Looking for quite a few prestige classes, need a hand

[Jack99]

Greetings,

Here is the deal. I am the DM, and while I have most books, buying them within a fairly short time period has done that I am not as well versed in them as I would like.

My players are all the type that never frequent messageboards, much less message boards about DND, despite the fact that we have played since 89'.

We have recently started a new campaign, were they are slowly approaching lvl 3. The original thought about the campaign was that only my homemade prestige classes would be accepted (I have made around 40ish, some brand new, some being a copy of an existing prestige class with a tweak or two, to fit into the campaign world).

Then the other day, I was reading a thread, which made me realise that I had the notion of prestige classes all wrong, and that increased multiclassing with those simply allows people to create unique characters, from a mechanical point of view, instead of merely a roleplaying point of view.

Anyway, the point of this post was to ask you guys for some advice on builds, that i could suggest to my players. If we have to do a little tweaking with their existing builds to accomodate a prestige class, we will do so, one time, since they had no way of knowing I would change my mind when they made the characters.

The party:
Dwarf Barb1/Fighter1 - Offensive type, High STR, Greatsword, Power Attack etc.

Elven Diviner2 - with a fetish for fire spells

HalfOrc Monk2 - Offensive type, will be taking a homemade prestige class based on the element of fire (gains even more offensive powers, at the cost of the defensive stuff), but could use a tweak or two, if you have a suggestion for such a monk. Was allowed to take mo bility as 2nd level bonus feat (he had dodge already)

Human monk2 - Fairly standard, has taken deflect arrows at second level, and is now talking about combining druid with his monk levels (but definitely wants primarily to be a monk)

Human Fighter2 - defensively orientated one, with a feat tree that gives him Fast Healing2 (homebrew obviously), and planning on taking at least a few levels in my version of dwarven defender (no need to be dwarf and a few other tweaks)

Cleric2 - Undead hater, will be taking classes in a martial version of RSoP that I have made. (fairly set, just included him for completeness)

Now, what I am looking for is nothing too cheesy, and the FB is definitely out for the barbarian, I just dont like that class, too destructive.

If any of you guys have an idea of prestige classes that might fit those types, I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Here's the hand you needed: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#handoftheMage

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Elven Diviner2 - with a fetish for fire spells

There's the elemental savant (complete mage I think) that lets you focus on one element.

Human monk2 - Fairly standard, has taken deflect arrows at second level, and is now talking about combining druid with his monk levels (but definitely wants primarily to be a monk)

Right now, I can't remember any druid/monk PrCs, but he should be alright, since that nice class and wis bonus to AC will be helpful even in wildshape.

 

[Jack99]

Here's the hand you needed: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#handoftheMage

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I like your goblin song though, gonna steal it and have the next goblins the players meet sing it. Me singing should sound fairly like a bunch goblins

 

[Darklone]

Check out the fiery monk variant bonus feats in PHB2 for the half-orc monk. That allows him to use some fire specials with his Stunning Fist attempts. Sounds like that would be exactly what he would like.

 

[szilard]

Human monk2 - Fairly standard, has taken deflect arrows at second level, and is now talking about combining druid with his monk levels (but definitely wants primarily to be a monk)

Hmmm... if he's looking for a wild-shaping monk, I'd mix in a few levels each of Nature's Warrior and Warshaper. He might also consider dipping into Druidic Avenger (Unearthed Arcana variant) for rage instead of taking 5 levels of Druid, then taking Bear Warrior and Warshaper.

Human Fighter2 - defensively orientated one, with a feat tree that gives him Fast Healing2 (homebrew obviously), and planning on taking at least a few levels in my version of dwarven defender (no need to be dwarf and a few other tweaks)

Some levels in Knight (PHBII) might work for this one.

