Mod Description
This is a compilation of high quality modded classes made by various modders.

I was disappointed with the current class mod pack as they were either didn't include my favorite classes or their classes were outdated or buggy. Eventually I decided to learn about merging mods by my own.

Special thanks to @gytfunke, @Phanjam and @doudley for sharing their modding knowledge that helped me to create this mod.

All credit goes to the respective author of the mods, but only some permission were granted.
I merely compile these mods together and fixed some bugs that were still exist.

Kindly drop by these authors' mod pages and rate their mod as a sign of appreciation for their work.

If any of the mod author wishes for their respective class to be removed, pm me and we could discuss about it.

Changelogs

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Current version : v17 (29th February 2020)
- Lightbringer class is updated to v.90
- Skill UI fix for Citizen class thanks to Phanjam

Previous changelogs
http://torchmodders.com/forums/variant-classes-mod/mod-changelogs

Classes

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- Emberblade (v.776) by gytfunke
- Drew's Class Pack(v.186) by drewrobi (Archer, Assassin, Druid, Monk, Prophet)
- Elemental Blade Dancer (v.52) by Nifhel
- Noxmer and Darklite class (v.465) by Ser Williamson (Noxmer, Darklite and Dark Noxmer)
- Tenebris (v.2.0.5) by Actkqk
- Dragoon (v.58) by Thorf
- Dread Pirate (v.96) by BemusedBear
- Wildlings (v.2279) by gytfunke
- Double Agent by DarkStar
- Theolentist (v.2757) by Squid Pro Quo, icons by TwinkleToes
- Light Warden (v0.1.3.5) by Nigel Thornberry
- Nethermancer(v.5568) by Haette
- Red Mage (v.47) by ~Schiavelli~
- Voidseeker by Spacemen84
- Warchief (v.273) by roberto tomas (originally created by Minesweeper)
- Ember Sage by ~Schiavelli~
- Legionary (v1.82) by Deimos
- Emberknight (v1.78) by Deimos
- Preacher by Darkstar + Preacher Skin Add-on by Anarch16sync 
- Plaguelord by TwinkleMeister
- Elemental Brute (v602) by Korzeam
- Lightbringer (v.90) by @Rhythmier / Who-I-don't-remember-anymore
- Classless Character (Citizen) by Phanjam/gytfunke
- Korzeam's Deathknight (v16) by Korzeam

In total, there are 30 playable classes in this mod. Mods that were given permission are denoted with green text

Other features

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- Implemented a new, expanded character creation UI. Credit to lolesch, taken from his neat UI mod.
- Enabled every hairstyles/hair colors/faces option to all classes in this mod.

Important notes

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- Some of these classes are intended to be really powerful by their original authors and can clear the base game easily even at Elite/**** difficulty. The use of difficulty mods like Synergies or LAO III are highly recommended.
- Dark Hunter (originally from Noxmer/Darklite class mod) is removed due to being incomplete.
- Warchief's old starting skill, Shockwave, is restored. Massive Swing is removed as a result.
- Elemental Blade Dancer and Red Mage class are fully playable for Linux user, thanks to @doudley's fix.
- If you found any skills that either : crashes the game upon usage, has blank skill icon or missing their skill animation, please notify us. There could be a conflict between the skill and another mod that you use.

Known issues

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- Certain skills tend to summon a permanent unit that remains active until it gets killed/recasted, regardless of the summon duration.
- Plaguelord's Body Boost works erratically at times.
- Incompatible with Darkthan's Classes and Darkthan's Classes 2.
- May conflict with Far East Pack 1 and 2 mods. Use my FEP compilation, FEP+ for better compatibility.
- Minor conflict with TL2 Essentials. Place Variant on top of Essentials for better compatibility.
- Certain classes are prone to crash during multiplayer/co-op games. Usually occurs when warping from one area to another.
- Theolentist class are prone to crash for Mac user

FAQ

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Q - Would you merge other class mod into this pack?
A - Yes. However if the class mod rehash skills from vanilla classes and the author doesn't even bother to modify the skill affixes, skill names nor the descriptions.. it would be suited for my other class compilation, Parallel Classes.

Q - How about Synergies classes? Would you add them into this pack?
A - I wished so, but Salan has made it very clear that he did not want any of his Synergies classes to be made playable outside of his mod.


Reminder :
It is not advised to unpack this mod as it will break the tags/codes of some skills. GUTS will throw a bunch of errors e.g  "found property name with a hashcode XX that has no match in tags. dat" during the unpacking process; usually called broken tags.

Broken tags can cause a certain aspect in a mod to be.. well, broken. If a broken tags occurs in a skill code, it can possibly renders the skill to be malfunction, or even crashes the game.

Download link

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Torchlight Fansite
Mediafire
Steam, courtesy of @doudley

Hey @Viz! Can you screenshot each class in the mod, while mouse-overing its portrait? Upload it in RGF and I'll download them there then upload them at steam.

The screenshots has been uploaded at Steam too.

This is awesome. So many classes.

How do you think a mod like this would work being merged into LAO III?  Good idea/bad idea?

Ok lets try, send me or post here the link so that I can download it. The screenshot of red mage has been uploaded too at Steam.

Ok thanks. BTW Ser Williamson just acknowledged your mod pack! Nice!

(lol idk why did I put a spoiler)

No worries, it looks neat to do so I think.

Thanks again, @doudley 

Depends on what class. If its a class that reuses every existing vanilla skills (usually the mod is less than 1mb) then probably no.

I'm interested in adding the Plaguelord but I can't seem to pinpoint what's the forget spell issue is about.

I never tested the mod in multiplayer.. or even using Synergies with it. 

Darkthan's classes? No. The conflict with Wildling and Plaguelord is likely because he uses some of those classes skill into his own classes.  Fixing those is gonna be complicated, just like fixing Far East Expansion.