Currently In-Progress Sheets (Which I've been given links too so far):
Thrush
Raiss
Torik the Red Handed
Slicer of Many Necks
Kre!aqil
Henrietta
Vodya
You missed one or more.
Err, maybe I'm blind, but isn't that the fifth entry?
Dammit.
@Gwg: I have to admit, that's an awesome character concept...
Oh?
Depends, do they cast at all?
Wait. I can understand your dismay at wizards and clerics (even if I fervently disagree), but do you hate any casters at all?
Most casters tend to be pretty overpowered (Due to what their spells can actually do). But the lesser casters, such as sorcerer and such are fine by me.
Ah. Really, I think only wizards, clerics, and druids have that tendency to be overpowered, and that only in the hands of a skilled player. Factotums tend to be broken as skill-monkeys rather than casters, and artificers are the only other one that I can think of that may even come up in such a discussion of broken classes (and that by abusing craft rules, again, rather than spellcasting). Certainly, spellcasters get nicer toys than other attackers without certain supplemental books (and may I say, thank you again for allowing ToB, even if I'm not using it :3), but it's hardly most casters.
On the other hand, spellcasters can often surpass classes in their own specialties. Who needs a rogue to open doors when you have
knock,
ethereal jaunt, or (everyone's favorite lockpick)
disintegrate? Who needs a fighter when you can turn into a dragon? Who needs a meatshield when you can summon cages of force to protect the party?
Yeah, you can easily avoid it if you don't try, but it's absolutely amazing what a wizard or cleric can do with a little effort. And druids...well, they don't even have to try.
Unbalanced: MYSTIC FUCKING THEURGE. Combines the worst parts of arcane and divine spellcasting, but effectively doubles level advancement.
On the other hand...terrible HD/skill points/etc, with absolutely no supplementary abilities, a bit of MAD reducing their ability to cast properly (a
headband of intellect AND a
periapt of wisdom are going to be a lot more expensive than one or the other), and you are always a spell level or so behind full casters. Really, all you get is a lot more spells, and none of the most powerful ones. It's not significantly more powerful than a full spellcaster. (Not saying much, but...)