How Prevalent Are Prestige Classes in Your Game?

[Nightfall]

No, it's the prestige class. Though I do have certain issues with the bloodless template as well, and think that their charisma gain should be limited.

But we've been over this in a past life.

Right you are. Certainly I don't think I'll ever let a PC take such a template. WWWWAAAAYYY too much problems with it.

 

[Wolfen Priest]

Hmm.. That may be, but you would have to start planning on taking the prestige class from Level one character generation ( especially in Scarred Lands! - unless you want to play a Forgemaster - ha! ), so realistically, that level number is higher...

I thought forgemasters were kewl. Kind of like the party 'tinkering engineer' or something.

 

[Buttercup]

Of all the games I've played in or DMed, I've seen two players take, or intend to take, a prestige class. I've no interest in prestige classes myself. I've never seen one that would let me do stuff that seems more interesting to me than the regular class abilities.

 

[Wolfen Priest]

I'll tell you one thing: if you like to play clerics, there's almost no reason to take a PrC, ever.

 

[bloodymage]

Nada, zero, zip, none. Don't allow them.

 

[Psion]

I'll tell you one thing: if you like to play clerics, there's almost no reason to take a PrC, ever.

I've always thought clerics needed PrCs more than any other class. The cleric class is not sufficient to describe the unique nature of worship of specific deities.

 

[Wolfen Priest]

I've always thought clerics needed PrCs more than any other class. The cleric class is not sufficient to describe the unique nature of worship of specific deities.

Well, yes, in many ways, I concede that you're right, from a roleplaying perspective. But looking through the DotF book, the only prestige class that was better rules-wise from my understanding was the templar (I think?)... which was utterly broken and no self-respecting DM would allow it _for_a_cleric_.

Basically the PrC (whichever one it was called ~ I generally don't even allow them unless a player really wants it, and then it's a judgment call, of course) was designed for paladins, but gave full spell progression, d10 for hit-points, fighter BAB, you get the idea. A cleric taking the class would be seriously wonked.

But most of the "cleric-designed" PrC's I saw required sacrificing spell-progression every other level, which just isn't worth it, unless you are really playing out a specific theme, which, again, I personally didn't find any that were useful and/or particularly interesting in that book. I guess I have no problem keeping clerics generic. And powerful.

On-topic, I think assassin is probably the best (i.e., "coolest") and most balanced PrC to take, even though it's almost ridiculously easy to meet the requirements for it.