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Message: <blockquote data-quote="incognito" data-source="post: 569800" data-attributes="member: 7008">seaong:  I'll answer your Q's.  So there are 5 level PrCs.  WHat's so bad about having the character go back to standard classes after that.   Except that the PCs have tasted of the forbidden fruit, and found it's flavor very intoxicating. Ok, if you want to make it difficult - not impossible fine.  but I would be looking for a character to almost be sub-par in other respects to convince me this was a role-playing decision, rather than a power-gamey decision.  Divine intervention, whether directly, or indirectly is one of the staples of high fantasy (and low fantasy).  Clerics regualrly cast Commune and other divinations.  Are you sayign any time a character meets a god he is entitled to a PrC?  No, I'm sure you are not.  I don't care if over the last level, the player talked an entire army out of attacking his or her home town in an impassioned, multi-session role-playing extravaganza.  If that same player came to me the next session with a custom designed PrC with qualifications that matched his or her background and some crazy, front loaded abilities, I'd say no.  What I would do is give them a role playing, XP "story" award, and thank them from making our game more enjoyable.One rewards roleplaying, the other rewards power gaming, n'est pas? Yet you can flesh out an entire world, complete with thoughts on necromancy, currency, A CUSTOM ORC LANGUAGE (!?!!?) atypical XP advancement for the general popualce, etc etc? You sell yourself short.   With these boards (and other *coff*boards), there should be little need for player involvement.The bottom line is, their is an inherent conflict of interest when players design PrCs.  In real life, we have very strict rules about peolpe in financial industries, law, medicine/psychology with regards to these conflicts.and in real life, you cannot just say. "oh, well Dr. so and so, won't abuse the patient-doctor priveledge, so we let him disclose medical facts if he wants to.  Becasue the possiblity and the sugggestion of impropriety remain, even if none has been commited.In this spirit, I am not extremeist, simply conservative.</blockquote>

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