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How Will Prestige Classes and Paragon Paths Manifest in 5e
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<blockquote data-quote="Advilaar" data-source="post: 5994749" data-attributes="member: 6698911"><p>Much of this depends on how they are going to depend how they are handle "tiers", so to speak.</p><p> </p><p>In 2e, level 10 was an important benchmark. If you were a Thief, you got your gang. Fighters became lords with holdings opening up a whole new gameplay. Still, very arbitrary "this happens at 10"</p><p> </p><p>In 3e, less so. But 3e had hundreds of Prestige Classes, some crazy OP, some very retarded like Pale Master. At least you were not forced to take one if you felt it did not match the flavor you wanted.</p><p> </p><p>4e was a bit interesting. At 10 you got to choose one or continue on a feat taxed multiclass (which gimped you). But, I did not care for the arbitrary "this happens at level 10". I also do not think a paragon path or prestige class should be required. What happened to just being a good mid level rogue? Do I have to be something else automatically?</p><p> </p><p>I think the new background/specialty is going to be the way to go instead of the hundreds of tables for 3e but with a lot more flexibility than the paragon paths of 4e. And unlike 4e, you should not be REQUIRED to take one. If I wanted a job system, i would play Final Fantasy where rogues become ninjas.</p><p> </p><p>Now I want to see what they plan to do for epic <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 :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Advilaar, post: 5994749, member: 6698911"] Much of this depends on how they are going to depend how they are handle "tiers", so to speak. In 2e, level 10 was an important benchmark. If you were a Thief, you got your gang. Fighters became lords with holdings opening up a whole new gameplay. Still, very arbitrary "this happens at 10" In 3e, less so. But 3e had hundreds of Prestige Classes, some crazy OP, some very retarded like Pale Master. At least you were not forced to take one if you felt it did not match the flavor you wanted. 4e was a bit interesting. At 10 you got to choose one or continue on a feat taxed multiclass (which gimped you). But, I did not care for the arbitrary "this happens at level 10". I also do not think a paragon path or prestige class should be required. What happened to just being a good mid level rogue? Do I have to be something else automatically? I think the new background/specialty is going to be the way to go instead of the hundreds of tables for 3e but with a lot more flexibility than the paragon paths of 4e. And unlike 4e, you should not be REQUIRED to take one. If I wanted a job system, i would play Final Fantasy where rogues become ninjas. Now I want to see what they plan to do for epic :D [/QUOTE]
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