The Death of the PrC?
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As much as I don't like the PrC glut of 3e, I don't think it needs to be thrown away entirely. It depends on just how far talent trees and other class abilities go, if they're flexible enough you may not need any but new talent trees for whatever you want to introduce.
But if theres a fundamentally different idea for a class that can't be hammered into any of the core classes, or developed as it's own core class, then you'll see a prestige class for it. It's hard to say either way without seeing the rules first though.
I think the important thing to remember is that if there are PrCs in 3e, they will be classes that work for paragon or epic, but not merely heroic. I can't think of a unique concept off the top of my head that fits that requirement.
But if theres a fundamentally different idea for a class that can't be hammered into any of the core classes, or developed as it's own core class, then you'll see a prestige class for it. It's hard to say either way without seeing the rules first though.
I think the important thing to remember is that if there are PrCs in 3e, they will be classes that work for paragon or epic, but not merely heroic. I can't think of a unique concept off the top of my head that fits that requirement.
KrazyHades
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Well, Exen, I'm hoping that the talent trees will be easily customizable to make designing a new class into just following a specialized path for a pre-existing class. These talents could perhaps be things that would normally merit a new prestige class because they are clearly more powerful than a feat and don't really fit into the 3E stuff except in a new class. For example, the abilities of the Dragon Disciple in 3E aren't really things that would work as feats, so it became it's own class. However, I think a well-designed talent tree for a class (or for all classes) would be able to allow for the "you grow scales and your AC goes up" and "you gain a breath weapon" without seeming like overpowered feats.
This talent tree idea should apply to creating new base classes too, not just PrCs, so that the base classes can be VERY general but the possible talent trees are only limitied by what you and your DM work out (or what WotC releases as additional material).
This talent tree idea should apply to creating new base classes too, not just PrCs, so that the base classes can be VERY general but the possible talent trees are only limitied by what you and your DM work out (or what WotC releases as additional material).
