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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beholder Bob" data-source="post: 2011348" data-attributes="member: 12866">The Brotherhood of the Spider: at first glance it is well made.  The PDF is cleanly arranged (though expensive, $1 for 1 prestige class!) and easy to read through.  The initial section details the history of the prestige class - giving the DM several hooks to place it in a game as well as points to anchor it to an ongoing campaign.  Immediately, though, is a break into non-open content.  Lolth is not open content - this does not prevent the purchaser from using it, of course, but obviously the author either did not respect the OGC license or was ignorant of it.  This does not bode well.Crunch wise: powers gained are too much!  This 5 level class gains a stat point at every level but 5th!  In addition: unlimited web use, spider climb, 50' jumps, web swinging, danger sense, and poisonous bite!  This class gains far too much for even considering it in a serious game.  The designer obviously is not familiar with the concept of balance - creating an uber-class of obscene proportion.  In addition is full attack progression, 4 skill points per level, and 2 good saves.  Of note: the designer failed to use standard save progression as well.  Crunch wise - it fails on every level.  Overpowered to the nth degree - it doesn't even apply the save mechanics properly.The pre-req's for this class are poor!1) It is race specific but fails to not it in bold in standard format.  It is possible to miss this little nugget as it was not included with other such data!  From the description, it implies angry males - but this class is open to female drow as well.  Is this intended - or an error of omission.2) It requires 5 levels fighter.  Not base attack.  No flexibility.  No explanation either.  Several classes fit the theme very well, including monk3) It requires 10 ranks in: climb, balance, knowledge religion, move silently.  This requires multi-classing to achieve or feats to make the non-class skills available as class skills.Theme wise: it is spiderman - with a poisonous bite.  Why?  A drow superhero?  The superhero flavor is so strong it is impossible to ignore - and makes this class useless to all but a few who wish to have a Drow 'Spidey' swinging into their game.  At the very least, the author should have included Electro, Doc Octopus, and the Green Goblin to keep this overpowered, poorly written, silly class in line.Do not buy this product - but if you do, get some aspirin to go with it.</blockquote>

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