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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mongoose_Matt" data-source="post: 426592" data-attributes="member: 239">Hi Gez,Overall, I am not too fussed about not being able to include WotC prestige classes and feats (though all the SRD ones are in).  The Quintessential books were largely designed to fill in the gaps that some people thought the 'official' class books had left, and this included the prestige classes - but there is enough room for everyone in the current marketplace.You raise the point about ED Shamans, Quintessential books and the Power Classes - basically, they are all created to do something different.  For Shamans, the focus of the book is the new magic system and so, in a way, the core class within is an extra.The Quintessential books are the luxury product - they cover each class in as much detail as possible, leaving no stone unturned.  In general, they will concentrate on existing classes and races but, now and again, we like to release something a little 'different' such as Witch.  However, it is not really the function of the Quintessentials to primarily concentrate on new classes (and races, for that matter).The Power Classes are something of an experiment, but it looks like they are going to prove very popular.  Each specifically adds a new core class and at a price ($2.95) that will allow gamers to 'dip in and out' of them at very little cost, rather than having to buy a full-blown Quintessential every time.  That said, if any Power Class proves exceedingly popular, we may well look at doing a Quintessential book to support it further down the road.The Assassin core class does not, in fact, replace the DMG prestige class, and players can even combine the two.  What we have done is focus on the more 'traditional' Assassin, leaving the supernatural edge to the prestige class.  In this way, a player can start out as a normal (but highly skilled) Assassin and progress on to the prestige class as he meets the requirements - it provides a smoother path, but also allows straight rogues to specialise a little in assassination by multiclassing into it for a level or two.Point taken about Psionic prestige classes.  Up to now we have tended to seperate the two but we are looking to bring some synergy between them in Quintessential Psychic Warrior and Quintessential Psion.Hope that helps!</blockquote>

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