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Variants Master List - Diablo Classic
Classes
Variants Descriptions
Variant Roles Roles are meant to be individual choices for existing subclasses and characters, not (necessarily) a variant of their own.
Dual Class Variants characters that go well together because of their similaries, or, because of the stark contrast.
Amazon A race of female warriors who have finely honed their skills of hunting and combat
ARA Animal Rights Activist - must never purposely kill an animal
Apprentice The mage in training. He must abstain from items...    
Archers Playing an Archer means you play a rogue as a rogue    
Archetypes ...take each class back to it's roots in the fantasy genre.
Barbarians They will not use magic or unique items - its evil juju magic    
Benedictine A quiet but not meek order of monks
Beyond Naked Beyond Naked Mage/Warrior/Rogue. Get cursed.
Beyond Naked
Witch/TurtleMage
Beyond Naked Witch and Turtle Mage. Don't go there.
Rouge and Warrior with BNM rules
 
Bloodguard to safeguard the life of those they protect
Bushido A way of honor, a way of life, a way of combat.    
Cavalier Lightly armored warrior who focused on mobility and tactics  
CGW The Crazy Guy in the Woods
Chamelion Like to try something a little different but not like a loon
Cleric The Cleric opposes all undead especially...    
Connoisseur an adventurer who now specializes in the rarest of the rare
D2 Characters ..thinks it's in the world of D2, minus the annoyances.
Demoniac was once possessed by a powerful demon    
Diakons Servants of good - The ongoing Sin War dictates that good and evil will continually struggle for power.
Draconian What happens when a Naked Mage crosses with a Dragon?
Drow Only a Drow sent outside by purpose or a renegade would go to Tristram. In any case they would travel in disguise.
Elemental Sorceress But under the banner of fighting fire with fire, have learned 'Magic' realm spells to defeat wicked mages.    
Elemental Wizards A wizard must specialize in one element, at the cost of reduced spellcasting ability in the others    
Elf Wild elves, high elves and drows variant
Elitists They only use uniques, except for the case of amulets...
Exorcist This lone figure gets the jobs *nobody* else wants
Fairy ... although Fairies like to play little jokes on the "large clumsy people" as they call humans.    
Familiar A rodent-mage who works for Adria.    
Feline ...this CAT has nine lives...
Flipped out Mage Who one day after doing to much homework, flips out...    
Friend of Farnham A hero sympathetic to a life-long friend, Farnham  
Geezer When I was your age we barely knew what electricity was
Goth Warrior variant with some of the good features of Amazons    
Hamster A rodent-warrior who fears even equipment, has bad eye-sight, and monster strength requirements.    
Hybrids Items allowed as long as it's magical AND semi-cursed  
Illogicall Variant does the exact opposite of what another might do.
Illusionist conjure up phantasms SO real that they can harm an opponent as much as real physical damage.
Immortal Heroes If the character dies, that’s IT! That character gets deleted.
Ironman Perhaps the ultimate test of both skill and endurance
IronSnob merges the Elitist variant with Ironman gameplay
Jedi seek out the Light Sabre and to destroy the Emperor    
Jedi2 the Force Sensitive heroes and villains of Star Wars
Kin of Albrecht Cousins and other kinfolk of the poor boy Albrecht
Lemming A wacky, suicidal rodent-mage    
Luminous Archer corrupted with the sin of vanity.    
Lycanthrope He had betrayed his people, his father, himself
Mage Knight Who seeks to develop his rudimentary knowledge of magic    
Magicians Work your way up from Student to Master of Dimensions:    
Martial Artists Having honed their bodies to perfection and learned to harness their inner Ki...    
Minimalist Ever get excited when Laz drops a cap or buckler?
Monk An imitation of the Hellfire character class
Moor Sorceror archer who seeks to prove his mastery of the bow    
Muscle Mage Think you're buff enough? Well?! Are you?    
Ninja Ninjas are based off of stealth, but it goes a bit farther    
Netherspawn Arch-enemy of the Amazon - The Nightshadow, Necromancer and Death Knight
One Lightly restricted variant that prefers to keep items simple
Ogres ...Ogres are obsessed with reclaiming their strength, endurance, and vigour from centuries of abuse.
Ogre Magi Wrongly dubbed by those who fear them as Tank Mages    
Paladins Holy Warriors who hold virtue and honor above all things.    
Perfectionist A touch more neurotic than the elitist
Prohibitionist ...is not concerned with alcohol, but rather with performance enhancing drugs.
PoW Patrons of Wirt live their lives only to help the poor peg-legged Wirt in any way they can.
Rage Starts life as Ironman & cursed by WitchFire
Ranger Warrior archer who dishes out death from a distance    
Samurai understanding of chivalrous virtues is essential    
Savage ...their homelands destroyed by aggressive knight...  
Stone Mason subclass to the SNOB variant, this guy really likes rocks
Squirrel A rodent-rogue who fears even equipment and has elevated strength and dexterity requirements.    
Summoner Rogues using summon spells    
Sumo/GFP A rare breed of fighter that seeks to grow fit and strong
Swasbuckler The master of fencing
Thief & Pirate Thieves take pride in stealing true magical items..
Tyrite had his hand bitten off by Fenrel, the fierce Wolf enemy
Valkyrie Special virgin warriors chosen by Odin    
Vikings Real Vikings never wore plates so plates are a no-no
Voodoo This variant is based off a splinter sect of Vodun being practiced in 18th Century Haiti and the surrounding regions.

 


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