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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arcane Runes Press" data-source="post: 374264" data-attributes="member: 402">True enough, though I've always found that attitude to be a bit silly. I like reading well written "fluff" (god, I hate the implied dimissiveness of that phrase) as it relates to a PrC, just to get a better feel for what the designer intended the PrC to represent. Beyond that though, I have no problems, as a player or DM, in completely disregarding that flavor text in favor of my own interpretation. I've seen A LOT of DMs who say "No, can't use it. There's no organization like that in my campaign."To which my reply is, why does it matter? Almost universally, PrCs can be used to replicate a concept for a specific character, completely free of ties to ANY organization. So there's no group that teaches the "Super Dooper Spider Fist" martial arts style? Well then, the player who wants his character to have that PrC is simply going to be playing the monk who INVENTED the "Super Dooper Spider Fist" technique. Not playing in Forgotten Realms, but a player wants the War Wizard of Cormyr PrC? Well, make him a War Wizard of Furyondi, or War Wizard of New York, or whatever. Or, simply let him be a wizard who gains a fundamental knowledge of destructive spells, and the attendant PrC abilities, without assigning any organization to the PrC at all. Granted, there are a few PrCs that require specific organizations (Mage of the Arcane Order for one), but most of the well written ones are simply themed collections of cool abilities. Now, as to my least favorite PrC:There are quite a few which are simply too bland for my tastes. I won't name names, because bland doesn't mean non-functional or non-useful.There is, however, one that I simply can't stand:The SACRED FIST from Defenders of the Faith.Simply too good in comparison to the monk. Most of the abilities the PrC gets are things that the monk should, by all rights, have had. In other words, its a better martial artist than the martial artist is. Patrick Y.</blockquote>

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