Choose your Favorite Core/SRD Prestige Class(es)

[Thanee]

The Arcane Archer, while I like the conceptual idea, has too many design flaws. It just doesn't work well.

The Shadowdancer is pretty cool, it could only need a more clarified HiPS description.

Bye
Thanee

 

[JimAde]

I like Assassin NPCs for the threat level, and Eldritch Knight for the surprise factor. My PCs are about to mix it up with one (though they don't know it) and I don't think they'll expect magic mojo from the heavily-armored Dwarf guy.

 

[MonsterMash]

Pretty much onlyas NPC IMC, though an assassin may be possible.

Also have a couple of setting specific ones that will be used.

 

[Joshua Randall]

I don't know if it's any good, but the Thaumaturgist PrC seems like it has oodles of potential for an NPC villain. It fills the niche of demon-summoning-bad-guy quite nicely.

 

[Insight]

I guess a corollary question would be if there were Prestige Classes that could be tweaked to make them more interesting, and which classes would make good candidates for that sort of tweaking.

 

[Psion]

Duelists are popular? That was a surprise. It is by far the weakest of the DMG prestige classes. I guess some people really really really like the style and don't care about the mechanics.

Wot! All the D&D bashers are wrong that all D&D players are just munchkinny minmaxers? Say it isn't so!

 

[KB9JMQ]

I picked Arcane Archer, I really like that PrC.
My favorite PrC though has to be Hunter of the Dead in DotF.

 

[Psion]

I guess a corollary question would be if there were Prestige Classes that could be tweaked to make them more interesting, and which classes would make good candidates for that sort of tweaking.

The synergy classes (Mystic Theruge and Eldritch Knight.) While they do their job, they are sort of boring.

 

[Dracomeander]

I like the Arcane Archer, but there is one thing about it that has always bothered me.

Why should the Arcane Archer be able to keep increasing the power/enchantment bestowed on his arrows without continuing to get further understanding in the ways of magic (i.e. increasing casting ability?)

 

[Tyrrell]

I like the Arcane Archer, but there is one thing about it that has always bothered me.

Why should the Arcane Archer be able to keep increasing the power/enchantment bestowed on his arrows without continuing to get further understanding in the ways of magic (i.e. increasing casting ability?)

He IS getting further understanding in the ways of magic. Just that the particular understanding that he gets has nothing to do with spells.

You might as well ask why a wizard continues to get more spells when it's clear that their understanding of magic obviously isn't getting any deeper as evidenced by their lack of enchantment bonuses on their arrows.