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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PJ-Mason" data-source="post: 1856203" data-attributes="member: 12285">Master of Arms??!! I have that book and its probably the very same book that pushed me over the edge as far as prestige classes are concerned. Each of it's prestige classes looked the same. Feat, feat, feat, feat. Then a list of feat/class abilities that you can choose from each level to use with a specific weapon. That book proves my point! Those Prestige classes are utterly useless. The very writer of the book suggest using all the class specific abilites as optional feats for for other classes. Like Fighter. LOL. Because, Lord knows we've never been able to manage campaign concepts before prestige classes. Since when have gamers been bred not to have their own imaginations?Again, we just totally disagree on the value of prestige classes as specilization tools. They are useless or worse, IMO.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Well people think they need them anyway. <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=":)" />Besides, i am not boycotting game studios. If people want them, buy them. But if people are asking about other people's opinions about prestige classes, i am going to chime in my opinions. People's ooh's and ahh's about the 8th prestige class book per month that come out reminds me of ravenous Magic the Gathering junkies that'd shred you if were in line in front of them when they are trying to get to the newest card set that just came out.  Prestige Classes are WOTC's newest rpg-crack.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> Hah. more like one or two good apples getting crushed by a mass of rotting ones!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> Suboptimal sez you, freedom without restriction sez I.  Prestige classes restrict character concepts and for my money, come come anywhere near close to doing what is credited them to be for. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> OR i could just take those class feats in Master of Arms with my fighter feats and NOT take a super-bland, nearly non-existent prestige class and be the master of the weapon anyway. Jusr like the writer of that book suggests. <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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