I had a thought in a recent thread and posted it there- but thought I would post it here as well for general consumption and thoughts.
Sadly, Paizo is unable to give their marvelous treatment to any non-OGL Prestige Class. What they can do- and have done- is alter the mechanics behind obtaining one. They already changed the skills requirement.
The problem many folk have with them however has little to do with the skill entry requirements and much more to do with the power(s) any given class actually give to the player, such that it's becoming more and more common to see players dip and dash from one PrC to the next, with nary a thought.
Paizo can't change the PrC's but they can alter the rules for PrC availability.
What do folk in general think about a rule limiting characters to one complete PrC at a time?
i.e. once you take a level in a PrC you can't switch to a different class until you complete it. (you could go back to your base class and do it, but no more "new classes" until the PrC is complete).
This would allow the design of some classes that actually give a good benefit in the first couple of levels while spreading out some of the others (i.e. not having to backload things into levels most campaigns never get to) while also forcing PC's to pick a PRC for more than the power it gives at level one or two. it would eliminate completely the issue of "one level dipping" unless the person just wanted a single level of a single PRC.
Thoughts? Comments? Alterations? Suggestions?
-S
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I posted this 3 times this morning before it stuck- then all 3 of them came back.. i got one deleted but apparently missed one.
The link to the current discussion is at:
http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/general/prC Limits
sorry for the duplicate posts :(
-S
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To stop a whole bunch of munchkinisms I ruled that once you choose a 10 level PrC you couldn't take levels in another 10 level PrC without loosing the powers and abilities of the first PrC. You could still dip into 5 level PrCs and your core class(es) but not another PrC.
My reasoning was that taking a PrC required a huge amount of dedication and training. The decision to become a shadowdancer was not to be taken lightly and required a level of commitment that excluded dabbling in anything else.
Once an Assassin, always an Assassin.
SM
Prestige classes, and the choice to allow them in his game, is entirely up to the DM. Thus, there's no reason to artifically restrict access to them; that's under the power of the DM, not the rules themselves.
-Matt