core prestige classes

[Renaissance Man]

And the Elven Arcane Archer is a good fit as well; better than the bladesinger, IMO, since I've always imagined elven archers, not elven swordsmen.

Hmm... Legolas, maybe? ("He stabs him with the arrow, and then he shoots him! HE SHOOTS HIM!!")

 

[PeterDonis]

I could've (and have) done without the Loremaster.

OTOH, I, as soon as I saw the Loremaster in the DMG, knew that it was tailor made for one of my elf wizards, who is a historian and keeps extensive chronicles of the campaign world. There's somebody out there who can use just about any class that's been thought up. I don't think the DMG classes were intended to be more "core" prestige classes than the others, just that those happened to be developed when the DMG was being put together.

Peter Donis

 

[Nightfall]

I can live with Loremaster. It's just the present version of Archmage...UGH! If they give it +1 every odd level or even level I could deal with it more.

 

[RangerWickett]

Okay, let's assume that this is the DMG for 3.1 edition. Thus, they'll put the psion and psychic warrior into the core PHB 3.1. That, plus psionic powers, would put the PHB page count up to 350, easily.

So, the DMG gets an extra 50 pages or so too. We'll then get 18 prestige classes, one for each of the 13 classes (though some can be used for different classes), and another one for all of the demi-human races. I'm going to be making some up.

• Barbarian -
• Bard - Red Smile Assassin, from Counter Collection II, basically a bardic assassin that lulls his targets into a false sense of security, then strikes. This can replace the normal assassin. Also works for rogues.
• Cleric - Holy Guardian, which I just made up, lets you use turning usages to turn monsters other than undead.
• Druid - Blighter, from Masters of the Wild.
• Fighter - Duelist, from Song & Silence.
• Monk - Lasher, from Tome & Blood, but redone so it uses the Oriental eight-section staff.
• Paladin - Blackguard.
• Psion - Librarian of the Nexus, which I just made up, lets a psion tap into the knowledge of others, so he can practically know anything. This kinda replaces the Loremaster, which many feel is overpowered.
• Psychic Warrior - Doppleganger, which I just made up, letting the psychic warrior learn the feats and fighting styles of his opponents, and even adopt some of their ability scores.
• Ranger - Animal Lord, kinda like the one in Masters of the Wild, only open to rangers earlier.
• Rogue - Thief-Acrobat, from Song & Silence. Also would be interesting for monks.
• Sorcerer - Spellsinger, similar to the one presented in Asgard issue 5. Also good for bards.
• Wizard - Academy Master, kinda like an archmage, only less .
• Dwarf - Dwarven Defender.
• Elf - Arcane Archer.
• Gnome - Gnome Trickster, from Dragon Annual . . . #2, I think.
• Halfling - Arcane Trickster (though it would need a name change), from Tome & Blood.
• Orc - Eye of Gruumsh, from Masters of the Wild.