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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Tree" data-source="post: 134923" data-attributes="member: 1455">I couldn't disagree more.&nbsp; There are several problems with making High Sorcery a prestige class.1) Wizards of High Sorcery are the only wizards there are.&nbsp; Prestige classes are meant to present variations of the core classes, often to represent various organizations.&nbsp; However, since all the wizards in Dragonlance are Wizards of High Sorcery, the arcane spellcaster organization that all wizards belong to, that defeats the purpose of the prestige class.&nbsp; A prestige class that everyone has is no longer prestigious.&nbsp; It's not even really a prestige class, but more of a replacement of the higher levels of the core class that everyone uses.&nbsp; In that case, it's better to simply use a variant core class.2) It's not possible to gain more than 3 levels of Wizard without becoming a Wizard of High Sorcery.&nbsp; It should be possible to advance to high levels using only a core class.&nbsp; The only other alternative is to go renegade, which is essentially a death sentence, and in any case there aren't really any differences between renegate wizards and WoHS, aside from roleplaying ones.&nbsp; The only renegades in the books that are mechanically different, the Thorn Knights of Takhisis, deserve a prestige class in their own right, which would give them their renegade magic irregularities.3) Making WoHS a prestige class prevents wizards from taking other prestige classes that are appropriate for them.&nbsp; If every Wizard of High Sorcery has to take a WoHS Prestige class, then it's no longer really possible for any of them to take other prestige classes that better suit their abilities.&nbsp; You needlessly lose a great deal of diversity that way.These three arguments are essentially subsets of the one compelling reason why WoHS shouldn't be a prestige class: Becuase it doesn't need to be.&nbsp; The WoHS can be *perfectly* portrayed in the rules as a core class, without losing any flavour or game-mechanical considerations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Tree, post: 134923, member: 1455"] I couldn't disagree more. There are several problems with making High Sorcery a prestige class. 1) Wizards of High Sorcery are the only wizards there are. Prestige classes are meant to present variations of the core classes, often to represent various organizations. However, since all the wizards in Dragonlance are Wizards of High Sorcery, the arcane spellcaster organization that all wizards belong to, that defeats the purpose of the prestige class. A prestige class that everyone has is no longer prestigious. It's not even really a prestige class, but more of a replacement of the higher levels of the core class that everyone uses. In that case, it's better to simply use a variant core class. 2) It's not possible to gain more than 3 levels of Wizard without becoming a Wizard of High Sorcery. It should be possible to advance to high levels using only a core class. The only other alternative is to go renegade, which is essentially a death sentence, and in any case there aren't really any differences between renegate wizards and WoHS, aside from roleplaying ones. The only renegades in the books that are mechanically different, the Thorn Knights of Takhisis, deserve a prestige class in their own right, which would give them their renegade magic irregularities. 3) Making WoHS a prestige class prevents wizards from taking other prestige classes that are appropriate for them. If every Wizard of High Sorcery has to take a WoHS Prestige class, then it's no longer really possible for any of them to take other prestige classes that better suit their abilities. You needlessly lose a great deal of diversity that way. These three arguments are essentially subsets of the one compelling reason why WoHS shouldn't be a prestige class: Becuase it doesn't need to be. The WoHS can be *perfectly* portrayed in the rules as a core class, without losing any flavour or game-mechanical considerations. [/QUOTE]

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