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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 738770" data-attributes="member: 1288">Well, I think that, by the rules of the game, your DM has the right to make this sort of decision.  People tend to forget this, because they've appeared in so many products, but Prestige Classes are optional.  That's why they're not in the DMG, not the Player's Handbook.  (To say nothing of Rule 0, of course.)However, that said, if several people in the group want them, the DM is probably making a mistake not allowing them.  The objective is for everyone to enjoy the game, after all, and while the DM is responsible for designing the world--and for making sure that he's also having fun--its his responsibility to make sure everyone else is as well.I'd say talk to him--politely.  Ask him why he's reluctant to allow PrCs, and explain that you (and your friends) feel that you'd enjoy the characters more if you had those options.  However, you must also be prepared to accept it if he still says no.  At the end of the day, it is his decision.</blockquote>