Cleric Prestige or not? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Cleric Prestige or not? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Skindrill422
07-12-07, 01:11 PM there are like prestige classes and stuff in the Book Of Vile Darkness and Book of Exalted Deeds they seem like they are but they follow weird deities and stuff are they like prestige classes

((if what i type did make sence let me to ill try to make it more clean))
Puca
07-12-07, 01:55 PM You need to clean it up.

Are the PrCs in BoVD and BoED PrCs? Is that the question?
If you can "take levels" in it, it is either a base class, or a PrC. (At least as far as I know.)
Kouk
07-12-07, 06:10 PM I don't have the BoED, but there are several Prestige Classes in the Book of Vile Darkness, yes.

Same for Book of Exalted Deeds, from what I recall.

They have some stringent requirements usually, but the "gods" are dependent on your campaign setting, and substitutes can be found by working with your DM. Usually the ones in the books are the Greyhawk deities, though the extraplanar demideities tend to exist in all campaign settings (like Orcus, though he isn't technically a god yet).
The_Shaman
07-13-07, 08:06 AM there are like prestige classes and stuff in the Book Of Vile Darkness and Book of Exalted Deeds they seem like they are but they follow weird deities and stuff are they like prestige classes

Well, if it fits your character, or just sounds like an interesting take on the subject (aka cool), you can try. Clerics have only 1 class feature that scales - outside of spellcasting, of course - and that is their Turn Undead, which not everyone uses. Anyway, the classes in BoED/BoVD are all prestige classes, at least I do not remember seeing a 20-level class there.

The acid test: if it has 20 levels, and no prerequisites, it is a base class. If it has prerequisites and is shorter, it is a prestige class. There is another thing, called racial paragon class, but this is usually very short and specifically named.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Skindrill422 07-12-07, 01:11 PM	there are like prestige classes and stuff in the Book Of Vile Darkness and Book of Exalted Deeds they seem like they are but they follow weird deities and stuff are they like prestige classes ((if what i type did make sence let me to ill try to make it more clean))
Puca 07-12-07, 01:55 PM	You need to clean it up. Are the PrCs in BoVD and BoED PrCs? Is that the question? If you can "take levels" in it, it is either a base class, or a PrC. (At least as far as I know.)
Kouk 07-12-07, 06:10 PM	I don't have the BoED, but there are several Prestige Classes in the Book of Vile Darkness, yes. Same for Book of Exalted Deeds, from what I recall. They have some stringent requirements usually, but the "gods" are dependent on your campaign setting, and substitutes can be found by working with your DM. Usually the ones in the books are the Greyhawk deities, though the extraplanar demideities tend to exist in all campaign settings (like Orcus, though he isn't technically a god yet).
The_Shaman 07-13-07, 08:06 AM	there are like prestige classes and stuff in the Book Of Vile Darkness and Book of Exalted Deeds they seem like they are but they follow weird deities and stuff are they like prestige classes Well, if it fits your character, or just sounds like an interesting take on the subject (aka cool), you can try. Clerics have only 1 class feature that scales - outside of spellcasting, of course - and that is their Turn Undead, which not everyone uses. Anyway, the classes in BoED/BoVD are all prestige classes, at least I do not remember seeing a 20-level class there. The acid test: if it has 20 levels, and no prerequisites, it is a base class. If it has prerequisites and is shorter, it is a prestige class. There is another thing, called racial paragon class, but this is usually very short and specifically named.