Dragon Compendium classes - Which would you allow?

[pawsplay]

Those classes definitely factored into my decision not to buy that book.

 

[HellHound]

See... I only discount classes based on whether or not they fit in my campaigns. I keep a campaign book that includes how each one is modified to suit my game, either in flavor or in mechanics. Even the Frenzied Berzerker is in my game, for an example of an overpowered class, but with different requirements and toned down powers.

 

[pawsplay]

Even the Frenzied Berzerker is in my game, for an example of an overpowered class, but with different requirements and toned down powers.

So... you allow the barbarian?

 

[BOZ]

i so want to play a Jester, but i need to find a DM that won't force me to sing and tell jokes to use the special abilities.

 

[Pants]

Technically, I'd allow any of them. None really strike me as being overpowered and if a player REALLY REALLY wanted to play one... I guess I'd allow them to.

Now, would I actually encourage anyone to play these classes? Except for a very few, I find them to be rather boring, redundant, or needless. The classes are, imo, the weakest part of the book.

 

[pawsplay]

I would go so far as to say the classes suck, in one fashion or another.

 

[TarionzCousin]

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.

It WAS a great class before you reminded me of this.

 

[Crothian]

I would go so far as to say the classes suck, in one fashion or another.

I'm fairly certain one can make that arguement for any class, even the PHB ones.

I would allow them all if a player wanted to use them.

 

[GQuail]

There is no flaw. Those DMs don't exist

While I like the book and would think someone who couldn't get something out of at least one of the base classes wasn't trying, I do think it's perhaps a flaw in the poll that you didn't include a "I would allow none" option, because. Your comment here implies that you think that's impossible because there is at least one which is balanced - which is perhaps a bit of bias on your part.

As for me, I don't think any of them are ba-roken. Assuming a D4, not D8, where applicable. ;-) The alternate classes need to be watcvhed alongside their kin (a Jester dipping into 1st level Bard would probably be a no-go) and I haven't looked enough at Shi'ar to see how it's spellcasting stuff would run at higher level, but I'd be willing to give them a go.

 

[taliesin15]

So I'm surprised there's no link anywhere to this thread for those of us who have not seen the Dragon Compedium. I'm assuming these are "prestige" classes presented in the pages of Dragon Magazine. If so, I do remember the "Jester" from the early 1980s. Course back then it was still just AD&D (no 1.0 bs), and of course the notion of a prestige class is AFAIK a rather comparatively contemporary conceit.