*sigh*.....OK, what's an "advanced class?"

[Tuzenbach]

So, I just glanced at the Enworld homepage and noticed some table of contents in some book called "d20 Past" or something similar. Anyway, a few of the new classes in said volume were neither core classes nor prestige classes. That's because they were labeled "advanced" classes.:\


Is this just another marketing tool engineered to sell 147 different products devoted to a new class category?

 

[whydirt]

They're for use in d20 Modern, for which d20 Past is a supplement. Advanced Classes come between the 6 stat-based classes and Prestige Classes; they're roughly equivalent to the base classes of standard DnD.

 

[Crothian]

Advanced class is a category of class for d20 Modern. It has nothing to do with regular D&D. Advanced classes serve as a type of prestige class that is easier to get into (usually around 4th level I believe) and is general but less general then 6 core classes of d20 modern which are ultra general. Advanced classes have been around for a while.

 

[hero4hire]

It's essentially a minor prestige class.

 

[JoeGKushner]

It's essentially a minor prestige class.

The key difference being that it's fairly easy to get into an advanced class in d20 Modern, and pretty hard to get into the Prestige Classes.

Something that I hope they work on when 4th edition is released.

 

[Darkness]

By the way, can anyone see Tuzenbach's avatar? It seems to be defective.

 

[Tom Cashel]

By the way, can anyone see Tuzenbach's avatar? It seems to be defective.

Where there's a whip, there's a way.

In my opinion, D20 Modern's combination of basic, advanced and prestige classes allows for the most character customization I've ever seen in a D20/D&D game. Great system.

 

[TerraDave]

Here are some examples:

http://systemreferencedocuments.org/modern/roarerbull/AdvancedClasses.php

 

[BryonD]

By the way, can anyone see Tuzenbach's avatar? It seems to be defective.

You mean you don't see the ninj...

<BryonD dies silently>

 

[Justin D. Jacobson]

Where there's a whip, there's a way.

In my opinion, D20 Modern's combination of basic, advanced and prestige classes allows for the most character customization I've ever seen in a D20/D&D game. Great system.

I agree. I just never saw much of a point in the nomenclature. There's no mechanical difference between advanced and prestige classes; they should be called the same thing. There's no reason you can't have some advanced classes that are easier to get into and more general than other advanced classes. Mind you, I don't much care that they use the two terms, but it does lead to this kind of confusion.