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= <big>Full list of Class Stacks and Tracks</big> =
= <big>Full list of Class Stacks and Tracks</big> =


== Berzerker Stack ==
== Berzerker ==
Berzerkers are ferocious and direct fighters that channel their terrible rage into devastating combat prowess.
Berzerkers are ferocious and direct fighters that channel their terrible rage into devastating combat prowess.


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'''[[Berzerker#Branded Track|Branded.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You have a magic brand on your body that rejects any attempts to heal or remove it, even through magic. This brand has given you strange abilities, such as the ability to see into the spiritual world or to witness ghosts that others might not notice. Furthermore, your brand occasionally bursts forth into ghostly light, filling you with otherworldly power.  
'''[[Berzerker#Branded Track|Branded.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You have a magic brand on your body that rejects any attempts to heal or remove it, even through magic. This brand has given you strange abilities, such as the ability to see into the spiritual world or to witness ghosts that others might not notice. Furthermore, your brand occasionally bursts forth into ghostly light, filling you with otherworldly power.  


== Cleric Stack ==
== Cleric ==
Devotees of one or more gods, clerics use divine magic and holy power to achieve their gods’ instructions.
Devotees of one or more gods, clerics use divine magic and holy power to achieve their gods’ instructions.


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'''[[Cleric#Mythological Domain Track|Mythological Domain.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You have the ability to summon creatures of a mythological nature with your soul’s Essence, granting you extraordinary skills. You are a vessel for these entities, carrying them inside of you wherever you go.  
'''[[Cleric#Mythological Domain Track|Mythological Domain.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You have the ability to summon creatures of a mythological nature with your soul’s Essence, granting you extraordinary skills. You are a vessel for these entities, carrying them inside of you wherever you go.  


== Mage Stack ==
== Mage ==
From studious, academic wizards to chaotic sorcerers, mages have a profound ability to manipulate the arcane.
From studious, academic wizards to chaotic sorcerers, mages have a profound ability to manipulate the arcane.


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'''[[Mage#Occultism Track|Occultism.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' With your corrupt spellbook and sacrificial dagger in hand, you carve your way through flesh and magic alike. Weaving sinew and magic to your own dark purposes, your versatility both in and out of combat is nigh unparalleled.  
'''[[Mage#Occultism Track|Occultism.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' With your corrupt spellbook and sacrificial dagger in hand, you carve your way through flesh and magic alike. Weaving sinew and magic to your own dark purposes, your versatility both in and out of combat is nigh unparalleled.  


== Oracle Stack ==
== Oracle ==
Mystical hermits and diviners, oracles use primal or psionic magic to predict the future or maintain a balance over the natural world.
Mystical hermits and diviners, oracles use primal or psionic magic to predict the future or maintain a balance over the natural world.


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'''[[Oracle#Tarot Reader Track|Tarot Reader.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You use tarot to sway the ebb and flow of fate. Destiny is written in the cards, and you have learned how to read them... and to reshuffle them.  
'''[[Oracle#Tarot Reader Track|Tarot Reader.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You use tarot to sway the ebb and flow of fate. Destiny is written in the cards, and you have learned how to read them... and to reshuffle them.  


== Pugilist Stack ==
== Pugilist ==
Whether a brawny boxer, a nimble martial artist, or a well- rounded wrestler, a pugilist excels at unarmed combat.
Whether a brawny boxer, a nimble martial artist, or a well- rounded wrestler, a pugilist excels at unarmed combat.


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'''[[Pugilist#Penitent Track|Penitent.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You view your flesh as a crucible for your spirit, and you will draw out the dross at any cost.  
'''[[Pugilist#Penitent Track|Penitent.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You view your flesh as a crucible for your spirit, and you will draw out the dross at any cost.  


== Ranger Stack ==
== Ranger ==
Wardens of the natural world and guides through uncharted wilderness, rangers are often more at home in unsettled lands than in luxurious cities.
Wardens of the natural world and guides through uncharted wilderness, rangers are often more at home in unsettled lands than in luxurious cities.


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'''[[Ranger#Vampire Hunter Track|Vampire Hunter.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Dedicated to hunting down and eradicating the risen and all their ilk, these rangers learn to craft an array of unique weapons, equipped to handle the foul powers brought to bear against them.  
'''[[Ranger#Vampire Hunter Track|Vampire Hunter.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Dedicated to hunting down and eradicating the risen and all their ilk, these rangers learn to craft an array of unique weapons, equipped to handle the foul powers brought to bear against them.  


== Rogue Stack ==
== Rogue ==
Skilled operatives that are usually outside the law, rogues might specialize in assassination, impersonation, exfiltration, and the like.
Skilled operatives that are usually outside the law, rogues might specialize in assassination, impersonation, exfiltration, and the like.


