Drider as Transformational PrC

[Nightfall]

Hellhound needs that kind of publicity.

 

[Nifft]

Nifft, you are -so- being quoted on that in the future.

I'll give you another good quote if you gimmie some feedback on how balanced this PrC looks vs. the original monster...

-- N

 

[Dalamar]

Lets see, I'll compare a Cleric/Drider Cultist to a core drider and see what's different ability-wise. Using cleric since that has the same size of HD as aberration (sor/wiz/psion driders will have less hp than core)

HD: 7d8 compared to 6d8, the cleric is a bit better off
BAB and base saves(F/R/W): +5, +4, +2, +7 compared to +4, +2, +2, +5. The two saves are better because of the way multiclassing works and extra HD, BAB is better due to the extra HD.
Spellcasting: 5th level cleric compared to 6th level cleric, core drider is better off here.
CR: both are CR 7
ECL: C/DC is 7 compared to the 10 of the Drider
Ability scores: C/DC loses +2 from Dex and Con (if human) or +4 from Con (if elf)
Special Abilities: C/DC loses SR, a host of spell-like abilities and racial bonuses to Hide and Move Silently skills.

All in all, I'd say it's a good class, though I wonder if 4 levels is too good for such adjustments to ability scores. I might move the spellcasting advancements to even levels and add a fifth level, but then I can't decide which abilities, if any, would be moved to the new level besides transformation.

 

[Nightfall]

I personally don't see needing to adding another class level to this one. That said I don't see why not either.

 

[Golem2176]

Just wondering, what haapens if a character (pc or npc) only takes the first four levels of this class, but chooses not to take the fifth level?

 

[Nifft]

Just wondering, what haapens if a character (pc or npc) only takes the first four levels of this class, but chooses not to take the fifth level?

It's a 4-level PrC. But I'll pretend you asked what would happen if someone skipped the last level.

The answer is, they'd get some good stat boosts, one level of spellcasting, have an arachnid visage, and not become Large (gaining +8 Str, which more than makss up for the -4 Str they lost at level 1) or get six bonus legs.

Like any other PrC, you can stop taking levels in it.

-- N