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<blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6062012" data-attributes="member: 6688937">Multiclassing and Prestige classes...the area of 5e that provides the most trepidation for me. I thought the original 3e concept of Prestige Classes was great...at first it seemed like a great way for GMs to customize their worlds. Then splat arrived in waves.....much sadness and gnashing of teeth followed.In any case, we are faced with a conflict: narrative import and fiddly bits. Which is to say players want the experience of having a character be inducted into the Order of the White Wombat, and whatever privileges that entails. They also want to get specialized little mechanical bells and whistles. To me, it looks like Next already has this...Backgrounds and Themes. Let the mechanics previously known as Prestige Classes become Prestige Themes and Titles (&quot;backgrounds&quot; didn't seem appropriate for something you gain in play.) They could be presented as joined-but-separable. That is, the Blackguard PrC gets you the same benefits as taking the Blackguard Title and the Blackguard Theme*. Groups that want a different feel could use them separately. Separate the requirements, too. That way, the fluff and the crunch don't interfere with each other unnecessarily.Anyway, if we must suffer through this style of multiclassing, that's how I'd prefer it.*I suppose you can give them different names, too: Blackguard PrC = Darkhearted Title + Marauder Theme.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ratskinner, post: 6062012, member: 6688937"] Multiclassing and Prestige classes...the area of 5e that provides the most trepidation for me. I thought the original 3e concept of Prestige Classes was great...at first it seemed like a great way for GMs to customize their worlds. Then splat arrived in waves.....much sadness and gnashing of teeth followed. In any case, we are faced with a conflict: narrative import and fiddly bits. Which is to say players want the experience of having a character be inducted into the Order of the White Wombat, and whatever privileges that entails. They also want to get specialized little mechanical bells and whistles. To me, it looks like Next already has this...Backgrounds and Themes. Let the mechanics previously known as Prestige Classes become Prestige Themes and Titles ("backgrounds" didn't seem appropriate for something you gain in play.) They could be presented as joined-but-separable. That is, the Blackguard PrC gets you the same benefits as taking the Blackguard Title and the Blackguard Theme*. Groups that want a different feel could use them separately. Separate the requirements, too. That way, the fluff and the crunch don't interfere with each other unnecessarily. Anyway, if we must suffer through this style of multiclassing, that's how I'd prefer it. *I suppose you can give them different names, too: Blackguard PrC = Darkhearted Title + Marauder Theme. [/QUOTE]

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