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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reanjr" data-source="post: 1923181" data-attributes="member: 20740">It's almost unfathomable how happy it makes me that Wizards has finally read the section in the DMG on prestige classes.While certainly unusual to require Spellcraft and not grant it as a class skill, I wouldn't jump to it being an error.  Given the nature of the class, I would thinj it would be by design.  You have to learn a little about spellcraft to be able to use those abilities, yet the class isn't a standard spell slinging class, so...Well, if they've cut out 30 useless pages for prestige classes, then I'm OK with that, I suppose.  They SHOULD get more cultural explanation for them due to the fact that they are new and have nothing and will have nothing published about them.  I'm not too fond of the race, but if one were, then having that information is very nice.I don't know how the license works, but it seems to me that Wizards probably isn't allowed to publish gaming material on Ravenloft specific races.  Not to mention, I don't think any of them fit in Wizards' view of D&D.That's something I really hate.  When I see an NPC, I want to be given his Ability Scores and his class levels.  If he has some sort of choice (like ranger's fighting style) then tell me that.  Other than that, get on with the actual NPC and not the stat block.</blockquote>