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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 409956" data-attributes="member: 6533">Progress and OrderI've always taken prestige classes when I get a chance and almost never had a problem with them as a DM.  A real power-gamer player is just as bad with a core class, so what I should say is that I've never had a comparative problem with them.As a player I like them because they offer a chance to belong to a more specific group and make it more meaningful to the make of the character then simply saying, "Hey I work for Cormyr and wear purple!"And I also like them because it's an opportunity to give your character a progression that feels more significant than simply going up a level and choosing theme spells.  Prcs let the players radically redefine their characters and do so with a credibility that is lacking in a game with less structured character creation systems.  For that reason I often encourage players to create their own prestige classes if they want something different from their character without giving up on his prior expereinces.Plus: the prestige of having a prestige class gets you into all the right clubs!As a GM I like them because they are useful way to fill out a world with heroic characters who are flavorful, enigmatic, and can do things with their lives that may be very different from the pcs.  And you can use them to add a lot of color to the world.Thus my love of Swashbuckling Adventures with its mundane surgeons and whacked out sympathetic healers.</blockquote>

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