Really Simple Prestige Classes (PFRPG) PDF

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We feel that oftentimes, prestige classes were not always “worth it”. They rob a character of their higher-level abilities and often dictate many aspects of the character’s growth by way of heavy entry requirements. This upcoming book, aptly named “Really Simple Prestige Classes” allows you to do just that! It includes 9 new 3 level, simplistic, no-frills, straightforward prestige classes! They have low entry requirements, only last a few levels, and provide a bang for their buck, yet are otherwise mundane. They are designed to complement a wide variety of classes and builds as well as to cover some areas that might have been previously overlooked.

Included:

  • Acrobat: Dip, duck, dive and don’t get hit. Acrobat lets you evade your problems with ease with useful skills like uncanny dodge.
  • Arcane Dabbler: Now anyone can learn magic! Pick up a few useful spells and metamagic feats without impacting your BAB or HD too much.
  • Beastlord: Need an animal companion? Gain one that will be useful for the remainder of your levels as well as some nice abilities that focus on detecting and defeating beasts.
  • Enchanter: Is magical crafting your thing? Enchanter cuts down on crafting time and grants you some of the much-needed feats, allowing you to bypass a lot of red tape.
  • Magic User: Expand your spell list, boost your casting stats, and overall make your spellcasting more versatile.
  • Metamagister: Metamagic feats getting you down? Offset them with this class without sacrificing your caster level.
  • Runner: Need to get somewhere quicker? Runner boosts your movement speed, deals with terrain challenges with ease, all while still offering attracting options for skirmishing characters.
  • Weapon Master: Why be good at one weapon when you can be good at all of them? (Make sure to pick up a ‘Bag of Holding’, you definitely want one.)
  • Weapon Specialist: Why be good at all the weapons when you can be an undisputed master of one? Quickly learn to get the most out of your favorite weapon with free fighter feats.

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Snap Judgment Review - Really Simple Prestige Classes

5/5

Disclaimer – this review is based on read through and not actual playtesting.

Prestige classes have always had problems. In the olden days before Pathfinder, they were easy to abuse, dipping a level here and a level there to get something really super optimized. Then there was the fact that a lot of classes got boring at later levels, and prestige classes generally were a better choice than staying in your base class. Pathfinder changed that; the rule gave reward to those staying in a base class – lots of abilities based on class level, and new abilities gained, as well as capstone abilities. You take even 1 level outside your base class you lose your capstone ability. Not many campaigns get that far, but it does weigh on the mind.

Most prestige classes in Pathfinder are just not worth the effort. And some combinations of multiclassing don't work. The Exalted in Inner Sea Gods is an example of a different approach to prestige classes that weren't quite so problematic.

Really Simple Prestige Classes does this well.

Each class in the book is a 3 level prestige class, and aside from Runner, you cannot get into before 6th or 7th level. Runner, if you are human you could get into at 2nd level.

A lot of these classes seem unbalanced at first look – they seem too powerful – but that is a design point of the book; the classes presented make it a tough choice to take the class or take a level in your base class. Something most prestige classes don't do. Normally you are making a character to get a specific prestige class to get a character built around it. These classes are only 3 levels and give you character something really special to call their own, without requiring building from the ground up for that class. It lets you “dip” into the class for 3 levels and maintain balance with characters who stayed in base class.

I'm not going to go into the details of the classes, but this is a quick description of each posted in a thread by the publisher.

Acrobat: A three level class based around increases to acrobatics, evasion, and uncanny dodge.
Arcane Dabbler: Pick up a few useful spells and metamagic feats without impacting your BAB or HD too much.
Beastlord: Need an animal companion? Gain one that will be useful for the remainder of your levels as well as some nice abilities that focus on defeating/detecting beasts and magical beasts.
Enchanter: Is magical crafting your thing? Enchanter cuts down on crafting time and grants you some of the much-needed feats, allowing you to bypass a lot of red tape.
Magic User: Expand your spell list, boost your casting stats, and overall make your spellcasting more versatile.
Metamagister: Metamagic feats getting you down? Offset them with this class without sacrificing your caster level.
Runner: Need to get somewhere quicker? Runner boost your movement speed, deal with terrain challenges with ease, all while still offering attracting options for skirmishing characters.
Weapon Master: Why be good at one weapon when you can be good at all of them? (As a designer put it, “This one is a golf-bag fighter”.)
Weapon Specialist: Why be good at all the weapons when you can be an undisputed master of one? Gives early access to some weapon specific feats

Things I'd love to see in an update:
Bookmarks – while it is only an 18 page PDF, 16 pages of content, bookmarks to take the reader to each class would be nice. They are presented in alphabetical order and it's small so scrolling to the class is easy.

There were a few editing mistakes.

These little drawbacks don't impact the worth of this book, nor it's amazing content. This is one of the best player centric books of the year – both in content, and taking the idea of prestige classes in new directions and making them very useful. Hope more books follow, and it inspires other publishers to do similar things.
5/5


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5 star review by lord mhoram! much obliged good sir.


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So simple it may be brilliant. I'm playing and/or theory-crafting a lot of character ideas around these very concepts. I will likely be buying in the near future. :)

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Want. I love the idea of the runner.


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Great idea. :)

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