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3e PrCs with implicit narrative prerequisites are exactly why I object to a narrative prerequisite for PrCs. They were supposed controls for the extra power granted by the PrC, but they were hand waved away because it was always presented as a player option. Making them explicit doesn't fix...

NPC mook Archers can't have the Sharpshooter feat. That requires level 4. For that matter, they can't even have level 1. Levels are a PC conceit. So are Variant Humans. If you're theorizing a unit of 100 Level 1 Variant Humans with Sharpshooter, you're basically theorizing a table of 100 players.

I'd agree this works if: 1) Players had no clue what PrCs were in the game in advance, or were given a short list by the DM as available in his campaign that the characters (not players) would know about. In other words, as a DM option. 2) generally, the mechanical prerequisites don't have to be...

PrC prerequisites based on in-game events, such as finding a magical item, or requiring a 'gatekeeper' person or organization, are absolutely terrible. They have a large potential to cause conflict between DM narrative decisions and player expectations/agency. No PrC should ever have a...