Dragon Compendium classes - Which would you allow?

[Glyfair]

I intend to make this part of a series if it is popular enough.

Which classes from the Dragon Compendium do you feel comfortable enough to allow in a campaign you run?

Don't discount a class because it doesn't fit into your current campaign ("for example, a warmage in a campaign with no major battles and little arcane magic"). You can discount it if you completely dislike the flavor ("Duskblades wouldn't be allowed because you can just be a fighter/mage")

 

[brehobit]

Only the battledancer was even close to overpowered (ok, I don't know anything about psionics so I'll not claim anything about those PrCs). Everything else seemed weak to me. And the battledancer is only huge as part of a VoP/sorc combo. (Well not only, but that is where it gets sick).

The classes were quite good, but many too weak to use as a PC.

 

[demiurge1138]

The only class I voted against was the shi'ar - the elemental bargaining mechanic, while flavorful, is a bit wonky.

I'd also personally adjust the flux adept, osteomancer and cerebrex classes. They don't get enough for 5/10 casting progression. 7/10 would probably suit them better.

Demiurge out.

 

[Mouseferatu]

BTW, just as a reminder, the force missile mage PrC has an error. He's supposed to have d4 Hit Dice, not d8.

Still a great class.

 

[Astraldrake]

I liked the Sha'ir and keep hoping that someday they'll at least give a renewed nod to more things from the Al Qadim setting. I also think the Urban Druid is a neat, if not a somewhat quirky addition to the game. It holds up as well as bringing back the 1st Ed Ranger. (You remember, back when Rangers got M-U spells?)

As far as all of the PrC's go, well, I wish they'd quit coming up with newer, funkier ways of annoying DM's. Frankly, there isn't much else in the character section of this book that appeals to me as a player, much less would allow as a DM. I also find it ironic, that out of all of the many years of Dragon history, that a lot of the PrC's were just something culled from recent issues that promoted a specific product or setting. (Which makes sense given the 3E nature of PrC's, but still...)

Has anyone heard anything about a second Dragon Compendium? (It did say Vol 1, after all.)

 

[Glyfair]

Has anyone heard anything about a second Dragon Compendium? (It did say Vol 1, after all.)

Last word I remember seeing is that Paizo still has to get permission from WotC. I vaguely remember some buzz that Age of Worms might not be approved (at least soon), because WotC was concerned about competing with their upcoming adventures. I believe it was all speculation, though.

 

[pawsplay]

This poll is flawed. There is no option for "I have seen the dragon compendium, and I would not allow any of them."

 

[Glyfair]

This poll is flawed. There is no option for "I have seen the dragon compendium, and I would not allow any of them."

There is no flaw. Those DMs don't exist

 

[Garnfellow]

There is no flaw. Those DMs don't exist

*Ahem*

 

[Mouseferatu]

There is no flaw. Those DMs don't exist

Oh, I'm sure they exist. I just have to admit, I can't understand why. While a lot of the classes would require a rather unusual campaign flavor, quite a few of them are pretty solid both mechanically and flavor-wise, or at least solid enough mechanically to be worth changing the flavor to better fit.