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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 163757" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>I suppose they could have included a "horse barbarian" prestige class, but personally I think that WotC are already losing sight of what a prestige class was meant to be! Quite a few don't seem to be "prestigious" and don't have a clear link into a campaign setting or organisation. I prefer prestige classes that exemplify a particular organisation or specialism, and in particular those that give some campaign flavour.</p><p></p><p>The big question is - what would you expect or like to see in a prestige class aimed at barbarians?</p><p></p><p>Perhaps something like "Chieftan", a class taken by leaders of the tribes which sacrifice some raging ability in order to gain more leadership - type skills and morale-inspiring abilities?</p><p></p><p>Perhaps something like "Witch-Doctor" (although that is probably better achieved by multiclassing with Druid or Adept)</p><p></p><p>Perhaps something like "Speaker With Strangers" - a Barbarian diplomat with social skills and who is more used to handling negotiations with the strange outlanders?</p><p></p><p>(for one semi-official barbarian prestige class you could find "Rage Mage" in a back issue of the Dragon magazine - they can rage in order to improve their magic spells.)</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 163757, member: 114"] I suppose they could have included a "horse barbarian" prestige class, but personally I think that WotC are already losing sight of what a prestige class was meant to be! Quite a few don't seem to be "prestigious" and don't have a clear link into a campaign setting or organisation. I prefer prestige classes that exemplify a particular organisation or specialism, and in particular those that give some campaign flavour. The big question is - what would you expect or like to see in a prestige class aimed at barbarians? Perhaps something like "Chieftan", a class taken by leaders of the tribes which sacrifice some raging ability in order to gain more leadership - type skills and morale-inspiring abilities? Perhaps something like "Witch-Doctor" (although that is probably better achieved by multiclassing with Druid or Adept) Perhaps something like "Speaker With Strangers" - a Barbarian diplomat with social skills and who is more used to handling negotiations with the strange outlanders? (for one semi-official barbarian prestige class you could find "Rage Mage" in a back issue of the Dragon magazine - they can rage in order to improve their magic spells.) What do you think? [/QUOTE]
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