D&D 4E 4E, PrC's, and you...

[Sigdel]

Has anyone heard if they are going to have PrC's in 4E? Or are they just going to release new "trees" for the classes to grow on?

 

[Masquerade]

I don't believe there has been any evidence either way.

Personally, I favor the "more talent trees" approach.

 

[Sigdel]

I don't believe there has been any evidence either way.

Personally, I favor the "more talent trees" approach.

I agree, in a way. It sounds more like they are going to be more into character variants rather than PrC's. But PrC's allow you to achieve things that some variants just cant touch. But that is in 3.5. 4e may work differently.

 

[Glyfair]

I agree, in a way. It sounds more like they are going to be more into character variants rather than PrC's. But PrC's allow you to achieve things that some variants just cant touch. But that is in 3.5. 4e may work differently.

Of course, with a new PHB every year with new classes, I can see them getting pretty far just by creating classes for those that can't be done well with existing classes.

Personally, I hope to see something like prestige classes.

 

[A'koss]

Prestige classes are in, but are changing. It seems that you don't stop being your primary class when you take them - the example given was that you don't stop being a Barbarian when you take the Berserker PrC. Perhaps PrCs are handled more like talent trees now...

 

[Majoru Oakheart]

Prestige classes are in, but are changing. It seems that you don't stop being your primary class when you take them - the example given was that you don't stop being a Barbarian when you take the Berserker PrC. Perhaps PrCs are handled more like talent trees now...

The quote you are referring to doesn't actually say that PrC are in. It says that you don't stop being a Barbarian. You are always a Barbarian, the Frenzied Berserker part comes later.

I got the impression that when they were referring to the "Frenzied Berserker" part they meant that you'd be taking high level Barbarian abilities that turned you into a "Frenzied Berserker" but you'd never actually take a PrC to get those powers.

Who knows though as I haven't heard any official word one way or another.

 

[A'koss]

The quote you are referring to doesn't actually say that PrC are in. It says that you don't stop being a Barbarian. You are always a Barbarian, the Frenzied Berserker part comes later.

I got the impression that when they were referring to the "Frenzied Berserker" part they meant that you'd be taking high level Barbarian abilities that turned you into a "Frenzied Berserker" but you'd never actually take a PrC to get those powers.

Who knows though as I haven't heard any official word one way or another.

The quote:
"Prestige classes will still exist, but different. They want to make them easier to integrate. They also don't want you to have to stop being your core class to enter a prestige class- you could be a frenzied berserker but you'd still advance as a barbarian. They couldn't say much on this."

New Prestige Classes are also mentioned as a feature of the upcoming D&D Insider magazine.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

The quote:
"Prestige classes will still exist, but different. They want to make them easier to integrate. They also don't want you to have to stop being your core class to enter a prestige class- you could be a frenzied berserker but you'd still advance as a barbarian. They couldn't say much on this."

New Prestige Classes are also mentioned as a feature of the upcoming D&D Insider magazine.

Like 2E kits?

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

I love prestige classes but if Talent trees or more base classes in new PHB's is what they do, I guess that works too.

 

[Branduil]

I never liked the way Prestige classes worked in 3e. They seemed to easy to cheese out with, and in some cases you'd be stupid not to take onecoughSorcerercough. If they make them more like alternate talent trees instead of whole new classes I'll like that better.