The following outlines the roles of each public class.
Overview
| Name | Primary Role | Secondary Roles | Difficulty | Description |
| Agent | Melee/Shadow Damage | Utility | Medium | Highly skilled shadow fighters trained in Evonia that use clockwork devices and poisons to brutally kill their foes. |
| Blood Shaman | Healer | Damage, Utility | Hard | Masters of the Ama’rane native Blood Rites, which use blood to heal and wreck their enemies. Also follows the Way of the 13 Totems for spiritual power! |
| Cleric | Healer | Utility, Damage | Medium | Holy followers of the five Entities! |
| Fighter | Melee Damage | Tank | Easy | Masters of the five melee combat styles! |
| Mage | Ranged Magic Damage | Debuffer, Utility | Medium | Practitioners of devastating elemental magic from the magical city of Eridan and the Arcane Order. |
| Ranger | Ranged Damage | Utility | Medium | Masters of the wilderness and the bow and arrow. |
| Rogue | Utility | Damage | Medium | Cunning and crafty with a lock pick, capable of lacerating and robbing their victims! |
| Templar | Tank | Damage | Medium | Holy warriors that struggle between the good, neutral and evil forces in the world. |
| Wizard | Damage | Dispeller | Medium | Practitioners of powerful kinetic magics from the magical city of Eridan and the Arcane Order. |
Primary Role
A primary role is something the class excels at and is their main focus. Many of the classes abilities are geared toward this role and defines them as a whole.
Secondary Role
Any secondary roles indicate a class can perform that role in some limited capacity for a short duration. Many classes have utility as a secondary role and the scope and area depends on each class.
Difficulty
A description of the three difficulty guide lines are below. They are merely guidelines and players can pick and choose what they wish to ultimately play.
Easy classes are intended for new players to learn how to play a MUD and A Tempest Season.
Medium classes are intended for players familiar with MUDs and other text based games, but new to A Tempest Season.
Hard classes are intended for players who are familiar with A Tempest Season. These classes use complex game mechanics.