Your first character with a Prestige Class

[Roman]

I have never played a character with a prestige class and in fact have never played a multiclassed (or dual classed or whatever) character. This may, however, change in a few months.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I took a variant of Blade Dancer that my DM and I came up with that was geared more towards rogues (i.e. not as much funky stuff, but it kept most of the rogue abilities in some form).

Brad

 

[NiTessine]

Varl Kadek, a Fighter/Rogue/Duelist in Nightfall's Scarred Lands campaign, The Irregulars of Hollowfaust. It... went. He acquired the class fairly late in the campaign and never got to truly show off with it. He did end up as the Barron of Fharral in New Venir, though, and retired from active adventuring until such a time as he is needed again to thwart evil.

 

[Mokona]

Shifter from Masters of the Wild. Hopefully one of these Complete books will allow me to recreate that character.

 

[Saeviomagy]

I had a barbarian/druid/natures warrior. The thing I liked most was being able to (finally) have the character start each combat at full health, thanks to the nature's warrior fasthealing ability. 100+ hitpoints and a low AC makes for a lot of healing necessary.

 

[dvvega]

My first prestige class was a Bard/Fighter/Freeport Pirate.

Now that was a sight to behold, singing while slicing while swinging on ropes, while wenching, while ... you get the idea.

 

[Evilhalfling]

I ran a cowardly Mystic Theurge, who was definatly sub-par in combat but I had a fun time playing him.
he was the groups only priest, and the other caster was a sorcerer. He made it to 8th level - the power level ! but the campaign ended shortly afterward.

Running a campain we have had a shadowdancer, Eldrich Knight, Dwarf Paragon (modified) and a True Mage (homebrew)
the Shadowdancer and True Mage had the best powers, the eldrich knight was flavorless, and the Dwarf Paragon and True Mage had the best place in society. The last two were seen as a heros by their society and equal to nobility in rank.

As NPCs they are more common: assasins, alienists, acoloyte of the skin, True Necromancer, Vigilants, Knights of the Shield, and many True Mages have all shown up, usually as villians. Most of them have been better noted for their place in society rather than their actuall powers. only the AoS was more about powers than the titile. This was my intention, as in this game a prestge class was all about the PRESTIGE.

 

[Pants]

I've had characters work towards PrC's... but I've never gotten there.
I had a Halfling Wizard going towards Elemental Savant, but the campaign died...
I had an Elven Ftr/Wiz going towards Spellsword, but the campaign died...

As a DM, I've used so many PrC's. I've used the Pale Master PrC on villains several times.
I used Duelist to stat up a few villains. Assassins have plagued the party several times and, in fact, one of the coolest returning villains was an assassin that never directly confronted the PC's until the very end.

A major NPC in one campaign may very well end up being a Frostmage (Frostburn). Several NPC's have levels in a custom made PrC.

 

[Shadowdancer]

My bard/sorceress recently took a level of Shadowdancer. We haven't played much since then, so it's still a work in progress.

 

[TracerBullet42]

Well, my FIRST character with a PrC was a twinked out archer with two levels of Deepwood Sniper. He was a half-elven minotaur...easily the most munchkined character I ever rolled up. Did sickly amounts of damage with his bow.

But the coolest PrC I've had (and the only other one I've had) is my halfling rogue/Master Chef (Quintessential Halfling). One of the coolest flavor prestige classes ever. I had been building this character as a cook all along, and then stumble onto a chef prestige class...couldn't believe it. Still using it.