possible in melee combat, or the Path of the Totem Warrior, accepting an animal as a spiritual guide for a more shaman-like experience.

They don't usually wear much armor, but have a lot of hit points and can take quite the punishment. They can also dish out a lot of punishment. By going into a rage, they can reduce the damage enemies inflict on them as well as increase their own capabilities even further. Their biggest challenge is getting to enemies that use spells or fly to keep away from them. Depending on their race and background, Barbarians usually hail from the very corners of civilization, from small tribes living in Anai, Yunica, the Northlands or from the Vasari tribes in Epora.

The bard uses music and magic to support and inspire the rest of the party. Bards can specialize in the College of Lore, which allows for a more versatile character who can learn some spells and become proficient in the player's choice of skills, or the College of Valor, which makes the bard more martial and combat-oriented.

Very charismatic and natural at talking their way out or into trouble, the Bard in combat acts as a powerful support caster. They choose what spells they want to know, and then simply cast them through music. These range from healing magic, to lightning bolts, to charms or buffs. They can also give out Bardic Inspiration, which allow characters to combine their regular dice roll with an additional dice from the Bardic Inspiration.

Clerics are warrior-healers who stride into combat wearing heavy armor and weapons but can also call on divine powers to heal and protect their allies or destroy their enemies. Clerics worship a specific deity, which will be discussed and decided on during that first session between the Dungeon Master and player.

They have full access to all their spell list from 1st-level onwards, but can only prepare a small selection of spells each day. This means it can take quite some time and effort to play a Cleric and learn your options of spells, but you might also single-handedly keep your party alive. It should be noted, that while the Cleric is the best healer in the game - a healer is not necessery to play D&D.

Druids are spellcasters devoted to the world and powers of Nature. From scouting for potential dangers by shapeshifting into a giant eagle, or turning into an earth elemental and simply passing through cave walls, the Druid has amazing out of combat utility to the party.

They have full access to all their spell list from 1st-level onwards, but can only prepare a small selection of spells each day. This means it can take quite some time and effort to play a Druid and learn your options of spells, but the range of options available also means you are very versatile spellcaster capable of adopting the form of a beast for battle or utility, bolstering the party and healing their wounds, or laying low enemies with nature's wrath.

The Fighter is made for combat. Using any assortment of weapons and armor they wish, they venture into the heat of the battle and bring the fight to the enemy. While the Barbarian can dish out and take large amounts of damage in a short amount of time, the Fighter does the same over a prolonged set of battles. They rely more on not getting hit, rather than simply eating enemy damage.

They have less out of combat utility or skills but do generally have higher stats than other classes. At later levels they can specialize into three options. The Champion simply makes them better at what they do, combat. The Battle Master allows the Fighter to control the battlefield with special maneuvers. The Eldritch Knight allows the Fighter to gain a touch of magic.

The Monk is a master of martial arts, skilled with fighting hand-to-hand or with weapons. They are naturally fast and are extremely good at shrugging off effects and performing saving throws They can harness their own body's energy in the form of Ki. Ki is a resource the Monk can use to increase their survivability in battle or apply a good amount of damage when it is needed.

Their subclasses lets them specialize into a stealthy ninja character, or a mystic caster with a few spells at their disposal or enhance their natural martial art capabilities. In Fatemark, all Monks have some relationship to the Deduran Dominion in one form or another. Expect to work closely with the Dungeon Master to decide exactly what capacity this relationship takes.

While the Cleric can be considered a heavy defensive support, the Paladin is a heavy frontline support. They are proficient with all weapons and armors and have a helpful amount of healing. They stride into combat under divine orders of their chosen deity, which will be discussed and decided on during that first session between the Dungeon Master and player.

They have full access to all their spell list from 1st-level onwards, but can only prepare a small selection of spells each day. However the amount and range of options is much less than either the Druid or Cleric. Their spells focus pretty heavily on controlling the playing field, either through making sure their side's healthy and doing well, or through making sure the enemy's not doing anything the Paladin doesn't want.

