This class is from the Complete Adventurer. One of the players is playing a character that is an information broker that eventually wants to become a spymaster. He has stated he will be constantly keeping things from the group but will care for his friends. In the beginning of the campaign I was going to have him sent to get information on another party member. This other party member is going to become a jade phoenix mage, a class that doesn't realize all of his abilities until he is shown his past lives by another jade phoenix mage. Once this happens, which will be around level 8 or 9, then I'll need to come up with something else.
So what is the general consensus concerning the PrC? It seems like an NPC class to me but I do want to player to play something he likes, I just don't want him wrecking the game. I have been thinking of ways to involve him in the campaign that would line up with the others in the party. We have 2 other PCs besides the ones above, a mage/ war weaver and a barbarian/ occult slayer. We will also have an NPC cloistered cleric/ sacred exorcist. Three members of this group (jade phoenix mage, occult slayer, and the sacred exorcist) will be involved with the Church of the Whirling Fury which will be great for the game from all I've read on the boards.
I do plan to have the spymaster involved with the Kraken Society and I will reveal this to him later in the campaign. I thought about letting him know this from the beginning but I don't think the group operates that way (being so secretive themselves). I am hoping to get this worked out in the next few days so I can start the campaign rolling soon.
So what does everyone think? Ditch the concept or keep the character? If you say to keep how would you suggest working the concept into the campaign?