My class is not practicing for some strange reason....

I created a new class, we'll call it class 'Z' for simplicity. Class Z is,
A:
Not practicing
1:
When I practice it says it has taught me all it could
and then I go to look at my % and it's at zero.
B:
Not showing up on the class list
1:
When I create a new char, I can't find my class but
when I type in class z as my class it takes it but
then I'm limited to just the races I created (and
even though I'm replacing all classes and races
I still need the others as examples)
C:
Getting a heathen message
1:
I did a search on heathen and found some on forum
topics but I'm still unsure of what to do about
this....

I'd check comm.c and make sure that your new class isn't being excluded by the line that the original smaugdevs threw in there to prevent vampire from showing up as a race... then I'd double check the class's skill list in the class file to ensure they're all listed with a level and an adept percentage... and maybe check the slookup on those skills to make sure none of them are restricted to only certain teachers or some such... and finally, I'd double check the section in comm.c that outputs the word heathen and make sure your new class isn't being affected by that. ...But that's just where I'd start looking, your milage may vary. ;)