There are four base classes. Wizard, Cleric, Rogue and Fighter. Each is 5 levels long, topping out at a power level about equal to that of ~6 Wizard in 3.5 edition. At every level, you get:
-An advancement by 1 die for your basic combat power. Wizards get Eldritch Blast, Rogues get Sneak Attack, Fighters get additional damage dice on weapons and Clerics get Zeal, which gives them bonus dice against creatures their religion feels strongly about.
-One background power. This is a magical Method for a wizard, a Tour of duty for a fighter, a Misdemeanor for a rogue and a Dogma for a cleric. Each one gives you some minor bonus like an additional class skill or a flavour power.
-One major power. A School for a wizard, Tactic for a fighter, a Felony for a rogue and a Rite for a cleric. This gives you a basic ability plus one additional ability per background power you have which is dependent on the background.
-Multiclassing works by taking one class and then taking another. Each major power has an ability listed for all of the other classes.
-Once you get to level 5 and enter into a mandatory prestige class, you should have 25 powers.
-Prestige classes give you 1 to 2 powers per level instead of exponential powers per level like the base classes do.
Here's a rough draft of the wizard's Divination school as an example:
Divination
Basic Ability: You gain Arcane Sight out to 5ft per character level. This allows you to see the presence/absence of magic as a free action and identify the School of any magic you see as a move action. By spending an hour analyzing a magic item or spell effect, you can discover what it does and the name of its creator.
Alchemy: You can detect the presence or absence of poisons and potions in any object outside as a standard action.
Scrolls: You can craft Scrolls of Understanding, which can be read and understood by any literate creature regardless of what language it the words written on it are. The scrolls start blank and can hold a thousand words each.
Familiar: Once a week, your familiar can commune with powerful outsiders to ask six yes or no questions and receive answers to the best knowledge of the outsiders asked.
Wands: You can craft a Wand of Location, which will point directly to any creature, location or object within 200ft that you can clearly visualize.
Runes: You can engrave a set of rune bones which, when used, will produce the effects of an Augury with a 80% chance of success.
Staff: You can create a Staff of Truth, which, when held aloft, prevents all within a 30ft radius from intentionally lying.
Rings: You can raft a Ring of X-Ray Vision which allows you to to see through 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or up to 3 feet of wood or dirt while worn, at the cost of 1hp per round spent wearing it.
Truename: By speaking a mystic incantation followed by a True Name, you can enter a mystic trance wherein you repeat any words spoken or sounds made by the target.
Meditation: By spending an hour to enter into a meditative trance, you can scry upon any location you are familiar with for as long as you like. Once you are done scrying, it will take another hour to awaken from your trance.
Innate: You can see invisible and ethereal creatures objects as if they were normally visible. This can be suppressed at will, but is otherwise always on.
Cleric: You can detect the presence of any creature you get Zeal bonuses for whenever that creature hears you speak or looks upon you, regardless of distance, cover or disguises.
Rogue: You can mislead divinations. Once per misdemeanor per week you can create a false divination result for a creature, object, event or location which will replace the normal result of any otherwise successful divination attempts made that week regarding the target.
Fighter: You can gain a glimpse into the future which gives you +10 to a single attack roll you make or -10 to an attack roll someone else makes to hit you. You gain one such glimpse per tour per day.
Basic Ability: You gain Arcane Sight out to 5ft per character level. This allows you to see the presence/absence of magic as a free action and identify the School of any magic you see as a move action. By spending an hour analyzing a magic item or spell effect, you can discover what it does and the name of its creator.
Alchemy: You can detect the presence or absence of poisons and potions in any object outside as a standard action.
Scrolls: You can craft Scrolls of Understanding, which can be read and understood by any literate creature regardless of what language it the words written on it are. The scrolls start blank and can hold a thousand words each.
Familiar: Once a week, your familiar can commune with powerful outsiders to ask six yes or no questions and receive answers to the best knowledge of the outsiders asked.