The Ranger is a master of ranged combat, able to provide plenty of punishment from a distance. They are also capable of casting some select spells to either heal their party or harm their enemies. Outside of combat the Ranger is incredibly useful to the party when adventuring from being able to track other creatures, transverse difficult terrain or simply surviving in the wild.

Rangers do not have full access to all Ranger spells, but instead learn spells every so often as they level up. These spells are always available to be cast, so unlike the Cleric or Druid, they do not need to prepare spells each day. This makes their spellcasting a little simpler to grasp, at the cost of limiting their options. At later levels they can specialize into the Hunter subclass, which focuses on improving their ability in combat or the Beast Master subclass, which focuses on getting a beast companion of their choice which aids them in combat.

Rogues are specialists in what they do. They are extremely effective in very specific areas of focus. Those areas tend to be checking for traps, deceiving a potential enemy, sneaking into an enemy camp, picking a prison lock or lethally removing a specific creature. In combat, they're very potent against distracted targets or targets they otherwise have an advantage over.

Rogues can further hone their skills into three archetypes at later levels: The Assassin becomes even more lethal, the Thief specializes in acrobatics and dodging threats and the Arcane Trickster gives the Rogue a whole new set of magic tools to deploy. Rogues tend towards unlawful behavior, but your specific Rogue can easily be the exception if you wish.

Sorcerers carry a magical birthright conferred upon them by an exotic bloodline, some otherworldly influence, or exposure to unknown cosmic forces. One can’t study sorcery as one learns a language, anymore than one can learn to live a legendary life. No one chooses sorcery; the power chooses the sorcerer. They wield magic innately, and can use Sorcery Points to modify and change the properties of each spell according to their needs, such as increasing the damage a spell can do, or the range at which the spell can be cast.

Sorcerers do not have full access to all Sorcerer spells, but instead learn spells every so often as they level up. These spells are always available to be cast, so unlike the Cleric or Druid, they do not need to prepare spells each day. But this does not make their spellcasting easier to grasp, for the range of spells available to choose from are as vast as the Cleric or the Druid. The key to the Sorcerer is flexibility in wielding magic. The source of their powers comes from either ancient Draconic Bloodline running in their veins or from exposure to Wild Magic of the Elemental Planes.

Warlocks have made a pact with a powerful otherworldly Patron to become spellcasters. Their Patron can be of three kinds: a powerful Archfey creature from the Feywild, a Fiend or Demon from the Abyss or a Great Old One, from beyond the Far Realm. The exact identidy of these Patrons will be provided by the Dungeon Master during character creation. The boon from these Patrons comes in the form of Eldritch Invocations, special powers that alter or augment their spellcasting.

Warlocks do not have full access to all Warlock spells, but instead learn spells every so often as they level up. These spells are always available to be cast, so unlike the Cleric or Druid, they do not need to prepare spells each day. And the spells they do cast can be recovered during a short rest, unlike most other casters that require a full night's sleep. This makes the Warlock a very consistent spellcaster which compliments their other non-spell related features of their class.

Wizards are supreme magic-users, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and brute-force mind control. Their magic conjures monsters from other planes of existence, glimpses the future, or turns slain foes into zombies. Their mightiest spells change one substance into another, call meteors down from the sky, or open portals to other worlds. And all this power is learned, from books and schools of magic. There are two sources of Wizards in Asera, the Damaska School of the Arcane Arts in Dedura or the Grand College in the City of Zir. The exact origin of the Wizard will be discussed with the Dungeon Master at character creation.

Wizards have a Spellbook, and from this Spellbook can only prepare a small selection of spells each day. However, as they level up, they can add spells to their Spellbook and the range of options to choose from is much larger than any of the other spellcasters. They can even copy down spells from Scrolls or other Wizard's Spellbooks and learn new spells that way. While a very versatile spellcaster, they have almost no other skills to offer in combat outside magic.