Planes-oriented PRCs

[candidus_cogitens]

Has anyone tried the prestige classes in the Manual of the Planes? Did you like 'em? Did you find their special abilities to be useful in your campaign?

 

[Crothian]

Haven't tried them yet, as I haven't had a group that wanted to explore the planes yet. I finally havea group that might like to, yet one of the campaigns makes that impossible, and the other one I don't think the DM would go that direction. However, I think many of them sound very fun and someday I hope to use them.

 

[La Bete]

Havent tried them yet, but I have a player who is keen on the Planar champion IMC - I mean hey - see invis at 2nd level....

 

[candidus_cogitens]

I personally like the spellcaster PRC. (I forget what it is called, at the moment.) You get +1 caster level each level, and FOUR skill points with a variety of class skills that many spellcasters wouldnt normally have access to. PLUS, of course, the actual unique abilities that involve planar travel.

It's also not a particularly difficult PRC to qualify for, in terms of its requirements.

To me, its one of the most appealing prestige classes available for wizards or sorcerers.

Also, I should mention that it has a cool picture in the book.

Has anybody actually tried this PRC?

 

[Mr Fidgit]

I personally like the spellcaster PRC

really, candidus?

the Planeshifter doesn't seem particularly useful to me in a non-plane hopping game. planar survival and morphic stability are useless on the prime material (although planar area swap is really wicked )

(and the they don't get any spell progression at levels 1, 5 and 9)

 

[Chrisling]

IMC, Dungeons and Cthulhus which is set on the Great Wheel, one of the PCs has a cohort who is a 7th level Planeshifter. It's pretty cool. Another recurring NPC is a Gatecrasher, which has also turned out to be pretty spiffy. None of the PCs have tried those prestige classes, but who knows that the future will bring?

 

[Psychotic Jim]

I think all of those PrCs are all pretty spiffy. The Planeshifter's Planar Swap might be sort of powerful though. Right now the party has a comedic Ooze Mephit Rog3/Gatecrasher1 sidekick who also serves as the party's planar guide right now. Since they just went to Sigil and the Outer Planes, his abilities should come really in handy.

 

[Piratecat]

My campaign has Agar, a diviner/planeshifter/alienist, and Tao, a ranger/cleric/divine agent. Both people like the prestige classes quite a bit.

 

[Synicism]

In our current game, we have a Fighter/Paladin/Divine Champion/Planar Champion. I built it for a new player. He LOVES the character, which pretty much completely rocks.

After seeing them in action, I think the Planar Champion is a little on the powerful side because he gets good skills, two good saves, the best attack bonus, d10 HD, AND a cool ability every level, but I've seen much worse.