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<blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 1467363" data-attributes="member: 1282">howdy folks!&nbsp; here's the dilemma:&nbsp; a player in my campaign is strongly considering the shadowdancer prestige class for her tiefling rogue.&nbsp; however, she feels that at the upper levels [specifically 10th level when the shadowdancer's shadow jump distance improves and she gains improved evasion], the character will gain little from continuing in the prestige class.&nbsp; since she is coming into the class as a rogue, she will already have improved evasion by that level [and, for that matter, already has uncanny dodge and darkvision].the player is trying to convince me to swap out some [or at least the 10th level improved evasion] abilities for a choice from the rogue list of special abilities.&nbsp; i contend that the designers were well aware of the overlap of abilities with rogue and specifically balanced the class with this in mind, and thus no switch-out of abilities is necessary.&nbsp; am i being overly dogmatic?&nbsp; would it unbalance the class to switch out one or more abilities that overlap with the character's pre-existing abilities?&nbsp; any comments are greatly appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="darkbard, post: 1467363, member: 1282"] howdy folks! here's the dilemma: a player in my campaign is strongly considering the shadowdancer prestige class for her tiefling rogue. however, she feels that at the upper levels [specifically 10th level when the shadowdancer's shadow jump distance improves and she gains improved evasion], the character will gain little from continuing in the prestige class. since she is coming into the class as a rogue, she will already have improved evasion by that level [and, for that matter, already has uncanny dodge and darkvision]. the player is trying to convince me to swap out some [or at least the 10th level improved evasion] abilities for a choice from the rogue list of special abilities. i contend that the designers were well aware of the overlap of abilities with rogue and specifically balanced the class with this in mind, and thus no switch-out of abilities is necessary. am i being overly dogmatic? would it unbalance the class to switch out one or more abilities that overlap with the character's pre-existing abilities? any comments are greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]

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