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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 978559" data-attributes="member: 114">I came to this decision some time ago, and I decided that for all the prestige classes in my current campaign world there would normally be the following entrance requirements:1. Find the organisation (or a member of it)2. Persuade them to train you.In some cases the persuasion might be case of fulfilling a quest for them, in others it might be undergoing a series of tests (e.g. to become a Mendonnan Assassin IMC there are some tests you have to pass which involve hiding, moving silently and disguise. Some people will pass these on skill ranks, some on natural ability and most on a mixture of both. They then have to kill someone nominated by the Assassins guild (and the'll choose someone appropriately challenging). Pass all that, and they can get training in the assassin prestige class. Fail - and in this case they'll take out a contract on you <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)I'm sad that prestige classes have degenerated into PC-powerups  or PC configuration options. I think the original idea as expressed in the DMG was far superior. It is only a shame that WotC in the classbooks threw away those principles and everyone else followed suit (or ran alongside).Ah well.</blockquote>