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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 3526148" data-attributes="member: 18832">My last count of prestige classes, back in March, came to 524. I think the latest book included in that list was Complete Scoundrel.I like prestige classes. I don't expect to like every one I encounter, or even the majority of them, though, because what I want from the game isn't what other DMs and players want from the game. They're like new monsters, in that regard.I've only used a few in my career as a player - most notably, the Far Realms-connected, Lovecraftian alienist from Tome and Blood (originally) and Complete Arcane (after the revision).I'll be encouraging the players in my Savage Tide game set in Eberron to consider prestige classes, though, because I think doing so could help them flesh out their interesting character concepts better than sticking to a single class, or multiclassing, could do.I'm a strong proponent of the idea that the rules of the game should provide a meaningful way to represent your character concept, though, which is why I'm so fond of prestige classes - and base classes, feats, templates, et cetera.</blockquote>