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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rahkan" data-source="post: 656545" data-attributes="member: 3583">I really like this idea, but it should definately be open to any class. Nobody who enters the prestige class could cast magic though, however if they were a pure caster before (arcane or divine, but not ranger, paladin, or bard) then they can do a blackguard type thing where they change in levels of their former class for Anti-Mage levels or other special abilities. In my humble opinion the Anti-Mage would be exactly like you say, basically a black hole for spells, with the additional caveat that he also has spell-like abilities (such as dispel magic, greater dispelling, anti-magic field, and silence) that counter magic. Perhaps he uses the spell levels he absorbs in order to use those abilities? Or perhaps anyone who joins the class gets spell absorption powers, but only those who previously could cast spells could get the spell-like abilities (in return for giving up all caster levels of course) and the amount of abilities they would get would be equivalent to the amount of spell power they had before.This latter is good because in its core form the Anti-Mage would just be like the Forsaker, basically immune or nearly immune to magic, and would have a decent BAB. But if its takers previously had spellcasting ability then of course they wouldn't want to lose all their power just for that, so the power they lose is balanced out by the power they gain in terms of spell-like abilities. The only problem is that, spell level for spell level, divine casters are weaker than arcane casters (though they make up for it with better BAB and armor). This model allows for a wide variety of anti-magical styles instead of the limited model in which you can only be a Forsaker (anti-magical warrior) or Anti-Mage (anti-magical wizard).</blockquote>

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