A core class is a class that progresses through 20 levels and which is included in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook.

Barbarian Archetypes Rage Powers Bard Archetypes Masterpieces Cleric Archetypes Domains Druid Animal Companions Archetypes

Fighter Archetypes Monk Archetypes Monk Vows Paladin Archetypes Ranger Archetypes

Rogue Archetypes Rogue Talents Sorcerer Archetypes Bloodlines Wizard Arcane Schools Archetypes Familiars

Barbarian

The barbarian stat blocks are presented with the assumption that the barbarian is raging (Core Rulebook 32). Use the Base Statistics line for the barbarian's non-raging statistics.

Bard

Other than spells, bards have few class ability choices that have a significant impact on the stat block. The type of Perform skill the bard uses is mostly cosmetic, and changing the versatile performance skill selection (Core Rulebook 38) is just a matter of replacing the new skill's bonus with the bard's Perform skill bonus.

Cleric

Each cleric worships one of the 20 deities listed in the cleric section on page 43 of the Core Rulebook, and has two domains and channels positive or negative energy appropriate to that deity. You can use these clerics as worshipers of a similar deity or as clerics of divine concepts (godless clerics). You may instead change the cleric's listed domains, energy channeling, and prepared spells to suit your campaign; for example, you could change the alignment of the noble crusader (cleric 5) to lawful evil, her deity to an evil war deity, and her channel energy from positive to negative to create an evil priest-general.

Druid

Each druid is built with the nature bond (domain) class ability instead of an animal companion. If you need a druid with an animal companion, ignore the domain spells and granted powers listed in the druid's stat block and select an animal companion of the appropriate level from Appendix 1.

Fighter

Other than feats, the only fighter class ability that significantly affects the stat block is the character's choices for weapon training. As most fighters choose their best weapons for this ability, if you swap the Fighter's weapon for different one with the same enhancement bonus (such as a +1 battleaxe for a +1 longsword), you can use the listed attack bonus for the new weapon.

Monk

Each monk is presented with a normal attack routine (with a weapon or unarmed strike) and a f lurry of blows attack routine. You can swap monk weapons or unarmed strikes with the same enhancement bonus (such as a +1 kama for an unarmed strike with a +1 amulet of mighty fists) without changing the math on the stat block.

Paladin

The divine bond and mercy paladin class abilities don't have much effect on the character's stat block. You can easily swap out the paladin's mercies for other mercies. If the paladin's divine bond is with a weapon and you want to change it to be with a mount, consider spending some of the character's wealth on barding for the mount. If the divine bond is with a mount and you change it to be with a weapon, allocate any wealth for barding or other mount-related items to abilities on the paladin's weapon.

Ranger

Each ranger is built with the hunter's bond (companion) class ability instead of an animal companion. If you need a ranger with an animal companion, select an animal companion of the appropriate level (ranger level – 3) from Appendix 1.

Rogue

Many rogue talents (Core Rulebook 68)—especially talents that modify sneak attack—don't change any numbers in the character's stat block, and they are easy swaps when customizing an NPC. Watch out for combat trick, finesse rogue, and weapon training, which affect the rogue's feats and could alter the character's melee or ranged attacks—or even invalidate the use of a particular weapon.

Sorcerer

A sorcerer's bloodline has a significant impact on the character's stat block, affecting spells known, a class skill, feats, and providing one or more bloodline arcana and bloodline powers. Changing a sorcerer's bloodline is not a simple matter unless you're just altering the type of dragon or elemental for the draconic and elemental bloodlines. Fortunately, by using colorful descriptions for the special abilities, your players probably won't notice the difference, so you can use these stat blocks for multiple purposes without rebuilding them.

Wizard

A wizard's school specialization affects the character's special abilities and spells prepared, and could have an impact on which feats are useful. You can easily change a wizard's focus as long as you don't change the oppositional schools. Some of the wizards in this chapter have familiars; you can replace the familiar with an arcane bonded item. This book does not include stat blocks for familiars because a familiar's abilities are very dependent on the wizard's statistics. The wizard's spellbook is included in his gear; assume the spellbook holds all the spells the wizard has prepared, plus spells from any scrolls the wizard has that he is high enough level to cast. Most level-appropriate scrolls carried are priced as if the wizard had scribed them.