Base
Base noun - An immaterial thing upon which something else rests.
Variants
Both words in one sentence
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But each race has around 6 meta-variants, who can look nothing like the base race.
Source: Massive Race Selection -
The Eldritch Knight is the original Magic Knight Prestige Class, but later supplements and editions introduced base classes such as the Hexblade and Duskblade, other Prestige Classes such as the elven Bladesinger and even base class variants such as the Battle Sorcerer.
Source: Magic Knight - There are a zillion custom base classes and prestige classes, providing all kinds of variants, specialists and hybrids.
Source: An Adventurer Is You
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