3.5 -> Pathfinder PrC Conversions

[Purplefixer]

Have people tackled the Master Specialist and Blood Magus prestige classes?

I think that as a straight conversion, Master Specialist should continue to increase the values of your Specialist Wizard Abilities, and then the standard skill/HD update.

What about Blood Magus? Should that class get a BaB/HD increase to 1/2 & D8?

Opinions? Onions?

[Maerimydra]

Which book featured the Blood Magus?

[Purplefixer]

Maerimydra wrote:

Which book featured the Blood Magus?

Blood Magus is from Complete Arcane.

Master Specialist is from Complete Mage.

[Maerimydra]

Purplefixer wrote:

Maerimydra wrote:

Which book featured the Blood Magus?

Blood Magus is from Complete Arcane.

Master Specialist is from Complete Mage.

I think that the Blood Magus is balanced as it is, so I wouldn't modify it. Losing 2 spellcaster levels is a huge penalty that makes up for the class' bonus.

The Master Specialist, however, is more tricky. This class doesn't lose much and it gains a lot of little bonus here and there. I think it would be more balanced if you would have to take another prohibited school (for a total of 3 prohibited schools). Change 1d4hp/lvl for 1d6hp/lvl.

[Vixeryz]

Purplefixer wrote:

Have people tackled the Master Specialist and Blood Magus prestige classes?

I think that as a straight conversion, Master Specialist should continue to increase the values of your Specialist Wizard Abilities, and then the standard skill/HD update.

What about Blood Magus? Should that class get a BaB/HD increase to 1/2 & D8?

Opinions? Onions?

The BaB/HD should be in line with the Magus class from UC.

Obviously the skill requirement goes away (since there is no concentration skill)

The only thing I might change is the "Special requirement", I would modify it to say the following:
The prospective blood magus must have gained a negative level, either through death or energy drain. (This negative level may be later restored through magical means such as restoration or wish. Temporary negative levels bestowed by aligned magical items do not qualify to meet the requirement for this class)
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On the other hand... you could make it a Magus archetype instead of a prestige class.

I'm not gonna waste a bunch of time explaining to you guys how you could spread abilities out and swap out core abilities to make it a balanced 20 level class. But believe me when I say its doable. In fact, I have some ideas and I plan to work on it later later.

I also want to mention that it would be just as easy to create an alchemist archetype that does what a Blood Magus does. Altho I would remove the scarification ability (for alchemist) because it doesnt make sense for the Alchemist concept.