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<blockquote data-quote="demon_jr" data-source="post: 412732" data-attributes="member: 3480"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> the character i play now has the following prestige classes:holy liberator/bladedancer/shadowdancer/gladiator(i know, it's min-max, but i'm not trying to show-off and i do have a great DM who is very strict on game balance) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />from personal experience (and in my own opinion), although you get some cool powers from taking multiple prestige classes, depending on the ones you take, you lose a lot depending on the type of character you want to play.for example (it may not be a good one though), suppose you have a fighter that picks up multiple prestige classes that are geared towards fighters. usually the first save bonus is a fortitude save. that being the case, depending on how far you progress in a particular prestige class, you may have really high fortitude saves, but very low saves compared to another fighter of your class level.the same could be said for a player that wanted a fighter type of character, but picked multiple prestige classes that had the base attack bonus progression of a rogue or wizard, thus, making his base attack bonus progression much weaker than a fighter of equivalent level.i had to rethink the classes i was going to pick since the epic level handbook came out. since your BAB stops rising after 20th level, i had to figure out which classes would raise my BAB high enough to get 4 attacks before 21st level.on another note, i agree wholeheartedly with what KaeYoss posted regarding rules of etiquette between players and DM's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="demon_jr, post: 412732, member: 3480"] :) the character i play now has the following prestige classes: holy liberator/bladedancer/shadowdancer/gladiator (i know, it's min-max, but i'm not trying to show-off and i do have a great DM who is very strict on game balance) :D from personal experience (and in my own opinion), although you get some cool powers from taking multiple prestige classes, depending on the ones you take, you lose a lot depending on the type of character you want to play. for example (it may not be a good one though), suppose you have a fighter that picks up multiple prestige classes that are geared towards fighters. usually the first save bonus is a fortitude save. that being the case, depending on how far you progress in a particular prestige class, you may have really high fortitude saves, but very low saves compared to another fighter of your class level. the same could be said for a player that wanted a fighter type of character, but picked multiple prestige classes that had the base attack bonus progression of a rogue or wizard, thus, making his base attack bonus progression much weaker than a fighter of equivalent level. i had to rethink the classes i was going to pick since the epic level handbook came out. since your BAB stops rising after 20th level, i had to figure out which classes would raise my BAB high enough to get 4 attacks before 21st level. on another note, i agree wholeheartedly with what KaeYoss posted regarding rules of etiquette between players and DM's. [/QUOTE]

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