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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 3431695" data-attributes="member: 3424">Possibly. The idea of alternate class features was mentioned as early as the 3.0e DMG, although it would be some time before we saw examples of them in WotC material (substitution levels first, then alternate class features).Some further thoughts on what I wrote earlier. The real innovation of PrCs was not the alternate class features or even alternate classes. The concept of creating your own classes was with us since the early days of D&D. The real innovation of PrCs was the idea of prerequisites that prevented people from taking levels in the class until they fulfilled certain requirements. Without the prerequisites, it would be even easier to make specialized characters.</blockquote>