Wizard's Advantage?

[Tony Vargas]

Honestly, PrCs are primarily a tool for the DM - that's why they showed up in the DMG. A DM is fully within his rights to decline the use of any PrCs (if none of the published ones fit his world or style, for instance), indeed, I rather think that's the default. DMs may add published or original PrCs to thier world to give the world some unique color, and the PCs a chance to feel that they're more intimately a part of that world. The occassionally impressive powers of PrCs are there mainly as a carrot to encourage such, though, personally, I think it superfluous - a sufficiently cool PrC, that really fits the campaign world well should be quite attractive, even if it is only on a par with core classes.

 

[Thanee]

Don't you mean the Paladin and the monk?
Those are the two that really have problems, I would think.

No, I meant cleric and monk, altho the paladin could be added to the list as well (those two were just examples)!

Bye
Thanee

 

[Thanee]

I guess its not so obvious to me. I know there is a lot of discussion on _rules_ forums about min-maxing and balance and power, but I just sort of assume that most groups (like ours) have players who choose prestige classes to roleplay them and add flavor to their campaigns.

We mostly have players like this, too, with few exceptions, but I just see a lot of people talk about PrC in a way, that they seem only interested in the power gain of the better ones.

Ok, now the forums are not exactly representative to the whole lot of gamers out there, so I might be wrong (and really hope I am)!

Bye
Thanee