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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 803303" data-attributes="member: 172"><p>Note the smiley. Never said you were malicious. Just jogging your memory. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That may be the way that you feel, but the guidelines on prestige class design differ. I'm not just making this up. </p><p></p><p>If you design your classes that way, then it's not a problem for your classes. But I doubt many people will be using just your books.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That may be true, but as time goes on, it seems less and less the case. Fewer and fewer prestige classes have spellcasting that start over again at first level, and more and more have continuing progression. People are getting wiser to how the system works together and the sorts of classes people WON'T take. People who do write classes that start spell progression over again write them so that the spells are more powerful than would be available to a first level for a single class character (see the Demonologist in BoVD and Hallowed Mage in BoHM.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BAB and saves are not the problem; those are accumulative and not normally affected by this unless the class has a favorable save and BAB configuration for some reason.</p><p></p><p>The problem is non-acumulate class abilities and spell progressions.</p><p></p><p>Many PrCs have class abilities that are approximately equal to a level of spell that a spellcaster of the total character level of the minimum PrC character would have. Many of them have MULTIPLE such abilities spread across their levels. Meaning that if you have a class intended for sixth level that you take at fourth, you just aren't getting a jump at 4th level in getting the 6th level ability. You are also getting a jump on your 5th level ability, your 6th level, and so on. That's a lot of mileage out of that feat.</p><p></p><p>Further, many class abilities and DCs that are based on character level, and abilities become more potent rather quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Psion, post: 803303, member: 172"] Note the smiley. Never said you were malicious. Just jogging your memory. :) That may be the way that you feel, but the guidelines on prestige class design differ. I'm not just making this up. If you design your classes that way, then it's not a problem for your classes. But I doubt many people will be using just your books. That may be true, but as time goes on, it seems less and less the case. Fewer and fewer prestige classes have spellcasting that start over again at first level, and more and more have continuing progression. People are getting wiser to how the system works together and the sorts of classes people WON'T take. People who do write classes that start spell progression over again write them so that the spells are more powerful than would be available to a first level for a single class character (see the Demonologist in BoVD and Hallowed Mage in BoHM.) BAB and saves are not the problem; those are accumulative and not normally affected by this unless the class has a favorable save and BAB configuration for some reason. The problem is non-acumulate class abilities and spell progressions. Many PrCs have class abilities that are approximately equal to a level of spell that a spellcaster of the total character level of the minimum PrC character would have. Many of them have MULTIPLE such abilities spread across their levels. Meaning that if you have a class intended for sixth level that you take at fourth, you just aren't getting a jump at 4th level in getting the 6th level ability. You are also getting a jump on your 5th level ability, your 6th level, and so on. That's a lot of mileage out of that feat. Further, many class abilities and DCs that are based on character level, and abilities become more potent rather quickly. [/QUOTE]
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