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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 3505039" data-attributes="member: 3051">It really varies with the PrC.  Basically, PrCs seem to use two different methods to maintain balance (although some combine the two methods):1> Big prerequisites, giving an effective up-front cost (in skill ranks and/or Feats) to offset the fact that the PrC is substantially stronger than the class it replaces.Example: Loremaster.  You have to buy 20 ranks of Knowledge skill, but you get 2 extra skill points per level to offset.  You have to buy Skill Focus, but you later on get a Bonus Feat to offset.2> Very few entrance requirements, but ongoing costs that offset whatever bonuses the class gives.Example: Horizon Walker.  You get two fewer skill points per level than a Ranger, but at each level you get a +2 bonus to a specific skill.  You don't advance your Favored Enemy, but you get a similar terrain bonus against certain enemies.So, if you were to flat-out remove the requirements, you'd be giving a huge boost to PrCs in category #1.  They'd effectively get all their usual bonuses, but without any of the costs used to balance.(Personally, I'm a big fan of method #2, and so all PrCs we use IMC are redesigned along those lines.)</blockquote>