Dear Jason and Co.,
I’ve noticed the minor changes to save progression in the prestige classes. Now, something that irritated me about PrC’s in the past was that for whatever reason, they didn’t just scale the saves as they should have to go with the standard class that typically took the PrC.
IE, In 3.5 why doesn’t a Rogue 6/ Shadowdancer 9 have the same saves as a Rogue 15 (+4 +11+4 and +5 +9 +5 respectively) if their classes are based on the same progression. Really you’re just mixing the ingredients around, why change the progression? (This is also present in the BAB difference +10 SD vs. +11 R).
So enter PF. The same problems mixed around with a little more sting. (SD +10 +4 +9 +4, Rge +11 +5 +9 +5) Almost a penalty for prestige classing…
Now ideally, I’d rather like a system that allowed a more open selection of traits for characters (skill points, different traits, spells, etc.) but I understand that this isn’t happening anytime soon (no backwards compatibility).
Why not stack levels on the same progression for an idea of saves and BAB? IE, You’ve a Shadowdancer 10/ Rogue 5, you’re at level 15 on the medium progression chart for BAB, the low progression chart for Fort and will and the high progression chart for reflex.
You’ve a Barbarian 4/ Sorc 1/ Dragon disc 10? You have 10 levels on the medium progression for BAB, 4 on the high end, 1 on the low end. For saves? 14 levels of high FORT + 1 lvl low FORT, 15 levels of low reflex and 11 levels of high will + 4 levels of low will.
I know it seems complex, but I think in practice this wouldn’t be any harder than fooling around with other bonuses…
Thanks for reading,
~m