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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chun-tzu" data-source="post: 379054" data-attributes="member: 1441">I'm not sure comparing the Arcane Trickster to core classes is the best way to go. Comparing Prestige Classes to core classes will inevitably lead you to de-power or altogether throw out at least half of the official PrCs.Yes, the Arcane Trickster is powerful compared to a Wizard/Rogue. Any spellcasting PrC that grants full spellcasting ability is powerful compared to their respective core classes. Most PrCs that grant any spellcasting ability at all to nonspellcasters are powerful compared to their core classes.But I do agree that Arcane Trickster is one of the more powerful PrCs (but not so powerful that I'd change it).Straight multiclassing is underpowered in 3E. For spellcasters, higher class levels are worth far more than lower class levels. You gain much more power going from Wizard 6 to Wizard 7 than you do going from Wizard 2 to Wizard 3. But the 3E multiclassing rules treats this as the same. In earlier editions, because of the lower experience points required for lower levels, this wasn't a problem.Nitpick: The Arcane Trickster's requirement of 7 ranks in Decipher Script seems fairly useless to me. After all, they can cast Comprehend Languages.</blockquote>