How many Prestiege classes in your D&D 3.0 / 3.5 game?

[Shawn_Kehoe]

Hi everyone,

I'm just curious if any of my fellow DMs have placed a hard limit on the number of prestiege classes that exist in their campaign setting. My most recent list contained 36 classes, 9 of which were designated as NPC only. Mind you, I have yet to account for the revised Complete series or the Librim Mortis, so that number could change yet.

Even if I do come up with a "master" list, I'll try to accomodate my players' wishes, so long as the class isn't broken or greatly inappropriate for the setting.

-Shawn

 

[Crothian]

Infinite I guess. I don't make a pre made list since that's too much work for very little return.

 

[pogre]

Players must design their own prestige classes that make sense within the campaign's context. Naturally, I must approve the design. I have had two players do it. Prestige classes for NPCs are wide open.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

Infinite I guess. I don't make a pre made list since that's too much work for very little return.

So sayeth the ooze, so sayeth we all.

There are certainly some prestige classes that I would never allow, allow only under certain circumstances, or would modify extensively before allowing, but I can't see myself ever enforcing a hard, numerical limit.

 

[Breakdaddy]

My hard and fast number for prestige classes allowed in my game is zero. 3.5 runs fine without em

 

[tec-9-7]

Infinite I guess. I don't make a pre made list since that's too much work for very little return.

I'll go to the opposite end and choose NONE. I don't care for them and don't see them adding anything to the game.

 

[Crothian]

I'll go to the opposite end and choose NONE. I don't care for them and don't see them adding anything to the game.

Players like them. Players happy means game runs smoother. I could care less for them one way or another I rarely bother to stat NPCs anyone because it isn't needed. But if there is a part of the game my players really like, I'm going to make sure to include it. It's their game, I just happen to be the guy behind the screen.

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

I don't keep a hard limit in my game, nor any kind of list.

My game is set in the Forgotten Realms, so most of the Realms-specific PrC's that are seen in my game are those I introduce in the form of NPCs (adds flavor that way and sometimes lets me use unique game mechanics, even if said NPC's aren't encountered in combat).

My players seem to favor DMG specific PrC's. Only one character and cohort have prestige classes from outside the DMG.

J. Grenemyer

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

None. I'm running a PHB-only (for the characters) game right now. If someone wanted to use a PrC from the DMG I'd let them. But no one's asked yet. Of course, that may be because most of the players are new to the game, and only one of them has any experience with 3.x versions.

 

[the Jester]

No, but I do approve prcs on a case by case basis. Also, I have a large list of books that I have already vetted the prcs in (as well as ones with some minor tweaks). Here's that list:

Any of the prestige classes from the following books are allowed: Dungeon Master’s Guide, Frostburn, Libris Mortis, Manual of the Planes.

Prestige Classes Allowed from Complete Warrior:

Bear warrior, bladesinger, cavalier, dark hunter, dervish, drunken master, exotic weapon master, eye of Gruumsh, gnome giant-slayer, halfling outrider, hulking hurler, hunter of the dead, invisible blade, justiciar, knight of the chalice, knight protector, master thrower, master of the unseen hand, mindspy, nature’s warrior, occult slayer, order of the bow initiate, ravager, reaping mauler, spellsword, stonelord, tattooed monk, war chanter, warshaper.

Prestige Classes Allowed from Complete Divine:

Black flame zealot, blighter, church inquisitor, consecrated harrier, contemplative, divine crusader, divine oracle, entropomancer, evangelist, geomancer, holy liberator, hospitaler, rainbow servant, sacred fist, seeker of the misty isle, shining blade of Heironius, ur-priest, void disciple, warpriest.

Prestige Classes Allowed from Complete Arcane:

Acolyte of the skin, alienist, argent savant, blood magus, effigy master, elemental savant, enlightened fist, fatespinner, geometer, green star adept, initiate of the sevenfold veil, master transmogrifist, mindbender, , seeker of the song, sublime chord.

Prestige Classes Allowed from Complete Adventurer:

Animal lord, beastmaster, bloodhound, daggerspell mage, daggerspell shaper, dread pirate, dungeon delver, exemplar, Fochlucan lyrist, ghost-faced killer, highland stalker, maester, master of many forms, nightsong enforcer , nightsong infiltrator , ollam, shadowbane inquisitor, shadowmind, spymaster, streetfighter, tempest, thief-acrobat, vigilante, wild plains outrider.

Prestige Classes Allowed from 3.0 Splatbooks:

Bane of infidels, candle caster, devoted defender, fist of Hextor , foe hunter, forsaker, ghostwalker , gladiator, hexer, king/queen of the wild, lasher, master of chains, oozemaster, outlaw of the crimson road, royal explorer, tribal protector, verdant lord, warmaster, watch detective, weapon master, windrider.