Prestige classes have requirements that are more restrictive than those for advanced classes, and therefore reflect deeper specialization. In general, prestige classes are usually accessible only after 8 to 10 character levels and often have requirements only found in advanced classes.
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 60%"] [TR] [TD="width: 25%"]Prestige Class
[/TD] [TD="width: 75%"]Advanced Class1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Archmage
[/TD] [TD]Mage, Techno Mage[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Artificer[/TD] [TD]Mage, Techno Mage[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ecclesiarch
[/TD] [TD]Acolyte, Mystic[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Holy/Unholy Knight[/TD] [TD]Strong and Fast2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 2"]1 The given advanced class provides the fastest path to the associated prestige class, though not the only path.
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 2"]2 The fastest path into this prestige class is from a combination of the Strong and Fast hero basic classes, in particular those which proceed through the Archaic Weaponsmaster and Swashbuckler advanced classes.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 60%"] [TR] [TD="width: 25%"]Prestige Class
[/TD] [TD="width: 75%"]Advanced Class1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Archmage
[/TD] [TD]Mage, Techno Mage[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Artificer[/TD] [TD]Mage, Techno Mage[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ecclesiarch
[/TD] [TD]Acolyte, Mystic[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Holy/Unholy Knight[/TD] [TD]Strong and Fast2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 2"]1 The given advanced class provides the fastest path to the associated prestige class, though not the only path.
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 2"]2 The fastest path into this prestige class is from a combination of the Strong and Fast hero basic classes, in particular those which proceed through the Archaic Weaponsmaster and Swashbuckler advanced classes.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
