3.5 prestige class scoop

[Particle_Man]

From an unnamed source. The Jester will appear in the Revised DMG. The saves and BAB are like a bard, but they get a special spell set, 6 skill points/level, and some cool sounding abilities:

1st level: Something Fishy
2nd level: Fool me once
4th level: Shame on you
6th level: Fool me twice
8th level: Shame on me
10th level: April Fools

 

[LazarusLong42]

And thus, it begins.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I believe in an older adventure book called the Compleate Adventurer we did have the Jester. Grabs book behind him... Nope, it was the Harlequin. Any chaotic alignment, human or half elf, mini char 15, int 12, dex 14, oratory, lying, mimicry, impersonation and other abilities. Good bless Stephan Michael Sechi and his breaking the AD&D mold oh so longago.

 

[Ranger REG]

Hmm. Must be April 1st, in your area.

 

[FireLance]

I believe in an older adventure book called the Compleate Adventurer we did have the Jester. Grabs book behind him... Nope, it was the Harlequin. Any chaotic alignment, human or half elf, mini char 15, int 12, dex 14, oratory, lying, mimicry, impersonation and other abilities. Good bless Stephan Michael Sechi and his breaking the AD&D mold oh so longago.

There actually *was* a Jester kit in the old 2E Complete Bard's Handbook. This is no joke.

 

[Zhure]

There was also a Jester NPC class from Dragon Magazine for 1e (I'm thinking circa Issue #97ish but am far too lazy to look). Very dangerous. Not apparently on the surface, but they could use a Wand of Wonder and not have to roll for the effect, they could just choose it. Thus they were terribly wealthy, as the Wand can randomly eject low-grade gems, and spew forth lightning bolts, as well as call forth all sorts of other prankish effects from the Wand.

Greg

 

[HellHound]

There was also a Jester Prestige Class in the now-discontinued ENnie-award winning "Portable Hole Full of Beer (this product contains no alcohol)".

IMO, it was pretty sweet.

 

[Particle_Man]

There was also a Jester NPC class from Dragon Magazine
for 1e (I'm thinking circa Issue #97ish but am far too lazy
to look). Very dangerous. Not apparently on the surface,
but they could use a Wand of Wonder and not have to roll
for the effect, they could just choose it. Thus they were
terribly wealthy, as the Wand can randomly eject
low-grade gems, and spew forth lightning bolts, as well as
call forth all sorts of other prankish effects from the
Wand.

Greg

OMG I remember that! Same issue as the story "Diarmund's Last Jest" (which contained a joke so funny that people would die laughing). We really must get together and compare grey hairs sometime.

 

[Greatwyrm]

Also, there was a Jester in Fantasy Flight's Path of Shadows , IIRC.

 

[spunky_mutters]

The Jester from Dragon was the best. In the best 1e tradition they had to fight for levels (like Druid, Monk). Of course they used punfighting. I had a player who loved that class. It's too bad the gods kept killing him.