Core Prestige Classes

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, the best of them do exactly what you'd expect them to do.

To pick one I didn't suggest, the Order of the Bow Initiate, it sounds like someone who is studying archery intensely...and that is exactly what you get. Even though its one of the older PrCls, it stands up pretty well against other archer builds.

Contrast that with the Arcane Archer whose mechanics don't quite match up to what the class seems to promise- a melding of arcane power and archery.

Or look at the Kineticist. That PrCl takes one of the most common archetypal psionicists- one who directly manipulates energy- and brings it into the game in a way that any PC can qualify for it with a single Feat.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Final List

Since this thread died some time ago, this will probably be the final list:

Abjurant Champion
Arcane Hierophant
Arcane Trickster
Archmage
Argent Savant
Assassin
Atavist
Beastmaster
Cavalier
Chameleon
Blade Manifester
Divine Oracle
Dragon Disciple
Eldritch Knight
Exemplar
Exotic Weapon Master
Fochluchan Lyrist
Force Missile Adept
Geomancer
Ghost-Face Killer
Green Whisperer
Grey Guard
Guild Wizard of Waterdeep
Halfling Outrider
Harper
Holy Liberator
Horizon Walker
Illumine Soul
Kensai
Kineticist
Knight of the Lily
Knight of the Skull
Knight of the Thorn
Lucid Cenobite
Malconvoker
Master of Many Forms
Master of Masks
Mystic Theurge
Nightsong Enforcer
Order of the Bow Initiate
Phantom Knight
Rage Mage
Red Wizard of Thay
Shadowdancer
Shiba Protector
Shou Disciple
Soul Bow
Sublime Chord
Tactical Soldier
Tattooed Monk
Tempest
Ultimate Magus
Ur-Priest
Warchanter
War Priest

Thanks guys.

 

[blargney the second]

That's a great list. That should make pretty much any player happy, and gives you plenty of good options as the DM as well.

 

[Drowbane]

At first level, the Shiba Protector gives a Wis bonus to Att & Damage- very nice for a class that is going to have a high Wis already...

I don't think I've had a single Wis-based PC who didn't have a 1-lvl-dip into Shiba Protector since OA came out.

Works nicely for Paladins, Druids, Monks, Clerics... well worth losing 1 level of casting!!

 

[blargney the second]

I never actually looked at the stuff in OA before. Shiba Protector is perfect for an Inspired bad guy I need!