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AllisterH 02-26-07, 09:35 PM

Can anyone direct me to a source which people consider "GOOD" on creating a prestige class? I want to try and design some but even with all that have produced, it seems haphazard. For example, in requirements, what is the standard idea behind it? Should the requirements reflect what the class is about and be used for that class (requiring ranks of ride in a mounted combat class) or be more along the lines of balance (a.k.a, if the prestige class is "powerful", have requirements like Feat: skill focus (religion)) How many levels of spellcasting do you consider a fair trade (For example, there are no reasons to stay a sorceror, but if say for example, Mage of the Arcane Order only granted 8 levels of spellcasting starting at level 3, would it still be attractive enough for Sorcerors?) Similarly, for a combat class, how does this apply? Are prestige classes even supposed to be equal to the core class or more powerful?