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<blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 794288" data-attributes="member: 4981">DISCLAIMER: This post is not really in the spirit of this thread but it is related and it is my views on this topic.The prestige class mechanic needs to be reworked.There is one major thing that needs to be added to the prestige class mechanic. You must be affiliated with an organization that offers the prestige class, then be subsequently trained by that organization to take levels in that prestige class. Granted there a a couple PrCs that could be self-taught but generally speaking they require specialized training.Another major flaw of the system is making prestige classes their own class. For example I should not be a Rog x/Spymaster y. I should be a Rog(Spymaster) x/y. The prestige class should be subordinate to another class. Mechanically this keeps everything the same except it adds a prereq of a specific sub-set of the core classes. That sub-set could be all classes but it doesn't have to be. Also then it you could state that multiclassed characters can only take a prestige class if all their classes appear in the sub-set of classes eligable for that class.Look closely at the PrCs people are complaining about and see how many of them would be fixed by these two tweaks to the overall system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Drawmack, post: 794288, member: 4981"] [b]DISCLAIMER:[/B] This post is not really in the spirit of this thread but it is related and it is my views on this topic. The prestige class mechanic needs to be reworked. There is one major thing that needs to be added to the prestige class mechanic. You must be affiliated with an organization that offers the prestige class, then be subsequently trained by that organization to take levels in that prestige class. Granted there a a couple PrCs that could be self-taught but generally speaking they require specialized training. Another major flaw of the system is making prestige classes their own class. For example I should not be a Rog x/Spymaster y. I should be a Rog(Spymaster) x/y. The prestige class should be subordinate to another class. Mechanically this keeps everything the same except it adds a prereq of a specific sub-set of the core classes. That sub-set could be all classes but it doesn't have to be. Also then it you could state that multiclassed characters can only take a prestige class if all their classes appear in the sub-set of classes eligable for that class. Look closely at the PrCs people are complaining about and see how many of them would be fixed by these two tweaks to the overall system. [/QUOTE]

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