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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7682314" data-attributes="member: 7006">Two different concepts.&nbsp; Prestige classes get you all your class abilities one after the other (if you choose to level that way), whereas sub-classes grant you your abilities with several level gaps in between.&nbsp; So your sub-class features arrive in and around your main class, whereas the PrC allows you to &quot;take time off&quot; from your main class to become this other class for a period of time.But then again it's just multiclassing like anything else.&nbsp; If you leveled a cleric for eight levels then took a five level detour into fighter, before leveling your last seven as a cleric again... those fighter levels were essentially a &quot;prestige class&quot; for you for that period of time.&nbsp; And no one seemed to have much issue with that (since those that did could just not allow multiclassing in their games.)&nbsp; And secondly, you could also essentially turn a PrC into a sub-class by just not leveling all five in a single go but spreading their gains out.&nbsp; You level as a cleric three times, take one level of the PrC, another two cleric, another PrC, four more cleric, another PrC etc. etc.&nbsp; How is that really different than just gaining your sub-class features every several levels?&nbsp; I really don't see much difference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7682314, member: 7006"] Two different concepts. Prestige classes get you all your class abilities one after the other (if you choose to level that way), whereas sub-classes grant you your abilities with several level gaps in between. So your sub-class features arrive in and around your main class, whereas the PrC allows you to "take time off" from your main class to become this other class for a period of time. But then again it's just multiclassing like anything else. If you leveled a cleric for eight levels then took a five level detour into fighter, before leveling your last seven as a cleric again... those fighter levels were essentially a "prestige class" for you for that period of time. And no one seemed to have much issue with that (since those that did could just not allow multiclassing in their games.) And secondly, you could also essentially turn a PrC into a sub-class by just not leveling all five in a single go but spreading their gains out. You level as a cleric three times, take one level of the PrC, another two cleric, another PrC, four more cleric, another PrC etc. etc. How is that really different than just gaining your sub-class features every several levels? I really don't see much difference. [/QUOTE]

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