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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5187064" data-attributes="member: 4937">Master of Chains is one of the earliest examples of unbalanced PrC (ei, makes an already strong concept stronger, strictly better than a base class pursuing the same concept, etc.).   I groaned inside when I first read the entry, because in my opinion it was this class in particular and what it represented that ultimately killed 3.X.  There were several similarly problimatic classes some of which were objectively worse, but this is the first one that I had a player beg for and the one I most often saw when running open dungeon crawls for the local gaming store.I hope you enjoy the class.  It's really effective cheese, and if you've just nearly TPKed I can definately see the attraction of cheese.  The above suggestions are pretty good - straight foward christmas tree stuff that is always useful in typical campaigns.   Long term try to get a glove of storing capable of holding your chain, and another one for a ranged weapon for those few cases that you can't or don't want to close.  Also look for something that gives you flying when you need it, and after that, just do the Christmas tree thing as others have suggested and you should be fine except when you get to higher levels.   At higher levels, you'll need a buddy to cast 'free action' and 'mind blank' on you at all times, or get items that provide the same effects.</blockquote>