Help with Tweaking the Stonelord PrC from Complete Warrior

[Samothdm]

I'm trying to tweak the Stonelord PrC found in Complete Warrior. I'd like to add the "Rage" ability as a Pre-Req and then give the PrC one of the following:

1) Stack Stonelord levels with barbarian levels to determine # of rages per day, or
2) Just give one or two bonus Rages per day as class abilities of the PrC.

I don't plan to give the class access to Greater Rage, Mighty Rage, etc.

I'm also slightly tweaking the "Stone Power" abilities a little to better reflect the campaign world.

My question is - by giving the class the bonus rage abilities, what should I cut back on to maintain the class balance?

 

[Samothdm]

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[FireLance]

I would say each of the following could be swopped for an extra barbarian rage per day without unbalancing the class:

1. Both Earth's Blood and Stone Shape.
2. Both Meld Into Stone and Stone Tell.
3. Earthquake.
4. Two Stone Power abilities.

 

[Samothdm]

Thanks, Firelance. Does anyone else care to comment? I'd love some more advice.

 

[Samothdm]

*sniff*

So, no one else wants to comment? I hate to keep bumping this, but I figured this would be a great place to ask for advice on altering this PrC for my campaign. Firelance's comments are much appreciated, but I'd like another point of view as well.

Anyone? Please? My wife will bake cookies for you.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Frankly, the Stonelord seemed weak to me. I think it could use some extra abilities to bring it up to par with the other classes.


Giving an extra rage at 2 of the levels shouldn't hurt anything, though you may want to change the order of the abilities.