-Stuart

 

[Kurashu]

Human monk2 - Fairly standard, has taken deflect arrows at second level, and is now talking about combining druid with his monk levels (but definitely wants primarily to be a monk)

Fist of the Forest may be a good fit. I don't know for sure, as I don't have Complete Champion.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

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I like your goblin song though, gonna steal it and have the next goblins the players meet sing it. Me singing should sound fairly like a bunch goblins

It's not mine, it's from Paizo's Pathfinder

http://paizo.com/pathfinder/blog

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Greetings,

Here is the deal. I am the DM, and while I have most books, buying them within a fairly short time period has done that I am not as well versed in them as I would like.

My players are all the type that never frequent messageboards, much less message boards about DND, despite the fact that we have played since 89'.

We have recently started a new campaign, were they are slowly approaching lvl 3. The original thought about the campaign was that only my homemade prestige classes would be accepted (I have made around 40ish, some brand new, some being a copy of an existing prestige class with a tweak or two, to fit into the campaign world).

Then the other day, I was reading a thread, which made me realise that I had the notion of prestige classes all wrong, and that increased multiclassing with those simply allows people to create unique characters, from a mechanical point of view, instead of merely a roleplaying point of view.

Anyway, the point of this post was to ask you guys for some advice on builds, that i could suggest to my players. If we have to do a little tweaking with their existing builds to accomodate a prestige class, we will do so, one time, since they had no way of knowing I would change my mind when they made the characters.

The party:
Dwarf Barb1/Fighter1 - Offensive type, High STR, Greatsword, Power Attack etc.

Dwarf Barbarian/Fighter is good enough that you don't really need to add any frosting to the top. However, for the sake of flavour, you could try Bear Warrior, Exotic Weapon Master, or Reaping Mauler (all from Complete Warrior). All of these add something fun to a dwarven combat tank.

Elven Diviner2 - with a fetish for fire spells

Well, there's Elemental Savant in Complete Arcane, which will turn all his energy spells into fire spells and give some nice bonuses. However, for a more subtle approach, try Ultimate Magus from Complete Mage. Multiclass in Sorcerer and take all sorts of fire spells so you can cast them spontaneously. Then add some metamagic feats to supercharge them by sacrificing your wizard spells.

HalfOrc Monk2 - Offensive type, will be taking a homemade prestige class based on the element of fire (gains even more offensive powers, at the cost of the defensive stuff), but could use a tweak or two, if you have a suggestion for such a monk. Was allowed to take mobility as 2nd level bonus feat (he had dodge already)

One option is to take the Psionic Fist prestige class, which allows powers such as Energy Adaptation and Claw of Energy. However, that takes a while to accomplish. Pyrokineticist (also from Expanded Psionics Handbook) might be a better choice for a quick path to fiery doom.

Human monk2 - Fairly standard, has taken deflect arrows at second level, and is now talking about combining druid with his monk levels (but definitely wants primarily to be a monk)

Keep in mind that there's a difference between "unarmed strike" and "natural weapon" as far as a monk's abilities are concerned. If a monk starts using Wild Shape to turn into bears and stuff, he can either attack with his claws or with unarmed strikes, but he can't work claw attacks into a flurry of blows, since they don't count as "special monk weapons". That means that whatever he decides to wild shape into has to be mechanically superior to using Flurry of Blows in order to make it worthwhile. That said, Nature's Warrior and Warshaper both use Wild Shape to power enhanced abilities, rather than complete transformations, which means it dovetails much better with a monk's abilities.

Human Fighter2 - defensively orientated one, with a feat tree that gives him Fast Healing2 (homebrew obviously), and planning on taking at least a few levels in my version of dwarven defender (no need to be dwarf and a few other tweaks)

Not a prestige class, but look at the feats in Player's Handbook II and Races of Stone that relate to armour and shields. If you're looking to build an untouchable tank, that's the way to go. I recommend straight fighter for the bonus feats.

Cleric2 - Undead hater, will be taking classes in a martial version of RSoP that I have made. (fairly set, just included him for completeness)

You might also look at Hunter of the Dead (Complete Warrior), which is a martial class with a focus on undead smashing and some spellcasting.

 

[Jack99]

Lots of good stuff there, thanks all, between your imput and what I have dug up myself, I have more than enough options to present to my players.

Cheers