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'''[[Rogue#Sleuth Track|Sleuth.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Nothing escapes your keen intuition. By implementing superior deductive and inductive reasoning, you can outmaneuver and track down any foe, no matter how sly.  
'''[[Rogue#Sleuth Track|Sleuth.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Nothing escapes your keen intuition. By implementing superior deductive and inductive reasoning, you can outmaneuver and track down any foe, no matter how sly.  


== Tinkerer Stack ==
== Tinkerer ==
By spending countless hours fiddling with scrap parts, tinkerers can create wondrous items. Some tinkerers enhance their items with arcane magic.
By spending countless hours fiddling with scrap parts, tinkerers can create wondrous items. Some tinkerers enhance their items with arcane magic.


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'''[[Tinkerer#Plague Doctor Track|Plague Doctor.]]''' ''Harker's Guide for Vampire Hunting.'' These grim physicians wield both potion and pathogen the way an artisan might wield a chisel or paintbrush.  
'''[[Tinkerer#Plague Doctor Track|Plague Doctor.]]''' ''Harker's Guide for Vampire Hunting.'' These grim physicians wield both potion and pathogen the way an artisan might wield a chisel or paintbrush.  


== Troubadour Stack ==
== Troubadour ==
Whether a singer, storyteller, poet, or visual performer, troubadours travel from court to court making their name as masterful performers.
Whether a singer, storyteller, poet, or visual performer, troubadours travel from court to court making their name as masterful performers.


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'''[[Troubadour#Infernal Archivist Track|Infernal Archivist.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You are endlessly fascinated by the workings of the planar cosmos and have a proclivity for exploring occult methods of interplanar travel. Similarly, you are intrigued by the mechanisms of the humanoid body and seek to expand your mastery over both flesh and spirit.  
'''[[Troubadour#Infernal Archivist Track|Infernal Archivist.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' You are endlessly fascinated by the workings of the planar cosmos and have a proclivity for exploring occult methods of interplanar travel. Similarly, you are intrigued by the mechanisms of the humanoid body and seek to expand your mastery over both flesh and spirit.  


== Vessel Stack ==
== Vessel ==
By siphoning power from gods and other planar entities, vessels augment their own souls for monumental power... but at terrible cost.
By siphoning power from gods and other planar entities, vessels augment their own souls for monumental power... but at terrible cost.


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'''[[Vessel#Nightcomer Track|Nightcomer.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' As Nightcomers progress in power, they gain fine control over their own bodies and the bodies of others, and the most skilled Nightcomers are known to create strange and powerful constructs of flesh, or even to turn themselves into disconnected collections of limbs and organs moving in unison.  
'''[[Vessel#Nightcomer Track|Nightcomer.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' As Nightcomers progress in power, they gain fine control over their own bodies and the bodies of others, and the most skilled Nightcomers are known to create strange and powerful constructs of flesh, or even to turn themselves into disconnected collections of limbs and organs moving in unison.  


== Warrior Stack ==
== Warrior ==
Warriors are the ultimate soldiers and fighters; highly skilled and versatile, they hold their own in nearly any combat scenario.
Warriors are the ultimate soldiers and fighters; highly skilled and versatile, they hold their own in nearly any combat scenario.


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'''[[Warrior#Descendant Track|Descendant.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Guided by legacy, Descendants are trained from childhood to combat ancient enemies and uphold creeds of legacy, honed by techniques passed down from their militant ancestors.  
'''[[Warrior#Descendant Track|Descendant.]]''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Guided by legacy, Descendants are trained from childhood to combat ancient enemies and uphold creeds of legacy, honed by techniques passed down from their militant ancestors.  


== Witch Stack ==
== Witch ==
Harnessing primal or occult power, witches bond with familiars and can brew various concoctions to bolster their allies.
Harnessing primal or occult power, witches bond with familiars and can brew various concoctions to bolster their allies.


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'''[[Witch#Aranea Track|Aranea]].''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Through fluke, bargain, bite, or curse, your very Essence has been infused with the strange, otherworldly magicks of arachnids.  
'''[[Witch#Aranea Track|Aranea]].''' ''Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting.'' Through fluke, bargain, bite, or curse, your very Essence has been infused with the strange, otherworldly magicks of arachnids.  


== Zealot Stack ==
== Zealot ==
Loyal and stalwart, zealots remain utterly dedicated to their cause, punishing evildoers or standing between evil and the innocent.
Loyal and stalwart, zealots remain utterly dedicated to their cause, punishing evildoers or standing between evil and the innocent.