Wands: You can craft a Wand of Location, which will point directly to any creature, location or object within 200ft that you can clearly visualize.
Runes: You can engrave a set of rune bones which, when used, will produce the effects of an Augury with a 80% chance of success.
Staff: You can create a Staff of Truth, which, when held aloft, prevents all within a 30ft radius from intentionally lying.
Rings: You can raft a Ring of X-Ray Vision which allows you to to see through 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or up to 3 feet of wood or dirt while worn, at the cost of 1hp per round spent wearing it.
Truename: By speaking a mystic incantation followed by a True Name, you can enter a mystic trance wherein you repeat any words spoken or sounds made by the target.
Meditation: By spending an hour to enter into a meditative trance, you can scry upon any location you are familiar with for as long as you like. Once you are done scrying, it will take another hour to awaken from your trance.
Innate: You can see invisible and ethereal creatures objects as if they were normally visible. This can be suppressed at will, but is otherwise always on.
Cleric: You can detect the presence of any creature you get Zeal bonuses for whenever that creature hears you speak or looks upon you, regardless of distance, cover or disguises.
Rogue: You can mislead divinations. Once per misdemeanor per week you can create a false divination result for a creature, object, event or location which will replace the normal result of any otherwise successful divination attempts made that week regarding the target.
Fighter: You can gain a glimpse into the future which gives you +10 to a single attack roll you make or -10 to an attack roll someone else makes to hit you. You gain one such glimpse per tour per day.
Wizard:
Fighter:
Rogue
Cleric
| Schools | Methods |
| Divination | Alchemy |
| Necromancy | Scrolls |
| Abjuration | Familiar |
| Illusions | Wands |
| Enchantment | Runes |
| Evokation | Staff |
| Psionics | Rings |
| Curses | Truename |
| Healing | Meditation |
| Druidry | Innate |
Fighter:
| Tactics | Tour |
| Charge | Cavalry |
| Disarm | Infantry |
| Feint | Navy |
| Grapple | Scout |
| Sunder | Sapper |
| Trip | Chivalry |
| Precise | Gladiator |
| Blitz | Sergeant |
| Rage | Mercenary |
| Butcher | Exotic |
Rogue
| Felonies | Misdemeanors |
| Larceny | Possession |
| Arson | Kidnapping |
| Extortion | Perjury |
| Espionage | Obstruction |
| Assault | Burglary |
| Battery | Malfeasance |
| Robbery | Blackmail |
| Fraud | Conspiracy |
| Kidnapping | Solicitation |
| Homicide | Impersonation |
Cleric
| Rites | Dogma |
| Sacrifice | Ancestors |
| Sacrament | Scripture |
| Blessing | Demons |
| Prayer | Angels |
| Exorcism | Strictures |
| Invokation | Persecution |
| Ablution | Monolatry |
| Ferver | Authority |
| Atonement | Nature |
| Schismatic | Conversion |
| Divination | Necromancy | Charge | Rage | Sacrifice | |
| Runes | Augury 1/day | 5 temp hp/level | Charge hits with Eldritch Blast, +5 ft radius | Ignore Runes while raging | Sacrifice enemy for +2 to hit with Eldritch Blast |
| Familiar | Commune 1/week | Familiar possesses corpse | Charge hits with Eldritch Blast, +5 ft radius | Ignore Familiars while raging | Sacrifice enemy for +2 to hit with Eldritch Blast |
| Cavalry | Future Glimpse 1/day | -25% damage from crits | Ride past enemy while charging | Scare animals while raging | Sacrifice enemy to increase weapon die once size |
| Chivalry | Future Glimpse 1/day | -25% damage from crits | Force enemy to charge at you | Force enemy to fight you in melee | Sacrifice enemy to increase weapon die once size |
| Demons | Sense Demons | Fast healing 1 near Demons | +2 to hit while charging | +1 to all saves while raging. | Sacrifice enemy for +6 Strength and Darkvision |