Attained at level 3, Expert Paths give either specialize into a playstyle or give a whole new one for characters to use. They are pretty distinct from one another, and many elements in them end up as core gameplay for a character.
Paths of Faith
Paths of faith are the ones that emerge from the Priest novice path. There is 21 paths of faith.
There are four paths of faith introduced in the core book.
- Cleric
- Druid
- Oracle
- Paladin
Demon Lord's Companion introduces 2 new paths of faith.
- Shaman
- Warden
Uncertain Faith introduces a new path of faith.
- Gothi - A worshipper of The Dark Gods.
Called to Serve introduces 14 new paths of faith. They mostly take back the priest options introduced in Uncertain Faith.
- Chronicler - A worshipper of The Honored Dead.
- Crusader - A worshipper of The New God.
- Daughter of the Moon - A worshipper of The Maiden in the Moon.
- Guardian - A worshipper of the Old Faith and The Horned King.
- Holy Matron - A worshipper of The World Mother.
- Horned One - A worshipper of The Horned King.
- Ice Apostle - A worshipper of the Old Man Winter.
- Justiciar - A worshipper of The Seer.
- Maleficant - A worshipper of Witchcraft, using it for dark purposes.
- Reveler - A worshipper of Revel.
- Ruiner - A worshipper of The Dark Gods.
- Solemn One - A worshipper of the Father Death.
- Summer Child - A worshipper of The Queen of Summer.
- Wisdom - A worshipper of The Lord and The Lady of Witchcraft.
Paths of Power
Paths of power are the ones that emerge from the Magician novice path. There is 32 paths of power.
There are 4 paths of power introduced in the core book.
- Artificer
- Sorcerer
- Witch
- Wizard
Demon Lord's Companion introduces 2 new paths of power.
- Elementalist
- Psychic
Paths of Power also introduces a new path of power.
- Occultist
Occult Philosophy introduces 25 new expert paths related to magic.
- Ascendant
- Brewmaster
- Cryomancer
- Demonbinder
- Edgewalker
- Exemplar
- Farseer
- Lorekeeper
- Magister
- Manipulator
- Naturalist
- Nightmare
- Preserver
- Psalmist
- Pyroclast
- Runewright
- Shadowmancer
- Skindancer
- Soulcatcher
- Spellslinger
- Spiritcaller
- Tempest
- Thrallbinder
- Vanguard
- World-Breaker
Paths of Trickery
Paths of trickery are the ones that emerge from the Rogue novice path. There is 12 paths of trickery.
- Assassin
- Scout
- Thief
- Warlock
Demon Lord's Companion introduces 2 new paths of trickery.
- Mountebank
- Sage
Natural Born Scoundrels also introduces 6 new paths of trickery, closely related to roguery talents.
- Commando
- Emissary
- Lawbreaker
- Mask
- Mastermind
- Tinker
Paths of War
Paths of war (also called Paths of Battle) are the ones that emerge from the Warrior novice path. There are 7 paths of war.
There are four paths of war introduced in the core book.
- Berserker
- Fighter
- Ranger
- Spellbinder
Demon Lord's Companion introduces 2 new paths of war.
- Mystic
- Swashbuckler
Paths of Battle also introduces a new path of war.
- Knight
Neutral Paths
Many of the expert paths introduced later with supplement books do not refer to any novice path in particular. These are listed here.
Paths of Hunger
Introduced in Flesh of the Fallen, these paths deal with cannibalism and related aspects, branching from the ghouls.
- Collector
- Consumer
Paths of Darkness
Introduced in Kingdom of Skulls, these paths are related to the Dark Lady.
- Corpse Caller - A Necromancy focused spellcaster.
- Harrower - A dark magic specialist, endowing the signature black flames the Lady uses.
- Silencer - Combines the use of fighting techniques with Death and Shadow spells.
Paths of Purpose
Introduced in the book of the same name, they are paths that can be tread by any type of expert character.
- Cutter
- Doomseeker
- Exalted
- Fractured
- Highlander
- Magnate
- Nomad
- Outlander
- Philosopher
Uncategorized Expert Paths
These Expert paths were released together with other books without a proper category.
Demon Lord's Companion 2
- Auspex
- Silhouette
- Wangateur
- Wardscribe
A Glorious Death
- Juggernaut
Caecras
- Saboteur
- Trooper
Freeport Companion
- Celebrant
- Courtier
- Drowned One
- Mariner
Godless
- Grease Monkey
- Preacher
- Raider
- Road Warrior
Kingdom of God
- Agent
- Flagellant
- Red Cloak
Scions of the Betrayer
- Forktongue
Uncommon Courage
- Jester
Between Two Worlds
- Hellion
- Satyr
Born to Kill
- Ravager
Song of the Woad
- Spiritsinger
Snots and Snitches
- Devotee of the Goblin King
Exquisite Agony
- Apostate
Terrible Beauty
- Avowed
Tombs of Desolation
- Prince of Darkness
City of Chains
- Bounty Hunter
Curse of the Spider Wood
- Chosen of the Spider Queen
- Demon Beast
- Envenomer
- Spider Savant
Men of Gog
- Atrocity
- Deadwalker
- Demon-In-Flesh
- God-Hunter
- Soul Thief
- Urthbound
Soldiers of Fortune
- Bloodletter
- Commander
- Targeter