Hey, I was thinking of making a list of classes for me too use, and I can only come up with basics, so help contribute to this list and help!
List
Warrior
Weapons-All
Armor-Heavy
Skills-None, or Break Skills(Lowers Attack, Lowers Defense...)

Mage
Weapons-Staff
Armor-Light
Skills-Basic Spells(Fire, Ice, Thunder...)

Priest
Weapons-Staff
Armor-Light
Skills-Healing

Rouge
Weapons-Knife
Armor-Medium
Skills-Quickening(Haste)

(Above Contributed by TAOD12)

Blade Master
Weapons-Dual Sabres and other Light Blades
Armor-Cloth Robes
Skills-Multi Attacks, maybe some ability to strike with Elemental Damage

Scoundrel
Weapons-Knives, and Clubs
Armor-Leather
Skills-Traps

Viking
Weapons-Battle Axe
Armor-Chainmail and a Horned Helmet
Skills-Ice Based Attacks, Massive Damage Skills that cost HP

Pirate
Weapons-Sabres, Cutlasses
Armor-Fancy Clothes
Skills-Water Magic, Blunderbuss Shots

Sheperd
Weapons-Staves, Polearms
Armor- leather cloaks
Skills- Protection against cold based attacks, ability to summon sheep, goats, and aurochs depending on level

(Above Contributed by Broken Aesop)

Brutal
Weapons-Heavy Swords, Butchers Knives
Armour-Dragon Scale robe
Skills-Chop, Slice, Throw stuff.

(Above Contributed by Tales of a Twist)

Rogue
Same thing as the Rouge class, but without the lipstick.

Seriously though, I like coming up with unique classes. Here are some ideas:

Blademaster
Weapons: dual sabres and other light blades
Armor: cloth robes
Skills: multi attacks, maybe some ability to strike with elemental damage

Scoundrel
Weapons: knives, clubs
Armor: Leather
Skills: Traps (in turned based battle, it might be abilities that fire off for extra damage after a turn or two has passed)

Viking
Weapon: A huge battle axe!
Armor: chainmail and a horned helmet
Skills: Ice based attacks, high damage physical attacks that cost HP

Pirate
Weapon: sabres, cutlasses, etc.
Armor: fancy clothes
Skills: Water magic, musketoon/blunderbuss shots

Shepherd
Weapon: staves and polearms
Armor: leather cloaks
Skills: Protection against cold based attacks, ability to summon sheep, goats, and aurochs depending on level

Nice, I'll Update the List weekly.

Brutal
Weapons: Heavy Swords, Butchers Knives
Armour:Dragon Scale robe
Skills: Chop, Slice, Throw stuff.

How about splitting the "mage/wizard" class into a few, ie. Elementalist/conjurer for the elemental damage and mage/wizard/sorcerer for the other magic (buffs, open doors, find object, petrify, poison, etc.)?

Also, you could try having different levels/grades for each of the classes. For example:

For mage class, since I am using it above already...

1. Apprentice - a few simple spells, some story-level abilities
2(a) - Scholar/Sage - more advanced buffs, better robes/armour/weapon, etc.
3(a) - Magi - other spells (petrify, poison, death command, charm, etc.), better robes/armour/weapon, etc.
2( - Elemental Disciple - Lvl 1/2 elemental spells, robes/armour/weapon depending on elements (like water robe defends against
water-based attacks, water staff/rod increases water-based attacks, etc.)
3( - Elemental Master - Lvl 3 elemental spells, ability to summon elemental guardian in combat (either one of several or have
each "Elemental Master" choose which element to align with)

Or, to give some other variety, let's try things with a priest class:

1. Acolyte - Basic healing spells, some story-level abilities
2(a) - Monk - Focussing mainly on buffer spells, higher agility/defense, multi-attack
3(a) - Holy Disciple - More powerful buffer spells, some holy attack/summon spells
2 ( - Cleric - More powerful healing spells, able to use holy weapon attacks / turn undead ability
3( - Priest/Paladin - Strong healing abilities (incl. resurrect/raise), holy attack/summon spells

Did you not post some ideas for classes for my game? Why not use one of them? Its not like i now have any ownage over them now anyway right?

This List is too help people!
So Please use them!

