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There will be new prestige classes published within the adventures. However, they will not appear till around the time that a character could gain that prestige class (usually, this will probably not always be the case). As well all prestige classes will usually have something to do with that adventure, or the information obtained through the adventure.
Note: I do not work for Paizo Publishing, nor do I work on the Pathfinder Setting. All my knowledge comes from talking with the authors and managers of the Pathfinder Chronicles.
For more information, and better explinations please stay tuned for commintary from one of the writers.
"Psstt...James that's your cue mate get up here. WHAT? OKay so you're busy getting ready for GenCon, but I can only do your job so long before I don't know what I'm talking about. Fine fine, I'll keep them occupied." *starts to juggle the smiling and frowning heads of some goblins while singing the circus song*
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Prestige classes will show up most frequently as a part of the core beliefs style articles we'll be running for our deities four times a year; each one of these will have a prestige class tied to that deity. Since the deities we choose are tied to the adventure in some thematic way, they should fit in nicely. There's not really much to "unlock" in the course of the campaign for these, but the way we're handling them is to put the "good guy" stuff early in an adventure path arc, usually in part two, so that the rules for the prestige class are out there and available by the time the party hits 7th level and can qualify. The second deity in an adventure path will usually be a "bad guy" or a deity who, for whatever reason, doesn't make as good a PC class. These prestige classes are more likely to appear on villains in the adventure.
In addition to that, now and then we will be including additional prestige classes that are tied into the adventure; these will have an element of "unlocking" to them in that they'll have requirements that are easy to fulfill for certain character roles who have been in that particular campaign. These prestige classes will show up less commonly during an adventure path.
So there'll pretty much always be at least 4 per year, but we'll probably not be doing more than 6 per year. Of course... that can change once we figure out more about what we're doing and what the readers want.
Of course... that can change once we figure out more about what we're doing and what the readers want.
The readers (well, OK, one reader...) want a cool, interesting, balanced PrC for lightly-armoured swordfighting clerics of Sarenrae!
After seeing colored Kyra, I want to write it, read it, play it, and marry it. One of those, at the minimum.
I like the fact that the Prestige classes won't be split between magazines now. Less "pile digging" for magazines. Oh, and if you want PrC suggestions, I'm an Evasion whore.
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Of course... that can change once we figure out more about what we're doing and what the readers want.The readers (well, OK, one reader...) want a cool, interesting, balanced PrC for lightly-armoured swordfighting clerics of Sarenrae!
After seeing colored Kyra, I want to write it, read it, play it, and marry it. One of those, at the minimum.
A Sarenrae prestige class is certainly something I want to get into Pathfinder someday soon, but it won't be getting in there during Rise of the Runelords. And it probably won't be a lightly-armored prestige class... Kyra's wearing a full set of chainmail, after all...
A Sarenrae prestige class is certainly something I want to get into Pathfinder someday soon, but it won't be getting in there during Rise of the Runelords. And it probably won't be a lightly-armored prestige class... Kyra's wearing a full set of chainmail, after all...
I'm positive you mentioned Sarenrae's fighting cleric as being more into the tumbly mobility warrior thing (as opposed to Iomedae's, who are your basic D&D plated tank).
And even though Kyra's chainmail is a reasonable choice for your basic D&D plated tank cleric at low levels when you still cannot afford actual plate, I think it gives her a lightly armoured feel, even though chainmail is technically medium armour in D&D.
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I'm positive you mentioned Sarenrae's fighting cleric as being more into the tumbly mobility warrior thing (as opposed to Iomedae's, who are your basic D&D plated tank).
And even though Kyra's chainmail is a reasonable choice for your basic D&D plated tank cleric at low levels when you still cannot afford actual plate, I think it gives her a lightly armoured feel, even though chainmail is technically medium armour in D&D.
Perhaps I did.
Makes you think that we haven't figured all of that out yet, huh? :)
In any event, I probably said that before I saw Wayne's awesome depiction of Kyra, and she's in full chainmail, which means that not all Sarenrae clerics are tumblers.
We'll get it worked out eventually, though. For now, feel free to play your clerics how you want. For that matter, feel free to play them how you want even after we finally detail stuff about them.
Makes you think that we haven't figured all of that out yet, huh? :)
Kind of, but not at all in a bad way. :)
We'll get it worked out eventually, though. For now, feel free to play your clerics how you want. For that matter, feel free to play them how you want even after we finally detail stuff about them.
Oh, of course. I'm still naturally interested in the official word, and since you mentioned that any details on Sarenrae in Pathfinder are still a way off, wheedling bits and pieces out of you here on the messageboards is the next best thing. :)
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As much as I love seeing a prestige class for every deity (Dragonlance's Holy Order of the Stars anyone?) I do hope that there will be non-deity related prestige classes as well.
We'd be stupid to not include non-deity-related prestige classes. But we're not stupid. Rest assured, friend. :)
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We'd be stupid to not include non-deity-related prestige classes. But we're not stupid. Rest assured, friend. :)
I'd like to see a Pathfinder organization specific PrC, one that can be useful to a lot of different classes and not too hard for people to make entry requirements on no matter what their class (IE no +10 BAB requirement or 8 skill ranks in Autohypnosis)
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As much as I love seeing a prestige class for every deity (Dragonlance's Holy Order of the Stars anyone?) I do hope that there will be non-deity related prestige classes as well.We'd be stupid to not include non-deity-related prestige classes. But we're not stupid. Rest assured, friend. :)
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