When/If should Prestige Classes be introduced?

[Psion]

I think they are different tools that do different jobs.

PClasses have been used poorly many times in the past, but they are excellent when used correctly.

Archetypes are also cool. The game with either would be less than the game with both.

Yep. Though I'm especially hopeful that the archetypes will stanch a tiresome deluge of "almost the same as a core class" base classes.

 

[BryonD]

But when are they used correctly? Got some good examples?

Many many times. Honestly, if that is a legitimate question to you, then our perspectives are so opposed that any answer I offer won't apply to you anyway. Not trying to just blow you off, but why waste both our times?

I have used many PClasses in actual game play and know of many many more that I like but just have not seen make it into play.