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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Varianor Abroad" data-source="post: 2093254" data-attributes="member: 12425">Both have their place IMO. New core classes that support a widely desired archetype well (such as the mageblade - which gets fighter/magic-user types what they want) deserve to be seen and get my attention. But, a book full of less than interesting or less well done core classes and other material that I don't want does not get my purchase dollars. (Witness most of the Complete series so far.) So on that level, I'm more interested in them right now than Prestige Classes.But in all probability that's because the PrC market is full with tons of ideas and offerings. If I want to introduce one (for much the same reason as Hellcow mentioned or for another that I'll address in a minute), I need only look to my shelf. If it doesn't contain what I want, I put a post on a message board and *poof* I have lots of suggestions. Then I often find myself writing the PrC up anyway after I've looked through the options because many don't offer exactly what I want.In all probability, we'll see start to see threads about "too many core classes" within six months to a year....The other reasons for prestige classes, as alluded to by many others, is to allow for development of a certain ability over 3, 5 or 10 levels. (Generally I find 5 perfect for that.) I like prestige classes that grant something unique that isn't overbalancing. The original reason for PrCs, to have a class that represents a character with prestige in a campaign, has long since been lost. I find myself introducing such options with or without a class behind it by allowing feat choices only available to someone who joins a prestigious organization.So yes, I'm in favor of well-done new base classes over core classes at the moment. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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