victorysaber
First Post
Should prestige classes automatically be more powerful than base classes?
The assumption is that prestige classes are more specialised, more "niche". The common complaint is that they are overpowered. The lesser complaint is that they are not powerful enough to compensate for not taking your base class higher.
And in several places, it has been said that the prestige classes' power levels are pegged according to the lowest level the character would have had in a base class, if he/she did not enter the prestige class at the earliest possible level.
Although it has never been said expressly that prestige classes have to be more "powerful" (not specialised or niche) than base classes, I guess this is the assumption. Or is it? Would you take a prestige class that is "as powerful' as a base class?
The assumption is that prestige classes are more specialised, more "niche". The common complaint is that they are overpowered. The lesser complaint is that they are not powerful enough to compensate for not taking your base class higher.
And in several places, it has been said that the prestige classes' power levels are pegged according to the lowest level the character would have had in a base class, if he/she did not enter the prestige class at the earliest possible level.
Although it has never been said expressly that prestige classes have to be more "powerful" (not specialised or niche) than base classes, I guess this is the assumption. Or is it? Would you take a prestige class that is "as powerful' as a base class?