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<blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3243612" data-attributes="member: 35788"><p>I'm pretty sure this opinion has surfaced in the past, but ...</p><p></p><p>I think that Prestige Classes should balance with the regular classes. If not, then your game almost has to fragment into an all PrC party or a no PrC party. Because if all PrCs are better then a player who makes a straight character with no PrCs is going to have a hard time keeping up. Likewise, a player who takes a PrC in a party where nobody else does is going to shine.</p><p></p><p>Now, I don't have a problem with a PrC taking a niche and refining it and making a character better at that niche. But by definition that means that they should have a niche of weakness, too.</p><p></p><p>For example, Take a person who loves all of history. They study every aspect of every human culture. Because they are so diversified, they may not be great at any one thing. But they can tell you about the basics of any culture on the earth.</p><p></p><p>Then, take a person who is getting a Ph.D. in history. They have to chose a culture, then choose a time period within that culture, and then choose a specifc aspect within that time operiod within that culture. So, a person with a Ph.D. might be able to tell you tons of stuff about ancient Egyptian burial practices from the reign of Ramses ... but they couldn't tell you much at all about the development of gunpowder in the far east.</p><p></p><p>I don't mind specialized, but it should be balanced. I don't like PrCs that don't take as much as they give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nonlethal Force, post: 3243612, member: 35788"] I'm pretty sure this opinion has surfaced in the past, but ... I think that Prestige Classes should balance with the regular classes. If not, then your game almost has to fragment into an all PrC party or a no PrC party. Because if all PrCs are better then a player who makes a straight character with no PrCs is going to have a hard time keeping up. Likewise, a player who takes a PrC in a party where nobody else does is going to shine. Now, I don't have a problem with a PrC taking a niche and refining it and making a character better at that niche. But by definition that means that they should have a niche of weakness, too. For example, Take a person who loves all of history. They study every aspect of every human culture. Because they are so diversified, they may not be great at any one thing. But they can tell you about the basics of any culture on the earth. Then, take a person who is getting a Ph.D. in history. They have to chose a culture, then choose a time period within that culture, and then choose a specifc aspect within that time operiod within that culture. So, a person with a Ph.D. might be able to tell you tons of stuff about ancient Egyptian burial practices from the reign of Ramses ... but they couldn't tell you much at all about the development of gunpowder in the far east. I don't mind specialized, but it should be balanced. I don't like PrCs that don't take as much as they give. [/QUOTE]
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