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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maggot" data-source="post: 2251873" data-attributes="member: 1005">I like the idea of "Prestige Feats".  Basically, a feat that has all the requirements of a Prestige Class (including roleplaying requirements), and gives out benefits like a prestige class but for only one feats worth of power instead of a whole level worth of power.  You could even make a chain of these: "apprentice of the seven towers", "mage of the seven towers", "archmage of the seven towers".This way you can avoid some problems with prestige classes:You don't need to make up a whole class list, sprinkling in lesser abilities to make it balance out.  You just make what you really want in a feat.  What really makes the orginization special.Avoids a bunch of game mechanics designed to avoid losing abilites of core classes such as the "+1 spellcaster level" thing or the "stacks with favored enemy" or "counts as monk levels for purposes of AC", etc.Prestige Feats don't automatically boost saving throws like prestige classes do.No one gets the benefits for free, everyone must spend a feat.  No more disparity between wizards and socerers.</blockquote>