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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2440432" data-attributes="member: 8158">People did not just suddenly get fickle and &quot;decide they don't acutally want that&quot;. Some people (such as myself) liked the utilitarian nature of the prestige classes to begin with, and some were shocked and appalled by the notion that a prestige class shouldn't contain detailed information on the order of eldritch knights or the society of dwarven defenders or whatever. Many of the latter didn't get that the prestige classes were left open for the DM to mold into his campaign (i.e. they got all hot and bothered and outraged without actually reading the frickin' DMG&quot;s explanation of how to use PrC's), and they complained because their desires were not represented.And now the folks who liked the utilitarian PrC's are speaking up now that they're underrepresented. But it's hardly a unanimous response; there are people disagreeing.IMO, the big mistake they made--and the best thing they've done recently--is to add a section for &quot;adaptation&quot; to the description of a prestige class. Something that makes it clear in big neon lights that &quot;this class is for the DM to do with what he will; you decide what an eldritch knight is in your campaign. Here are some suggestions...&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 2440432, member: 8158"] People did not just suddenly get fickle and "decide they don't acutally want that". Some people (such as myself) liked the utilitarian nature of the prestige classes to begin with, and some were shocked and appalled by the notion that a prestige class shouldn't contain detailed information on the order of eldritch knights or the society of dwarven defenders or whatever. Many of the latter didn't get that the prestige classes were left open for the DM to mold into his campaign (i.e. they got all hot and bothered and outraged without actually reading the frickin' DMG"s explanation of how to use PrC's), and they complained because their desires were not represented. And now the folks who liked the utilitarian PrC's are speaking up now that they're underrepresented. But it's hardly a unanimous response; there are people disagreeing. IMO, the big mistake they made--and the best thing they've done recently--is to add a section for "adaptation" to the description of a prestige class. Something that makes it clear in big neon lights that "this class is for the DM to do with what he will; [B]you[/B] decide what an eldritch knight is in your campaign. Here are some suggestions...". [/QUOTE]

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