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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 7682825" data-attributes="member: 553">1) As has been pointed out, a single prestige class that can be taken by multiple classes is less rules heavy than creating multiple, similarly themed subclasses. So, that's one way. Other ways depend on what you mean by bloat. Even if PrC's become standard parts of certain supplemental books going forward, the greatly reduced release schedule will avoid the avalanche that happened in 3e, where multiple books a year had half a dozen new PrCs each (not even counting third party supplements.) I mean, you could ask the same thing about sub-classes and feats - how does having them in the game avoid rules bloat? And I think the answer is the same: by controlling the amount of material released. (How whatever OGL or other license plays into this, we'll see, but I think we won't have the same tsunami of 3rd Party material we did in the early d20 days).2. I think this is another answer to your first question. Hopefully prestige classes will reflect the original stated 3E intent of representing special training or knowledge by belonging to a special organization. The example we've seen also suggests another criteria new to this edition: the PrC should be at least somewhat class agnostic. Otherwise, it should probably be a subclass.3. Not sure what one has to do with the other. This is a playtest article garnering feedback. An actual, working version of PrCs may be a ways off. In fact, if they do release a campaign setting, it would make sense to have the mechanics of PrCs already worked out, so they could present a couple along with the campaign material. "Here's a PrC for organization X in this campaign world."  One could say the Sword Coast Adventure's Guide is a localized setting book for the Forgotten Realms. The next supplement focusing on another area of the Realms might include a PrC for someone joining the Harpers, the Purple Knights or what have you (I'm not an FR scholar by any means.) So it would make sense to start playing with PrCs now.</blockquote>

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