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Message: <blockquote data-quote="molonel" data-source="post: 1763312" data-attributes="member: 10412">I disagree. Some character concepts are more appropriate for more advanced characters. Any street thug, be he a fighter or a rogue, can be hired to kill someone. An assassin is someone who makes a profession of it, and presumably has some experience in the craft. I think the idea of a prestige class - something you earn - is quite appropriate. Base classes are more generalized. I sometimes grow weary of the titles simply because many people seem to lack imagination in PLAYING those characters. I tell my players: your class is not your character. You aren't a barbarian. You're [character name]. All your class does is describe some of the things you can do. A barbarian isn't a barbarian unless that's what the player wants to call himself. Maybe he's a totem warrior. Maybe he just considers himself a fighter or a tribal protecter (and no, not the PrC from Sword and Fist), or a blood rager. Maybe he's a thief, like the early Conan called himself. Maybe he's a brigand or a thug or a ritually scarred wildman.I think you're getting way too hung up on labels. It's one of the reasons I dislike the bloat of prestige classes. I wish people would come up with a concept and PLAY it sometimes instead of looking for a new prestige class.There is no such thing as a "correct" title for a character. And prestige classes don't hold your character concept to ransom. That's just silly. Most prestige classes can be earned between levels 5 to 8. But you can build a lot of character concepts with nothing more than the base classes. If a 20th level rogue who can easily top 40+ in his Skill Mastery skills all the time, then if he wants to call himself a ninja, he can damn well do so. He's earned the title. There might be roleplaying elements to fulfill, and he might tease it out with light multiclassing for flavor, but really, does he NEED to buy Sword and Fist just so he can take that silly Ninja of the Crescent Moon Prc?</blockquote>

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