Silly prestige classes.

[Krug]

The Oozemaster (Masters of the Wild, I think). What were they thinking? Dear God, what were they *thinking*?

Hey I think it's pretty cool. It's a 'way out' idea and the kinda thing I look for.

 

[CyberSpyder]

I usually dislike all prestige classes built around the theme of revenge, probably because they make me think... well, what are you going to do after you have avenged whatever?

From the way the classes usually work, it tends to be 'find someone else to be mad at.'

 

[hong]

The ghostwalker from S&F. Like three-quarters of PCs aren't mysterious wanderers who don't fit into the social order anyway.

 

[Spatula]

90% of the PrCs from Song & Silence. Fang of Lloth and Dungeon Delver are the two that stick out in my mind.

Forsaker from MotW. It was a cool idea to make a PrC based around the 1E barbarian's hatred of magic, but the end result is a little bizarre.

 

[Destil]

Weaponsmaster from Sword and Fist. It's so stupid, generic and boreing.

If you want to be a weaponmaster for a specific weapon you should have a prc devoted just to that weapon (or a highly flexible one). See lasher, Master of Chains, Order of the Bow Initiate, Sacred Fist etc. for well done Prs that fill a weaponmaster role with some style.

Trying to make one that works with any weapon is just silly and destroys any idea of flavor. It's a pure meta-game PrC as written.

"I'm a dagger master! I've dedicated my life to training with tiny thrusting weapons."
"I'm a fullblade master! I've dedicated my life to training with swords taller than I am."
"Hey, we can do all the same things..."
"Nice!"

.... stupid.

 

[Kerrick]

The Wayfarer from T&B. "Oh look, I can... teleport further!" *snort* It looks like something they crammed in for filler. Now, to be fair, it would have been a decent class if they'd added a few levels; there are plenty of things you could do with a class that revolves around teleportation and movement.

Candle Caster from Tomb and Blood.

I had to laugh when I read that post. It also could have been a decent class if done properly (emphasis on "if done properly".) Like many of WotC's early PrCs, if went over like a lead balloon.

 

[Crothian]

The Oozemaster (Masters of the Wild, I think). What were they thinking? Dear God, what were they *thinking*?

That this is one of the coolest and most orginal classes to ever come out of a Wizards book? It captures the ooze, and ties it to the Druid. It makes great snese and is a lot of fun to play. Od all the silly prestige classes, this is not one.

 

[Galethorn]

The dragon disciple. There, I said it.

I mean....

Come ooooon!

PC1: Ok, so I'm a spellcaster...but I want to fly non-magically, have big, pointy claws, and get a bonus to strength...oooh! I want fire-breath too!

Any sane DM: Uhhh...did you drink from that mountain dew bottle under the sink? Cuzz that's where I keep my drain cleaner.

PC1: No, I'm serious!

PC2: <sarcasm> I want to...have a huge horn coming out of my forehead, and run around the forest!

PC3: <sarcasm> Oh, and I want to get really long and thin, and swim around, and eat people off of ships!

 

[Chronosome]

I'm beginning to think we should label any what's the ____est prestige class threads as approaching things from a "flavor" or "crunch" angle. The responses are always from different "what a PrC should be" viewpoints.

The Wayfarer is tied to a particular order of "transportation for hire" casters, if I remember right...a great example of a PrC that adds some oregano to a campaign setting, even if many adventurers would think twice about taking it. I don't see anything silly in it, personally.

I agree about the Oozemaster, Crothian. So much, that I was designing almost the very same class a few months before MoTW came out!

Candle Caster? Funky.

To each their own, I suppose.

Let's see...what can I think of...silly...silly...silly...the Gladiator PrC from S&F always made me laugh. I remember one of the abilities as something like "The Crowd Goes Wild!" and its text read something like: "Each round the audience gets more and more into your weapon display, etc, while you get bonuses". That's a pretty big mind-affecting thing goin' on there.

End ramble.

 

[starkad]

I like the concept, but I would nominate the 'Extreme Explorer' class from Eberron simply for the name alone.