Complete Adventurer & Races of Destiny Prestige Classes (from Sharn)

[TracerBullet42]

Dragon #294 should be the one.

Thanks Knight Otu and Gez! You rock and/or roll!

 

[TracerBullet42]

Upon further inspection...my collection does not go back as far as Dragon #294...

Anyone feel up to giving me a brief synopsis of the Nightsong Infiltrator class?

 

[Spatula]

Hmm... Kind of sad to see so many PrCs from S&S, given how poor a product S&S was.

I completely agree. The return of the vigilante, the dungeon delver, and the dread pirate is especially disturbing (the dread pirate, at least, has a workable concept that could make for a decent PrC if heavily re-worked). Why is it so hard for WOTC to make decent rogue PrCs?

 

[Psion]

The 'winged folk' I think you mean are from an old Dragon article, and were also called the 'Al Karak Elam'.

I do recall that, but somewhere along the line, they got redefined as being the same as avariel.

Not that I entirely agree with that move; their original description was a bit different. (And actually, it is the one I originally put in my world, not avariel.)

 

[Psion]

The "Ghost Faced Killer" is the antagonist in the classic martial arts film The Mystery of Chess Boxing.

I think it's a great idea for a PrC.

Indeed. I used it as an antagonist in my game. They are neat conceptally and have good rules follow through. I fail to see the problem, nightfall.

 

[ivocaliban]

(the dread pirate, at least, has a workable concept that could make for a decent PrC if heavily re-worked).

I'm banking on this one. My lead PC's been playing a craptastic Dread Pirate since Song & Silence was released. I tried to disuade him, but there was no hope for it. Since he did this mainly for style instead of substance I couldn't really complain, but I'd like to see this PrC re-worked so that he isn't useless most of the time.

Quite a few of the PrCs from the Complete Warrior were very different from their previous versions, so maybe there's hope.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I do recall that, but somewhere along the line, they got redefined as being the same as avariel.

In their second "Dragon" appearance, if I recall correctly. i.e. way back in the 1E dark ages.

 

[Arkhandus]

The Ghost-Faced Killer is a prestige class originally from Dragon Magazine #289, November 2001, one of my favorite issues as it was focused primarily on the new Oriental Adventures. Had ninja-related stuff, kaiju (think Godzilla), "Leveled Treasure", and such. The Ghost-Faced Killer was an Assassin-like prestige class available to anyone of evil alignment with a few sneaky skills and offensive feats; it was more like a fighter in basic stats than a rogue or assassin, but gained some Sneak Attack damage dice, the Death Attack ability, and various magical abilities to enhance their stealth and assassination capacities. They could turn invisible, instill fear, turn incorporeal, see ethereal and invisible critters, and imbue melee weapons with the Ghost Touch quality when needed; over the course of its 10 levels, but the abilities were well-distributed.

The same article had the Poison Fist, another Assassin-like class but more monk-like, gaining some acrobatic abilities, natural armor, sneak attacks, and poison use, as well as a few minor magical abilities like Venomous Blow, Totem Form, and Totem Aspect. Also in that issue was the Weightless Foot, essentially a warrior prestige class for anyone with Evasion and some movement-related skills, and the Weightless Foot PrC granted some wuxia-style abilities like Leap of the Clouds, Slow Fall, Acrobatics, Water Walk, Uncanny Step (move along walls by 6th-level in the PrC), Feather Fall, Air Walk, and Fly, amongst other things. The WF was better than the Thief-Acrobat I think, would've been a better inclusion for CV (though probably changing the name to something less odd).

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Just a quick self-plug: the site in my signature has a complete list of prestige classes published in Dragon and in official Wizards of the Coast-published products, and I update it as often as possible (though I prefer to wait for the release date to get a comprehensive list).

 

[Psion]

The Ghost-Faced Killer is a prestige class originally from Dragon Magazine #289, November 2001, one of my favorite issues as it was focused primarily on the new Oriental Adventures. Had ninja-related stuff, kaiju (think Godzilla), "Leveled Treasure", and such.

Man, that was a good issue.