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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 1277189" data-attributes="member: 467">This whole discussion sort of underscores the problem with Prestige classes in general: there is not set definition for one beyond the fact that there are entry requirements.  Personally, I would like to see a distinction between a "not-quite-core" class and a "prestige" class, maybe even using the Core-Advanced-Prestige continuum of D20 Modern.  There are classes, like Gladiator or Spell Filch (?) that make sense as advanced classes: nothing about them is necessarily tied to setting elements, but rather they are designed to focus character growth toward a particular mechanical ideal.  On the other hand, classes like the DL Solamnic classes are tied to the world in which they exist and tend to be of a different order, often a higher one but not necessarily, than the "post core" classes.In the end, I think the not-quite-core classes would work better as new core classes (just stagger abilities to 20 levels, filling in where necessary) and keep Prestige CLasses as setting specific elements that may or may not be more powerful than the core.</blockquote>