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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3801732" data-attributes="member: 2011">You are focusing on one aspect of it and ignoring the balance aspect.What we are discussing here is sacrificing some abilities to gain those special abilities that the player wants. Most of the time, those special abilities are pretty cool and uber in PrCs, so the idea is to weaken the overall character, but make him "the best" in the schtick area(s).In reality, virtually every PrC is merely a "schtick" and the schtick has unique special abiliites. What we are discussing here is making the PC pay for those unique and often powerful or useful special abilities a little bit more, precisely because virtually nobody else can do those things.This is not unlike real life. You can buy a Saturn real cheap compared to a Cadillac. You want something special, you pay for it. Or, not unlike Magic Items. You want the uber magic item, you have to pay for it. You want the uber PrC special abilities, you have to pay for it.This isn't a punishment, it's a sacrifice of x for the gain of y where y is unique and cool and x is slightly bigger to pay for y.Supply and demand. If you do not do it this way, everybody wants to get their PrC schtick cheaply like in 3E.And WotC has stated that they are addressing this.</blockquote>