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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 1671793" data-attributes="member: 871"><p>Had a lot of thought on this over the past few months:</p><p></p><p>With the way I intend for magic (& those trained in its use) to work IMC, I've pretty much determined part of the way I intend to resolve this issue for this campaign setting.</p><p></p><p>I pretty much intend to stick with the basic 3 generic classes. All of these classes work as they normally do. However...</p><p></p><p>However, there will be a special Prestige Class (a 10-15 level one) that only PCs who start play as spellcasters can select. This PrC removes the limit on # of spells known, and they may opt to memorize spells (using spell components, metamagic feat components, & whatnot) to have them prepared ahead of time instead of casting spells (esp. ones modified w/ metamagic feats) spontaneously. The caster gains spells normally as a spellcaster.</p><p></p><p>However, there's a major catch with this PrC. First off, a character <em>can't</em> multiclass once he/she starts to progress in this PrC--one the class is started, it has to be finished. IOW, it's pretty much the same multiclassing restriction for monks & paladins, except that the character can resume gaining levels on other classes (or just his/her spellcaster class) after they've gained all 10/15 levels of the PrC. I may allow limited multiclassing, though (gaining more spellcaster levels, or gaining levels in select PrCs like Archmage, Loremaster, or other purely-magical-oriented PrCs).</p><p></p><p>I figured that 1 way to really limit who can/can't access this PrC is to have a special Feat requirement: the Feat required to access this PrC could only be selected by spellcaster PCs at 1st level. It burns a feat, but I think the overall benefits outweigh the loss of the feat.</p><p></p><p>The big idea for this PrC is that it represented the character that is dedicated to the task of spellcasting. It's not meant for cross-class concepts like warrior/spellcasters (like a cleric, ranger, or spellsword) or expert/spellcasters (like a bard or arcane trickster) whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>Then again, I fully intend to have special PrCs for warriors & experts as well (or at least modify sme existing ones for use with the generic classes). Perhaps a master spy PrC for experts, and a weapon master solely for warriors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 1671793, member: 871"] Had a lot of thought on this over the past few months: With the way I intend for magic (& those trained in its use) to work IMC, I've pretty much determined part of the way I intend to resolve this issue for this campaign setting. I pretty much intend to stick with the basic 3 generic classes. All of these classes work as they normally do. However... However, there will be a special Prestige Class (a 10-15 level one) that only PCs who start play as spellcasters can select. This PrC removes the limit on # of spells known, and they may opt to memorize spells (using spell components, metamagic feat components, & whatnot) to have them prepared ahead of time instead of casting spells (esp. ones modified w/ metamagic feats) spontaneously. The caster gains spells normally as a spellcaster. However, there's a major catch with this PrC. First off, a character [I]can't[/I] multiclass once he/she starts to progress in this PrC--one the class is started, it has to be finished. IOW, it's pretty much the same multiclassing restriction for monks & paladins, except that the character can resume gaining levels on other classes (or just his/her spellcaster class) after they've gained all 10/15 levels of the PrC. I may allow limited multiclassing, though (gaining more spellcaster levels, or gaining levels in select PrCs like Archmage, Loremaster, or other purely-magical-oriented PrCs). I figured that 1 way to really limit who can/can't access this PrC is to have a special Feat requirement: the Feat required to access this PrC could only be selected by spellcaster PCs at 1st level. It burns a feat, but I think the overall benefits outweigh the loss of the feat. The big idea for this PrC is that it represented the character that is dedicated to the task of spellcasting. It's not meant for cross-class concepts like warrior/spellcasters (like a cleric, ranger, or spellsword) or expert/spellcasters (like a bard or arcane trickster) whatsoever. Then again, I fully intend to have special PrCs for warriors & experts as well (or at least modify sme existing ones for use with the generic classes). Perhaps a master spy PrC for experts, and a weapon master solely for warriors. [/QUOTE]
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