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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 1047645" data-attributes="member: 1165">I've never seen the Raider, but the Hand of Lolth looks fine to me.The weaponmaster is a bit stronger than a fighter, IMO (they're weaker at ranged attacks) but the archmage 3.0 is a lot stronger than a mage. Yes, you lose out on feats, but you gain something much better. You lose out on spell slots, but your lower level spell slots become so much better that it's not really a cost.Disintegrate was, I think, was overpowered but not broken. However, an archmage using Disintegrate was way over the top. Disintegrate goes through most defenses that protect against Finger of Death (except Displacement or a very high touch AC), and when used by an archmage it practically ignores the universal defense.There never should have been a prestige class called archmage (and it's abilities worked very differently from the PrC designer's intentions). To be an archmage, you need to do the following:1) Role-play.2) Gain levels.Then you gain the following benefits:1) Higher-level spells, boosting your save DCs.2) Higher Int, boosting your save DCs.3) Better items, which might boost your save DCs.4) More feats, which might boost your save DCs.Congratulations, you are now a high level mage, and you don't need to take a prestige class just to be a high level mage.</blockquote>