Class Tropes

I started with a series of tropes:

• "Rough start": Orphaned, abandoned, enslaved, grew up in a slum, kidnapped
• "Extreme Training": "All we did was train. For years".
• "Martial Elite": Part of a military caste, with associated training, wealth and privilege.
• "Cloistered": Hidden from broader society and humanity; by distance or secrecy
• "Esoteric Arts": Fantastic and Fantasy skills from myth and legend
• "Hierarchy": You take order from above; divine or imperial. 
• "Jack of All Trades": Little bit of everything, bonus to all skills.
• "Armed & Armored": Fighting is what you do;

TROPES BY CLASS

• Berserker: Rough Start, Extreme Training, Armed&Armored
• Templar: Cloistered, Obedience, Rough start, Armed&Armored
• Priest: Esoteric Arts, Obedience
• Soldier: Jack of all Trades, Armed&Armored
• Knight/Samurai: Military Elite, Hierarchy, Armed&Armored
• Mystic: Rough Start, Extreme Training, Cloistered
• Champion: Cloistered, Esoteric Arts, Hierarchy, Armed&Armored
• Assassin/Ninja: Military Elite, Extreme Training, Cloistered
• Criminal: Rough Start, Cloistered, Hierarchy
• Rogue: Rough Start, Jack of All Trades
• Sorcerer: Esoteric Arts, Cloistered, Military Elite
• Warlock: Esoteric Arts, Rough Start, Armed&Armored
• Wizard: Esoteric Arts, Extreme Training, Cloistered

DnD Class Analogues

• Barbarian-->'Berserker' (Rage: Temporary HP, Bonus Damage, Immunity)
• Cleric-->'Templar'/Sohei/Monk (Exotic Weapons, Shield-Brother, Demon-Hunter?)
• Cleric-->'Priest'/Shaman (Favor for spells, Lay on Hands)
• Fighter-->'Soldier'/Guard/Mercenary/Bandit (More skills, more general)
• Fighter-->'Knight'/Samurai (Specialty fighting, Armor or Bow, Resources)
• Monk-->'Mystic'/Shugenja/Hermit (Martial Arts, Chi)
• Paladin-->'Champion'/Avatar/"Extra measure of Grace, Extra Measure of Duty" (Smite, Favored Enemy, Immunity, Track?)
• Rogue--> 'Assassin'/Ninja (Breaking & Entering, Vital strike, Poisson, Ambush, Dark-fighting)
• Rogue--> 'Criminal': Yakuza/Triad/Mafioso/Thieves Guild/Jhereg (Burglar, Pick-pocket, etc).
• Rogue--> 'Rogue'/Minstrel, "World owes me a living", (Gambling, Trickery, Charisma,)
• Sorcerer-->'Sorcerer' (Bloodline, Channeling, MP)
• Warlock-->'Warlock' (Darkpact, Powers, Evocations, Accursed, Dark Knight?)
• Wizard--> 'Wizard' (Spellcraft check vs spell DC)

I pitched a few classes out as suitable only for tribal/demi-human societies

• Bard-->NULL
• Druid-->NULL
• Ranger--> NULL