An overview of deadlands classes and concepts

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Core Classes

Name 	       Book       Page #    Brief Description
Blessed        dld20      24        Whether it be a pastor, reverend, or just a truely holy person, a blessed is infused with holy power.   
Brave          dld20      26        A member of a group of proud native warriors whose ferocity is legendary.  Connected to the spirit world  
Gunslinger     dld20      28        A guy who can shoot.  can be a hardened ex-soldier, wanted outlaw, a tinhorn, or a steely eye lawman
Huckster       dld20      30        A card-shuffling magician who gleams his spells from Hoyle's Book of Games.
Mad Scientist  dld20      32        An inventor and engineer whose infernal inventions may be hope for humanity, or it's destruction.
Maverick       dld20      34        A jack-of-all-trades, scoundral, spy, these are a few ideas for this cunning class.
Medicine Man   WOTB       30        Native protector that speaks to the spirits    
Rowdy          dld20      36        The rough and tumble fighter - tough as leather and ready to prove it.
Scout          dld20      38        A stealthy wilderness warrior who knows their way around the hidden trails of the frontier.
Shaman         dld20      40        The shaman's "favors" gains him unique insight into nature and the supernatural 
Smoker         WONS       32        A mad scientist alchemist - master of concocting chemical compounds - will need web supliment to complete 
Warrior        WOTB       32        Native American Warrior    

Prestige Classes

Name 	          Book    Page #    Brief Description
Agency Operative  dld20   90        Men in black dusters - the secret service of the North   
Bounty Hunter     WOTG    18        Men who hunt other men  
Card Sharp        WOTB    17        Master of the Card Table
Crusader          WOTG    20        Men who hunt down the supernatural and shoot it dead.
Desperado         WOTG    22        A rattlesnake and professional Criminal
Gunsmith          WOTG    23        Gunmen who use the new science tinker with their own guns more then most
Diffusionist      wOTH    14        The metal mage, has learned tech magic from the smith and robard's catalog
Harrowed          dld20   94        Back from the dead and fighting for your soul - not available for starting characters
Law Dog           WOTG    25        You are the law of the land.
Monster Slayer    WOTR    24        Holy slayers of Monsters
Rifle Man         WOTG    27        Master of the long shot.
Spy               WOTG    28        Those that sneak
Texas Ranger      dld20   92        Shoot it or Recruit it" -  the south's best defense against the reckoning
Witch Hunter      WOTR    25        Holy slayer of witches

Dld20 - Deadlands d20
WONS - Way of New Science
WOTB - Way of the Brave
WOTG - Way of the Gun
WOTH - Way of the Huckster
WOTR - Way of the Righteous

Custom Prestige Classes
Name               Brief Description	                         
Shootists          Hucksters who gunfight
Nitro Man          People that blow stuff up
Wichita Witch      Mina's Enforcers, nasty ladies
The Memphis Belles Mina's Personal Guard
Tempest Torrent    Born with magic out of control, they slowly learns to master their nature.
Officer            Commander in either the North or South Armed forces

Other custom stuff
Monk core class Chinese martial artist

Feats in deadlands
New Feats

Deadlands character archtypes

Deadland soldier build

If you need any ideas for character concepts, see a western. I am sure many here can recommend a few good ones.