The Contender

Inspiration

This custom class comes from my love of anime and games while growing up, and my desire to play over the top shonen-style protagonists with abilities that match. The Monk and Fighter classes never felt like they touched the save veins as a shonen anime and the Barbarian class felt like it goes too far in the other direction. The Contender class has a focus on tapping into an inner strength to gain an edge

Inspiration for these class archetypes comes from games and anime. The Paragon of the Fist is inspired by ‘Hajime No Ippo’, Dauntless Paragon is inspired by ‘Hepburn: Shijo Saiko no Deshi Kenichi’, and Paragon of the Blade is inspired by ‘Final Fantasy VII’.

Regarding Changes

The original release of this Contender class was admittedly rough around the edges. It has gone through a massive overhaul in both design choices and language used to better convey abilities. These abilities are now both more readily understandable from a roleplay standpoint and more mechanically sound for everyone’s benefit.

There has been some time to develope and playtest the Contender class and find some of the issues that arise from inexperience and nerves. The Contender class is now in a state that confidently reflects the inspirations it is based on.

Version 1.5

• Resolve has been changed to be more available
• A couple abilities have been joint as they were too similar in effects
• The capstone ability is now more reflecting of the class and a little more powerful

Version 2

• Layout and Cover redesign
• Complete overhaul of class abilities to address vague wordiness
• NEW - 4 new class related feats
• NEW - Vagabond background