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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrankTrollman" data-source="post: 1186833" data-attributes="member: 14225">Why not?It's supposed to be  Fighter and a Wizard. That means it has to progress in both. When you enter the class you are several levels behind in your spellcasting and fighting progressions. So having them fall any farther behind in either makes them worthless.The CR system assumes that one character 2 levels higher is worth about two characters at the lower level. That could be two fighters, or a spellcaster and a fighter working together. Once your character is fighting at the level of a character a couple of levels lower than he is - he has to gain fighting prowess at the same rate as a regular fighting PrC or he's falling behind. Once the character is a couple of levels behid where he could be in spellcasting - he has to gain spellcasting at the same rate as a spellcaster PrC or he's falling behind.You've committed yourself to writing a prestige class to be a warrior and a spellcaster at the same time. The realities of 3.5 D&D being what they are - that means that you have to give out Full BAB, Full Spellcasting, and Combat Abilities every single level.The class might look unbalanced - but the character won't be - which is what is actually important. As long as the real wizard is still casting more powerful spells, and the Order of the Bow Initiate still has a better BAB - the class isn't unbalanced.Whenever you design a split class PrC like this: remember that you literally could simply be an all-out warrior and spend a feat on Leadership and have a pet wizard just two levels less than yourself. If your class is handing out spellcasting that is more than 2 levels behind the curve ever - you've failed. So if you even think of putting in half caster progression you might as well not waste our time.-Frank</blockquote>

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