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<blockquote data-quote="wolff96" data-source="post: 797838" data-attributes="member: 342">It depends entirely on the players and how they enter the PrC.For one player, a PrC might be purely for flavor. For another, it's the mechanical bonuses. For yet another, it just seems to fit the flavor of the character.How can you tell which characters will be overpowered with which PrCs? The easy answer is that you can't.I had an Elven wizard in a 2e campaign. When I finally managed to convince the group to change to 3e, my character came out as an 11th level wizard. With one level of fighter, I entered into Arcane Archer. My character liked archery. It reminded him of his lost parents. Was I trying to be a munchkin? No. Was I trying to build an uber-character? No. Is the AA itself overpowered? Not really -- in fact, many would argue that it is somewhat underpowered (when compared to GMW and later archer PrCs.)And yet, my character racked up far, far more kills than any other character in the party. For that campaign, with that character, I was very overpowered.-----------------------------This is a long-winded way of saying that PrCs are very difficult to judge. Other than Incantatrix (which hands out an Epic Feat to non-epic characters), I have never seen a PrC that is broken all the time.It's just one of those areas that the DM is going to have to really watch over -- for each character and circumstance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wolff96, post: 797838, member: 342"] It depends entirely on the players and how they enter the PrC. For one player, a PrC might be purely for flavor. For another, it's the mechanical bonuses. For yet another, it just seems to fit the flavor of the character. How can you tell which characters will be overpowered with which PrCs? The easy answer is that you can't. I had an Elven wizard in a 2e campaign. When I finally managed to convince the group to change to 3e, my character came out as an 11th level wizard. With one level of fighter, I entered into Arcane Archer. My character liked archery. It reminded him of his lost parents. Was I trying to be a munchkin? No. Was I trying to build an uber-character? No. Is the AA itself overpowered? Not really -- in fact, many would argue that it is somewhat underpowered (when compared to GMW and later archer PrCs.) And yet, my character racked up far, far more kills than any other character in the party. For that campaign, with that character, I was very overpowered. ----------------------------- This is a long-winded way of saying that PrCs are very difficult to judge. Other than Incantatrix (which hands out an Epic Feat to non-epic characters), I have never seen a PrC that is broken all the time. It's just one of those areas that the DM is going to have to really watch over -- for each character and circumstance. [/QUOTE]

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