Mithril Man
First Post
Hi All,
I'm putting together a prestige class that I want my character to multiclass into. It is sort of a cross between a Blade Dancer and Kensai, with an emphasis on acrobatics, focus on a chosen weapon, and a slight "mystical edge."
Anyways, my group rotates DMs in a shared campaign world--any alt rules, including prestige classes, are subject to group approval. As there really are no solid guidelines for prestige class creation, I'm taking the Blade Dancer as a template for a pretty high-powered prestige class, subtracting some abilities from it, and trying to figure out the requirements.
Rather than go into a long description, I'm only going to say how it differs from the Blade Dancer (as I originally wanted to multiclass into Blade Dancer, but figured I couldn't do it until 10th level--I want to be able to multiclass into Blade Adept by 8th, hopefully).
I took away the overly Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon abilities of the Blade Dancer--ride the wind and enchanted blade I, II and III, as well as toned down the acrobatics and fast movement. I added meditative heal, superior weapon focus, weapon specialization, ki whirlwind attack and nondetection.
The Blade Adept's special abilities by level:
1 - acrobatics (+10), fast movement, leap of the clouds
2- superior weapon focus
3 - meditative heal (heal self at a rate of 1hp per level + Wis bonus per hour meditating--the Blade Adept can meditate instead of sleep)
4 - weapon specialization
5 -
6- acrobatics (+20), acrobatic attack
7 - fast movement
8 - ki whirlwind attack
9 -
10 - nondetection (permanent)
Questions:
1) How powerful is this in relation to the Blade Dancer?
2) What should the requirements be?
3) Any ideas to add or subtract to it?
I'm putting together a prestige class that I want my character to multiclass into. It is sort of a cross between a Blade Dancer and Kensai, with an emphasis on acrobatics, focus on a chosen weapon, and a slight "mystical edge."
Anyways, my group rotates DMs in a shared campaign world--any alt rules, including prestige classes, are subject to group approval. As there really are no solid guidelines for prestige class creation, I'm taking the Blade Dancer as a template for a pretty high-powered prestige class, subtracting some abilities from it, and trying to figure out the requirements.
Rather than go into a long description, I'm only going to say how it differs from the Blade Dancer (as I originally wanted to multiclass into Blade Dancer, but figured I couldn't do it until 10th level--I want to be able to multiclass into Blade Adept by 8th, hopefully).
I took away the overly Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon abilities of the Blade Dancer--ride the wind and enchanted blade I, II and III, as well as toned down the acrobatics and fast movement. I added meditative heal, superior weapon focus, weapon specialization, ki whirlwind attack and nondetection.
The Blade Adept's special abilities by level:
1 - acrobatics (+10), fast movement, leap of the clouds
2- superior weapon focus
3 - meditative heal (heal self at a rate of 1hp per level + Wis bonus per hour meditating--the Blade Adept can meditate instead of sleep)
4 - weapon specialization
5 -
6- acrobatics (+20), acrobatic attack
7 - fast movement
8 - ki whirlwind attack
9 -
10 - nondetection (permanent)
Questions:
1) How powerful is this in relation to the Blade Dancer?
2) What should the requirements be?
3) Any ideas to add or subtract to it?
It really needs something to tone it down.
