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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Qwillion" data-source="post: 2081763" data-attributes="member: 14641">I always enjoy reading your reviews as I have enjoyed them here and in d20 filtered. I feel I must ask you to justify the following statement, I do not have to book so I may be off base if so let me know. " I feel that the Magelords are far too powerful. They gain spellcasting every level and special abilities every level. These include sneak attack three times and mastery of spells. While they have to give up some spellcasting ability to enter the class as they need evasion as a special ability, it doesn’t seem enough."the Arcane Trickster a core prestige class givesspell casting every level and special abilites every leve. This includes sneak attack 5 times, ranged legerdemain 3/day and impromtu sneak attack 2/day. better bab, and skills that a wizard or sorcerer, You give up 3 caster levels (vs. the two caster leves you give up in the mage lord, which puts you a spell level behind the power curve either way.), Any powergamer (including blasphemies like the character optimization board over at wizards)will tell you, never give up a caster level. Only in the most extreme case is the loss of a a caster level worth the cost.</blockquote>