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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tarchon" data-source="post: 482259" data-attributes="member: 5990">I dunno - our group has a bunch of 10th level characters, and despite the fact that we haven't nixed any Prestige classes, not one character has taken a single PrC level yet.  Stacking up all the requirements for a typical prestige class really has proved to be a substantial barrier, as it should be.I tend to be leary of the continued spell advancement as well, but in the two classes I know that get it, Loremaster and Virtuoso, the skill cost of buying into it is what really keeps it reasonable, and with Virtuoso, the weakness of the special abilities keeps it from being particularly attractive too.   I think what really makes the continued spell advancement tricky though is not so much the prestige class mechanic but rather the fact that 95% of the sorcerer's power is in the spell advancement, with only the Familiar abilities not being included.  Wizards get bonus feats plus familiar abilities, so losing those tends to compensate the added PrC abilities a little better.(Note: before anybody jumps in and starts on about what a killer class Virtuoso is for sorcerers, it only looks that way on a cursory analysis.  I've written numerous posts on several fora explaining in detail why this is, and I'm not going to do it again, so believe me or don't.)</blockquote>