Dungeon Fantasy Occupations

This is a list of Dungeon Fantasy Occupations. Other templates are listed at Character Templates

All Dungeon Fantasy templates are [250] unless noted otherwise. Analogs are similar concepts that appear in other books.

Artificer

• Analog: Fantasy p. 114-116 [75]

A tinker, a gadgeteer, a MacGuyver, who whips gizmos up on the spot and repurposes existi who are also decent alchemists who can identify magic items and brew up up potions.

Alchemist

• Alchemistspecializes in just potion creation.

Assassin

• Analogs: Action 1: Heroes, p. 7 [250]; Martial Arts, p. 31 [100]; Banestorm, p. 202 [125]; Fantasy, p. 115 [125]

Hides in the shadows taking out people without fancy gear or mystical powers.

Barbarian

• Analogs: GURPS Fantasy p. 116 [75]; Lenses [+0]: Desert, Plains, Seafaring, Woodland

A huge, strong, tough fighter who tends relies on boatloads of hit points to stay alive and also excellent outdoorsmen, knowing how to survive and spot threats in many situations.

Variants: rage, savage, and survivor

Lenses: berserker, refined savage, sea raider, shirtless savage, short barbarian,Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Barbarians and eastern barbarian

Bard

• Analogs: GURPS Banestorm p. 203 [150]; GURPS Fantasy p. 117 [75]

Charming, smart, and manipulative with music based power

Beastmaster

A buff, outdoorsy wizard focused heavily on Animal spells (plus a selection of similar animal-based powers)

Carnie

Very niche option that mixes social aptitude, roguish skill, and bizarre creepiness.

Chevalier

• Analog: Fantasy 121, Knight [75]

A mounted knight, a master of horsemanship both on the battlefield and off, with both tactical and veterinary training.

Cleric

• Analogs: Fantasy 120-121, Holy Man [75]
• Varients: See Classic: Religion

Holy spellcaster with a few god-granted powers. Includes evil clerics and an entire range of potential deities each with a unique list of spells and holy (or unholy) powers.. Pyramid had clerics of elder gods, order and chaos, and commerce.

Commander

Leader of tactical genius or a beloved and inspiring role model (or a bit of takes leadership to nigh supernatural levels. Decide whether you're a tactical genius or a beloved and inspiring role model (or a bit of both). Either way, you back it up with decent knight-style combat skills and High Command abilities that let you aid and buff the rest of the party.

Demon-Slayer

A secular (not holy) fighter who specializes in understanding, spotting, fighting, and destroying demons.

Demonologist

They do not necessarily worship demons but rather try to bind and banish those who cause mortals problems.

Variants: Infernal diabolist

Druid

A master of Nature, with spells that govern animals, plants, weather, and similar things, along with some Nature-granted special powers.

Variants: Elemental, priest of Nature druid

Lenses: Kannushi

Pk recommends using Nature's Strength from the DFRPG, as the ones in DF1 are unnecessarily harsh.

Elementalist

Can be considered a wizard who focuses exclusively on spells of one element or on a little of all four (Air, Earth, Fire, Water), in exchange for access to certain special powers drawn from a connection to those elements.

Variants: Chinese or Indian elements. An unofficial variant can use the five Platonic Solids.

Holy Warrior

• Analogs:

A fighter dedicated to serving a deity, and who receives holy powers (like a cleric, but without the spellcasting) in return. Expanded in Dungeon Fantasy 3: The Next Level and Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics

Variants: Warrior-saint is to the holy warrior as the saint is to the cleric; they mainly use learned prayers to help smite their enemies.

Lenses: Yamabushi is slightly more adapted for fighting people than demons or the undead.

Incanter

A ritual caster without a spell list, who can create almost any effect. But to avoid onerous restrictions, they must create these ahead of time, binding them to their auras as one-shot spells, or crafting potions or scrolls for later use.

Innkeeper

A very tongue-in-cheek character type who can be rather useful thanks to good social skills, a broad range of knowledge, and years of bar fights. If you want a bard without the magic, a scholar who isn't fragile and academic, or a seventh son with experience, consider it.

Justiciar

A lawful investigator, who usually works for a guild or directly for the crown.

