d20 Modern Prestige Classes With 10 Levels?

[Vigilance]

I find the idea that you should be able to "max out" every class you take a little odd. Certainly that's the only reason that a PrC class should definitely be 5 levels.

However if you follow that logic then really base classes should be 5, advanced classes 5, and prestige classes 10. Or should it be 6/6/8?

Where I draw the line between deciding what's an advanced class and what's a prestige class is further specialization, much like the example Ranger Reg gave above. If a soldier is an advanced class, then what's a special operations soldier such as SEAL?

And I almost always do 10 level classes for advanced and prestige classes (looking over my body of work I can think of two and only two times I have made a 5 level prc), because I think those classes provide the most flavor in combination with a sufficient room for growth into the role.

Chuck

 

[Ranger REG]

If you don't mind I turn this thread into a workshop discussion, but what are some reasons as to why you would use less number of levels in a PrC and/or AdC?

And by all means please use examples.

 

[Vigilance]

Well I prefer 10 levels unless there just aren't enough meaningful abilities to fill out the class.

I think 10 level PrCs are more interesting and give players more time to explore that role (if they want to).

So usually when you see 5 level class from me its because the class idea itself is very narrowly defined. The two examples from my books would the Lady of the Lake from Excalibur, and the SOAR unit from Blood and Guts. In each case the class had a very narrow focus to the point that I have seen both as NPCs much more often in games than PCs.

Chuck

 

[jaerdaph]

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[jaerdaph]

Jaerdaph - about your signature.

Thanks man!

 

[HellHound]

No problem. It's been a recent problem @ RPGnow, from a variety of vendors and fans.

 

[Laslo Tremaine]

Hellhound, perhaps now that jaerdaph has fixed the link in his .sig, you could edit your post to remove his original link?