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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 891620" data-attributes="member: 10397">Everyone has pretty much covered the basics of the whole Prestige Class concept for you. They have ended up going beyond what was originaly intended for them somewhat (not that thats a bad thing). as well as fleshing out campaign specfic roles...orginizations, religions etc...many prestige classes have been created to represent generic fantasy specialization concepts..specialists in certain forms of magic such as the Elemental Savant, mutliclass combinations with the Bladesinger, Spellsword and Arcane Trickster, warriors who focus on a certain weapon (Master of Chains, Lasher), or combat style (Duelist, various Archer types). Also some highly generic roles like Loremaster and Archmage.  Some people feel that prestige classes are problematic because they make it so a character has little reason to advance in a core class as oposed to taking a prestige class. Personaly, I dont feel that this is all that much of a problem because as has been mentioned the main reason most people take prestige classes with their characters is because prestige classes are focused concepts...and most people have focused concepts for their characters. If their is any problem in that area at all I'd say it has more to do with many core classes not offering much at higher levels.   Some of my own favorite prestige classes would include the Elemental Savant, the Bladesinger, the Archmage, the Arcane Trickster and the Loremaster.  As has been mentioned just about every blankety-blanking D20 system sourcebook has prestige classes. the "core splatbooks" mentioned(Tome and Blood Sword and Fist) etc has a great many, many of them good and often used and talked about. Magic of Faerun has a lot of nice ones to especialy if you like magic. and the revised DM guide is going to have many more prestige classes...totaly new ones, and many from other sources made core such as the Archmage and the Duelist.</blockquote>

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