Knight

• Analogs: Fantasy p. 121 [75]; Knight in Shining Armor, GURPS Dragons p. 102, 153 [151]; Knight-Errant, Banestorm] p. 208 [150] - Lenses: Hospitaller, Banestorm] p. 62, 209, [-10]; Knight of St. George of the Dragon, Banestorm] p. 119, 209, [+5]; Knight of the Stone, Banestorm] p. 115, 209, [+15]; Templar Banestorm] p. 63, 209, [-5]

A straightforward warrior hit variance can be strong, agile, tough, trained with at least a few weapons, and knowledgable about tactics, armories, leadership, etc.

Variants: Shield-bearer

Lenses: Samurai

Mage-Slayer

An armor-and-weapons fighter who specializes in taking down spellcasting opponents. They can disrupt and even dispel spells, ignore magical defenses, and have extra protection against mental and magical attacks. A fairly specialized but potent alternative to the knight.

Martial Artist

• Analogs: effectively someone who specializes in any style in the two GURPS Martial Arts books; GURPS Banestorm p 209-210, Lens: Exotic Master Banestorm] p. 210 [+100]

A fighter who specializes in light (or no) weapons and prioritizes movement and dodging over toughness.

Mentalist

A master of psionics, a force that is not very well understood except that it's physically draining and tends to attract the attention of bizarre Elder Things.

Variants: Psychic slayer

Monster Slaver

A fighter and outdoorsman who focuses on capturing prey via nets and traps, with a modest array of social skills and Wealth for selling them back in town.

Mystic Knight

They can imbue their personal weapons and armor with special, momentary powers: make your arrow explode when it hits, have your shield float and block on its own, turn your sword into flame for a single strike, and so on.

Necromancer

A stealthy spellcaster who specializes in creating, summoning, and speaking to the dead (from spirits to zombies), with a list of spells that also include quite a few curses.

Variants: Gray necromancer channels both life and death

Ninja

A stealthy rogue and fighter whose clan allegience demands a certain degree of secrecy. They use a wide range of equipment, arguably focusing on gadgets as much as the artificer, and have access to a selection of mystical skills and powers to make them sneakier and deadlier.

Scholar

• Analogs: Fantasy p 123, Scholar [75]

A master of knowledge, with the ability to acquire almost any mental skill or language with the right book and a few hours of study.

Scout

A master of the outdoors and the scariest archer around.

Lenses: Eastern scout

Shaman

A spirit-worker, with spells involving the soul, astral travel, seeing ghosts, etc., plus a selection of sensory and protective powers.

Sorcerer

Resembles a wizard with a much smaller selection of spells which are innate and inherent makeing them easy to cast, even repeatedly.

Swashbuckler

• Analogs: Classic: Swashbucklers; Banestorm] p 215 [150]

A fighter who focuses on agility and speed over strength and toughness, and prefers to master a single weapon rather than learn several.

Variants: aristocrat , buccaneer, duelist

Lenses: Old 'n' bold, philosophical, portly, staff-swinging, wordly, samurai

Thief

• Analogs: Thief, Fantasy p 124-125 [75]

A versatile rogue who helps get the party past locked doors and traps, and prefers to attack from the shadows (or behind) in a fight.

Undead-Slayer

A secular (not holy) fighter who specializes in understanding, spotting, fighting, and destroying undead.

For a more versatile undead killer, see the holy warrior. If you bind and enslave the undead, see the necromancer.

Wizard

• Analogs: Mage, Basic Set p 260 [100]; Battle Wizard [125], Enchanter [125], Hedge Wizard [75], Fantasy p 118-120; Spellcaster, Fantasy p 124 [75] - Lenses: Elementalist, Illusionist, Mentalist [+0]

The classic spellcaster, with no special powers except for access to the widest range of spells available in the game.

Variants: Wizards can be themed either due to wants or limitations on magery.

Lenses: Life-force wizard

Draws on Nature's Strength (like a druid) instead of mana level, but still uses the wizardly spell list, not the druidic one.

Wrestler

Focuses on leveraging Lifting ST and Wrestling to grapple opponents and then strangle, pin, or detain them.

Lenses

• Dungeon Fantasy Lenses

References

• All Dungeon Fantasy Occupations (MyGURPS)