I've been working on a game on/off for a while now. I'm planning on implementing an archer class that keeps daggers as main weapons and uses his bow as a series of skills. So...

Class: Archer
Weapon: Daggers (Knife, Stiletto, Dirk, etc.)
Armor: Light (Leather, Cloak)
Skills: Arrows (Shoot, Overdraw, Multishot, Elemental Arrow, etc.)

Iz a nice take on the Archer class, innit? It's better than just plain 'shoot bow' for main attack and nothing else.

Rather Intresting.

Time to unload a few:

Geomancer
Weapons-Fist, Miscellaneous/Exotic, Staff
Armor-Leather, Cloth
Skills-Terrain based attacks. Abilities to shift the earth and use it to their advantage.

Rune Master/Warden
Weapons- Inks, Weapon open to interpretation
Armor-Leather, Cloth, Open
Skills- Heavy imbue based skills, but can use inks to create wards against spirits/demons, create seals, and bless objects and areas.

Spirit Beast
Weapons - Claw, Fang, Talon, Beak
Armor - None
Skills- Intelligent animal from another plane. Can strengthen allies while dealing decent damage.

Witch Hunter
Weapons - Blades
Armor - Leather, Cloth
Skills- Mana draining skills and silencing skills. A powerful anti-mage.

Animal Tamer/Beast Master
Weapons - Whips
Armor- Leather
Skills- Beast taming skills and commands. Buffs to strengthen tamed creatures. Advantage over certain animals.

Witchdoctor
Weapons- Staffs, Axes
Armor- Cloth
Skills- Voodoo and spirit based skills.

Spirit Caller
Weapons- Staffs, Daggers
Armor- Cloth
Skills- Can summon spirits to assist. Ressurect spells. Can forge spirits into helpful forms such as weapons and armor that can do mental damage.

Alchemist
Weapons- Open
Armor- Cloth
Skills- Can create various compositions of potions and metallic items to aide him.

Apothecary
Weapons- Dagger
Armor- Cloth
Skills- Makes poultices and poisons that deal DoT damage.

Gadgeteer/Engineer/Technosmith/Tinker
Weapons- Wrench
Armor- Metal
Skills- Creates a number of gear or steam driven devices and objects to defeat enemies.

Cool.
That sound awesome.

Necroposting because I wanted to share an idea without opening up a repetitive, uncompiled thread:

Rune Warden
Weapons - Runes, Mystic Energies
Armor - Bare skin and minimal cloth
Skills - Has powerful methods of releasing sealed runes painted onto his body or onto objects. Powerful runes can also be activated via rituals or dances. They are powerful enchanters to say the least.

musician
Weapons- Guns and/or Lute
Armor- robes, or fancy clothes
Skills- Plays songs to heal, or confuse/debuff enemies

Sorry, I'm kind of sleepy, but...
Bard, necromancer, jedi, monk (like a Shaolin monk, not a healer), shaman, hunter, battle mage (red mage, etc.), time mage (chronomancer)

Stylist: Dual wields scissors for weapons and can create unique hair styles for the party lol.

Shaman: The Shamans weapon is a staff, they can summon spirits to attack in their stead, and they use spiritual magic to inflict damage on the enemy's soul. They can also change the elements of the party's weapons and buff them.

Botanist / Alchemist: Has the Pharmacy ability, but with 2x the effect as other party members, can create potions using herbs and can create bombs with chemicals.

Berserker: Dual wields swords and is a very valuable damage dealer that can buff himself to increase damage and speed with Berserk.

Here is one I'm using in RedSouls, please give credit to me if you use it.

Seraphim: Basically a Battle Priest can heal the party and buff them, as well as provide attack support.

Crystal Acolyte: Uses magic to form prisms of ice or earth. These prisms can shield allies or encase enemies. Crystal Acolytes also have a few light spells, which take full advantage of the prisms abilities to refract light. They serve as a versatile support class, with useful damage techniques.

Mimicry: Has the ability to learn and use the abilities of enemies. Sort of like a blue mage. However they also have the power to temporarily take on the form of certain enemies they encounter enough times.

@Julian- Seraphim would be like Yuna without the summons?


Phalanx
Weapon: Polearms
Armor: Heavy Armors
Skills: Guard prevents more than the usual amount, Can cover allys, has defensive buffs and a few high damage attacks.