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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 927331" data-attributes="member: 537">The problem here is that a lot of PrCs are meant to represent being "uber" at some particular spellcasting specialty. It's hard to think of someone as being the best at casting boom spells, or summoning demons, or just plain commanding the forces of magic, when the other guy gets 9th level boom spells, or 9th level summoning spells, or ANY 9th level spells, before he does.IOW, it's an issue with how a spellcasting class tends to derive most (if not all) of its power from those spells. You can slow down a PrC's spellcasting progression, but that may run counter to what the class is supposed to be.I don't see that as a problem, though. There are people who _like_ playing generalists, even if all their possible roles are filled by PrCs. They may not be the best in the world at any one particular task, but they can do them all with reasonable expertise.If you put the OotBI in melee combat, he's suddenly a lot less frightening than from 30 feet away. If you take the cavalier's horse away, he's just a guy with a sword. If you attack the berserker from range, he's just a target. However, a ftr20 with 11 bonus feats, spread over all these niches (Rapid Shot, Spirited Charge, Great Cleave) can still make a pretty good show regardless of the circumstances. That's the basic tradeoff when it comes to PrCs.</blockquote>