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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacris" data-source="post: 3153667" data-attributes="member: 42502">Regardless of 2 or 3, use fractional saving throws.  comrade raoul already outlined the basics in his point 2.As for just not allowing it - I think limiting to at most 1 PrC in a career is fair - unless there are PrCs that sort of make sense together.  For example, a wizard / loreseeker could easily make sense as an archmage.  The problem with this is it's sort of ad-hoc in what combinations make sense...  But having mandated RP requirements can help alleviate this - if the Order of the Bow doesn't condone the abilities of the Deepwood Sniper, then you can't really play the two <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=":)" />For prestige classes that you feel are "too good", my recommendation is tweak them.  If it's a spellcasting class, take out that first level of spellcaster progression.  If it's a fighting class, maybe drop the HD by 1 dice factor or re-evaluate the class features to see which portion stands out as the "most" problematic.The other side of the coin, although this is more work for you as a DM, is remember that your NPCs can be just as crazily-built as your PCs.  Sure, the party wizard might be a wizard / initiate of the seven fold veil / incantatrix, but the BBEG they face might be a psion / thrallherd with a ranger / tempest / dervish thrall <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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