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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archer" data-source="post: 746331" data-attributes="member: 2950">1) If it stacks up well against core classes then 2) players will take this class and 3) those players will have fun if they like playing powerful characters.If a class is weak, its easy to give the NPC as many extra levels as it takes to compensate so an NPC can have any class you want to give it. I've seen some classes so poor they barely stack up against commoners. You could make the worst possible choices and have a 40th level character that would barely challenge a 10th level party. In the end it doesn't matter how many levels the NPC had.NPC's can take hyperspecialized classes because they are only going to be around for the one adventure that showcases their abilities.There is general power and then there is smackability. Just because in a special situation a character is unearthly powerful doesn't make the prestige class good.</blockquote>